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April 27, 2008
R.I.P. Winslow
Today in Prickly City: Winslow commits suicide.
Good morning to you too, Stantis.
I know Stantis hates technology (I'd say that's why he hasn't updated his podcast since last July, but I think that's more because he's incredibly lazy), but having Winslow throw himself off a cliff when he can't access the internet? I'm glad I don't have kids, so I don't have to explain to them why the little cat KILLED HIMSELF in the comic strip this morning.
I'm about ready to retire the future goggles. Stantis is all over the map lately, pulling global warming out of the mothballs for no real reason other than the weather has been crazy the past few months (thanks God) and wasting most of last week on it. I'm guessing he'll finally do something with Hillary and Obama since Pennsylvania was all over the news a few weeks ago, but I'm not holding my breath. Stantis seems afraid to tackle anything of substance lately. I would think that the Dems fighting with each other would provide plenty of fodder for him, or his supposed hatred of McCain would bubble to the surface (but like Rick "Man on Dog" Santorum I get the feeling he'll come to love ol' Grampa Simpson McCain), but nope - let's throw Winslow off a cliff. That's entertainment, at least to Scott Stantis.
Comments
I sometimes wonder if these strips in which Winston vanishes(all of the extended sequences with Carmen standing alone in the desert) or seems to be threatened with death(like the swallowed-by-Bill-Clinton storyline) result from some kind of signal from Stantis' subconscious mind that he really should end Prickly City.
Posted by: Antenora at April 27, 2008 11:20 AM
Agreed Antenora - it feels like he's been trying to get fired for ages now, but since editors don't want to cut Prickly City since it means cutting a liberal comic he still has to churn out strips and his heart isn't into it. I just discovered his blog where he posts PC and his editorial comics, and we get more hits in our comments section than the guy who actually writes Prickly City. That's gotta hurt. Then again, he is the one getting paid, so it hurts so good to be Stantis.
Posted by: The Furnace at April 27, 2008 02:36 PM
