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April 08, 2008
Tomorrow: We Just See The Podium and Winslow's Words
So rather than directly go after Hillary for the Bosnia story Stantis is going to have it play out as if Winslow's the one who did it. Why? Why not just go after Hillary?
The term "ham-fisted" comes to mind as I read today's Prickly City. Yesterday Winslow told his own "Bosnia" story, but he never mentions Bosnia. So we really have no way of knowing where this sniper fire was supposedly taking place at and where Winslow's plane was landing or why he was even on the plane.
But apparently the press has audio and video of this plane landing, which debunks Winslow's story. And he blames them for bringing it up - even though he brought it up yesterday.
Maybe "ham-fisted" isn't the right term. "Stupid" and "poorly written" might work better.
This might have worked if Stantis had just gone after Hillary directly. Instead he has to try and make Winslow her proxy, and it doesn't make sense. Hillary never blamed the press for "bringing it up." She got busted, came up with a lame excuse about "mis-remembering," and that should have been fodder for an easy series of comics for Stantis to have fun with. Instead, he shoe-horns Winslow into the story and it's a miserable failure.
At least Stantis' laziness is on full display. He makes sure to get Winslow behind the podium again and keeps his movements to a minimum, so tracing today's strip must have been pretty easy. Other than slight changes to his eyes and eyebrows, and then a point at the end, Winslow was traced too. He didn't even have to draw the members of the press. I wonder if Stantis will use Winslow's third excuse of "I was tired" as to why he can't be bothered with actually writing and drawing a professional comic strip.
Maybe we here at Shrubville should start a countdown: how much longer before we get tired of putting more effort into this blog than Stantis does into a comic strip he gets paid to create? After today I'm thinking maybe two weeks.
Comments
Oh, but I'd miss it if you left . . .
Posted by: Annie at April 8, 2008 05:06 PM
Thank you, Furnace for the criticisms. I sincerely mean it. I feel however that it should be obvious what the strip is referencing. It's also not easy churning one of these strips out each and every day. Cut some slack.
=U Know Who
Posted by: U Know Who at April 8, 2008 10:48 PM
Oh my word...could it be...
Is Charles Brubaker back?
Posted by: The Furnace at April 8, 2008 10:53 PM
Chuckie Brubaker never left, chump! He's been hitting the drafting table all hours of the night, burning the midnight oil, churning out strips like a 7 year old Chinese factory worker. He knows how hard it is to actually work for a living, just like his main man Stantits, fool!!
Posted by: FredN. at April 9, 2008 03:08 PM
