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February 28, 2008
Why Won't Someone Please Think of the Children?
Ah, mirth and joy. The stuff comic strips are made of. Gather 'round the cereal bowl, kiddies; daddy's gonna read you the funnies.
Except it's not funny, is it, children. The little cat-dog has never been funny, nor has its owner. And now today...please don't cry, children...I'm here to protect you...I won't let anyone hurt you. Yes, I know the little cat-dog has strapped its owner to a board and is now pouring water down her throat, but...no, no; don't worry: the cat-dog won't come and get you too. He's just proving a point. Or something. Frankly, kids, I don't know why this is happening. I don't know why the guy who writes this comic strip -- we'll call him Mr. Hacky -- I don't know why Mr. Hacky markets this strip toward children with his bizarre "W the Coyote" and "C the Girl" sticker giveaways and then proceeds to litter it with disturbing imagery and adult content.
So, kids, in order to not traumatize you any further, I am closing the comics section. And I will never open it again in your presence. Again, please don't cry. I know. It's sad. Today is a sad day. Today is the day the comics died. Mr. Hacky killed them for you and for me.
Comments
Shouldn't Carmen be the one waterboarding Winslow? I was going to say "torturing", but then I remembered that waterboarding is not torture, it's an essential element of American freedom so beloved by American conservatives, or at least what passes for them these days.
Posted by: Annie at February 29, 2008 10:45 AM
Actually, I'm going to go out on a limb and say I'm glad that Stantis is bringing the issue up and proving the point to Carmen. Looking at the comic today, it finally clicked in my head what Prickly City is all about. It's the warring sides of Scott Stantis's mind, with Carmen usually thoroughly in control, but with Winslow occasionally making points which can't be ignored. I think that Stantis really hates the Winslow side of his mind, because it makes him confront some of the ugly policies he's promoted in the past few years. But then we get the last two strips, with Carmen pouting about why we aren't allowed to use torture and now being forced to experience what she was promoting. This is one of the only times when we may get to see Carmen admit that Winslow was right about this one.
On the other hand, Stantis may pull another crazy 180 on us and no point will have been made at all. Even so, just this once, as late and as half-assed as it is, I'm glad Scott Stantis has figured out that some things shouldn't be done if we want to keep claiming to be the good guys in this whole mess. At the very least, it's a nice change from the usual Carmen's-always-right-and-Winslow's-an-idiot pattern he maintains.
Posted by: Doc Sane at February 29, 2008 02:05 PM
