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May 31, 2008
The Horrors Of Technology
Stantis' horrible drawing ability rears its ugly head again today - literally. The emaciated Winslow, withered away by constantly playing his Wii Fit, isn't just terribly drawn - for me it's actually hard to look at. It's not funny, it's scary. Isn't the point of a comic strip to make people laugh? I recoiled in horror when I saw how Stantis decided to draw a super-skinny Winslow, so I feel bad for little kids who read this and wonder why the scary cat is almost a skull and bones and why Prickly City isn't funny.
So just to recap: Scott Stantis still hates technology, and thinks it's a bad thing that a video game system now offers kids the chance to be physically active while playing a game. Even though he regularly criticizes the kids of our country for being fat and lazy. Nintendo needs to design a game system for Stantis - one he can play with both sides of his mouth.
May 30, 2008
Wii Pals
Gone is the miniature elephant.
In with the cultural reference that made me scratch my head in utter confusion.
Instead of focusing on new gadgets and technology, alternating between love and hate, Stantis should instead at the end of each strip do a little panel bump-out like Morrie Turner's Wee Pal's 'Soul Corner' or Brad Anderson's Marmaduke's 'Dog Gone Funny' or George Gately's Corpse's Heathcliff's 'Kitty Korner'.
Teach us a historical lesson. Give us a dogecdote. Share with us a slice of cat. Give us something, anything to distract us from how capital A Awful this strip really is.
It's done wonders for the careers of Turner, Anderson, and Gately, whose strips are thriving -- THRIVING -- decades and decades past what one would assume to be their shelf life. These aforementioned artists are not only household names in the comic strip families like the Brubakers, but also in general, normal families, like you and me.
My kid just the other day she said, "Hey, Pops, the art in this children's book is very Gately-esque. Just lookit how that cat pops out of the frame." Or this one time she said to me, "In the comic world of Brad 'the Duke' Anderson have you ever noticed the sizing of the dogs in relation to the humans?" Or then there was this one time when she was remarking on her pre-school class: "Someone needs to go all Morrie Turner on my class...we need another black kid, and a hispanic, and a blackspanic, and another black kid, and yet another black kid, and a goofy white nerd kid in glasses...we need one of those too."
Anyway, Scott: time to revamp the strip if you want a shot at the Hall of Fame.
With love from me to you.
Posted by CJo at 11:43 AM | Comments (0)May 29, 2008
Vote Bob Barr
Theme for the First Tuesday in November for Scott Stantis and his Followers
'Vote Bob Barr'
(to the tune of 'Bomb Iran' by John McCain)
[which is to the tune of 'Barbara Ann' by The Beach Boys]
Vote Bob Barr
Bob Barr Bob-bob Bob Barr
Vote Bob Barr
Bob Barr Bob-bob Bob Barr
Vote Bob Barrrrrrrr, He'll get you farrrrrrrrr
Vote Bob Barrrrrrr
Put your money where your mouth is
Your politics he espouses
Vote Bob Barr
Bob Barr Bob-bob Bob Barr
May 28, 2008
Just Words
Taking a cue from Deval Patrick (or maybe it was Barack Mohammad Obama...or am I confusing him with Joe Biden? Those plagiarists all look alike), I've decided to forgo creating a new set of words in the form of sentences & paragraphs in order to elucidate what today's strip from Prickly City is all about, since having already seen this one at least a couple of times, it's not necessary and has already been well covered and critiqued. (Because that's what we do here at Shrubville - critique Prickly City. You could look it up on Wikipedia, it's true!)
Aww, isn't this cute?
(Oops, let me start over - this is Prickly City we're talking about here)
AHHHHHHHHHHH, isn't this cute? Carmen has her own elephant, named "GOP," and she needs to remind him that as a Republican he's supposed to spend less and make smaller government. Thank god and the spaghetti monster that Scott Stantis is willing to stand up and let us know just what exactly the Republican party is all about.
You know I might have a little sympathy for the guy, as well as the rest of the "Republicans" out there, if they hadn't supported President Bush EVERY SINGLE DAY OF HIS PRESIDENCY. Gee, you'd think if they were so upset with his out of control spending, his ballooning deficit, his ever-expanding government, his lying to invade other countries, and his illegal spying on Americans that they would have voted against him in 2002 and 2004 to send him the message they sent in 2006. But nope. It wasn't until a few weeks ago, after Iraq has turned into a complete nightmare (years after Democrats warned this would happen), outrageous gas prices, and a party so bloated and corrupt running the U.S. into the ground for their own personal gain that the folks on the right said, "Duh, maybe we shouldn't vote for these guys, uh, duhhhhh." I'm surprised they were able to use those touchscreen voting machines after having their fingers plugged in their ears for the last six years not wanting to hear how bad things have gotten in this country.
So Stantis - like every other Republican talking head - is jumping on the band wagon that says, "Oh, these Republicans in power weren't REALLY Republicans - they weren't conservatives like us and that's why "we" voted them out." Yeah sure, right. Nope, you brain dead zombies still came out and voted for Republicans. It was the moderates and the independents who weren't scared anymore by the President saying, "if you vote for Democrats, the terrorists win and America loses!" Nope, the average American who doesn't blindly follow the REPUBLICAN party has gotten so sick and tired of 8 trillion dollars in debt and a war with no end that we were lied into in the first place and the Mark Foleys and Bob Ney's of the world that they voted with the one party that's actually promised to listen to them instead of whatever The Leader wants them to do.
So maybe we should remind you, Stantis, of what you really are: a Republican, through and through. You had your chance to speak out against the party years ago. You didn't. You voted for Republicans in 2002, 2004, and I'm betting 2006. You voted for Bush in 2004. You've had plenty of chances to complain about the leadership. Instead, you didn't pull out your oh-so-original term "Republicrats" until just a month or so ago. And that was because the writing was on the wall. YOUR party, the Republicans, were on the brink of losing at least the House, and you were hedging your bets. Now you've admitted you want to fight tooth and nail AGAINST the Democrats, who have inherited the "small government, less spending" platform that used to be held by the Republicans 20 years ago.
In other words, Scott Stantis: Super Republican. Live with it. You made your bed - lie in it. Because that's all your party seems to do anymore. You lie to the public, and you lie to yourselves. But I guess that's never stopped you from trying to rewrite the history books as history happens. The difference now is that the the majority of the country has wised up to how big a joke your party has become.
But hey Scotty, it's not to late for you to worship another animal: the jackass. That might be a perfect fit for you.
Posted by Sacki at 09:39 AM | Comments (2)May 27, 2008
GOP Stoppers
Kinda cute strip today, even if Stantis is even lazier than usual by wasting the first three panels. Yup, people aren't as happy about identifying themselves as Republicans anymore. I guess that's what happens when your policies don't work and corruption is commonplace.
But it's just as fun when you see the real numbers, courtesy of Pew: The Incredible Shrinking Republican Party.
But hey - John McCain's going to change all that! In fact, he's the voice of change! Who better to fix all of the problems Republicans have caused than by having one of Bush's biggest cheerleaders as the next President? Yup - I can see it now - Republicans will come out in droves to vote for four more years of George W. Bush's policies, because they truly think he's got great ideas for fixing things (translated: keep doing the exact same thing we've done for 8 years and hope it somehow starts working).
Yup, people will flock to vote for the GOP - the party of change and reform - because they're going to fix all of the problems. That they caused. By doing the same thing.
Or they'll just rig another election. One or the other.
May 26, 2008
Memorial
I'm on the road so I don't have my scrapbook with me, but I'm pretty sure this is the first Memorial Day strip that actually pays tribute to those who served. You'd think this would have been a slam-dunk topic for him, since surface-level, yellow-ribbon, decal-like support is the bailiwick of the conservative movement.
So why wait until now?
Apparently he's dealing with conservative guilt. He helped cheerlead our head cheerleader into this mess. And all he got was a lousy hairshirt.
Posted by CJo at 07:45 AM | Comments (2)May 25, 2008
Might As Well Jump
Apparently a few weeks back Stantis was spending a lot of time around kids, since yesterday was about a swingset and today is Carmen jumping rope.
Nothing to comment on here. If you've got 'em, go spend time with your own kids. Enjoy the long weekend. And thanks to our men and women who have served this country.
May 24, 2008
This Should Be Illegal
This is a really bizarre strip.
Upon first reading, it looked like Carmen had transformed into Winslow halfway through swinging as she/he talked about gravity. That can't be right, I thought to myself - they must be swinging side by side. Looking more closely, that does seem to be the case - but it's still weird. Panels 1 and 2 really aren't separate panels - the way the ropes (or whatever those are supposed to be) are drawn it shows that Winslow and Carmen are on the same swing set. Same for panels 3 and 4. But...where's the movement?
Panels 1/2 and 3/4 are pretty much the same, except that in 4 Winslow has somehow fallen off his seat (I guess because of gravity, but that doesn't make any sense if his body is in motion as any kid on a swing set will tell you - kinda sorta the whole point of swinging, so you don't fall off). This is really just a mess.
Much like yesterday, I "get" what Stantis is going for - but he's such a horrible artist that he can't convey the ideas he comes up with. He's like a child who wants to walk but instead just scoots on his butt everywhere because he can't be bothered with figuring out how to use his legs correctly. Because hey - why walk if you can scoot until someone comes along and carries you out of pity (or because you're a conservative and you're allowed to keep your job for a fake sense of balance)?
And, um, if we're going to talk about science and "fighting the power," shouldn't Carmen be the one that's fallen on her ass because she doesn't believe in silly scientific theories and laws? Next thing you know she's going to be believing in other theories like that the Earth is older than 8,000 years old and we didn't descend from Adam and Eve. Blasphemy!
Posted by The Furnace at 10:38 AM | Comments (0)
May 23, 2008
Shuck-a Shuck-a Blamo
Scott Stantis, this is my head and this is your strip.
Shuck-a Shuck-a Blamo.
[CJo's head explodes due to lack of comprehension of everything about today's strip.]
Any questions?
Posted by CJo at 10:51 AM | Comments (1)May 22, 2008
Half-Assed Evening Post
I find it amusing that Stantis has his main character declare, "Sadly, that makes all too much sense" at the end of a strip that, in fact, makes zero sense.
I suppose that's his attempt at irony.
Yay for him.
Posted by CJo at 05:43 PM | Comments (2)May 21, 2008
Plunk'd
I really have little to nothing to say about today's edition of the Prickly City comic strip. I'll stand with the bat on my shoulder and hope a teammate will pick me up at some point. Maybe I can hope for a hit by pitch. It would probably be less painful. I did discover, however, that Universal Press Syndicate, which distributes it, notes the following demographics which apparently would be in PC's wheelhouse:
Target Audience:
Families, Conservatives
Bwahahaha. Isn't that so right on? Families & Conservatives. Barren wombs and flaccid penises (which are injected with AIDS and then stuck in the anuses of other men, of course) have no place in Prickly City - The Home of Families & Conservatives. Because liberals don't have families, they have villages or something that raise the kids who turn out to be drunk drivers who get brain cancer. So I guess this explains why none of us have ever understood a damn thing that goes on in the strip. What a relief, I guess.
Posted by Sacki at 10:23 AM | Comments (2)May 20, 2008
It's The Stupidity In The Comics Section
First, an observation: based on the sun in the sky, it took the person making the statement in today's Prickly City (probably Carmen, since she's the one who's shouting all the time) approximately FOUR HOURS to say what's on her mind.
As for the substance of what Carmen/Stantis is saying, I love it when Republicans whine about things that their party is primarily responsible for, but they toss in a few things that they think they can blame on Democrats so they come across as "fair and balanced." See, buzz words like "bio-fuels" are supposed to be liberal ideas (although it's our beloved president who loves him some switchgrass) and the stimulus package is happening while the Democrats are in charge (and Stantis sure didn't whine about it when Bush did the same thing in the past).
But you won't hear a Republican like Stantis take responsibility for a horrible economy that's a result of his party's terrible economic policies. The economy has been sliding for years now, but Stantis didn't whine about it before - why now? Probably because he thinks he can pin the blame on everybody in Washington, instead of on the real culprits - his party.
Oh yes, let's blame "food-devouring bio-fuels" in the same breath as you blame a "shortsighted energy policy." That makes a whole lot of sense. And of course the latest conservative talking point is that the subprime mortgage crisis should be blamed on the people who got the loans, not the folks who gave people unrealistic loans because they thought houses would always go up in value fo-evah. Ugh.
Please Stantis, give us more of your amazing intellectual economic insight. Tell us how this is all the fault of the Democrats, and how your man John McCain is going to magically fix everything by cutting taxes on the rich and refusing to give veterans more money to go to school. The real stupidity in the economy is thinking that Republicans know what the f*ck they're doing.
Newsflash: conservative economic policies DON'T WORK. How much more proof do we need? Should we start building new Hoovervilles? How many recessions did we have under Eisenhower? (hint: less than 4, more than 2). How awesome was the economy under Nixon and Ford? Remember the "glory years" under Reagan, which gave us the then-worst deficit and debt in history? And now we're giving Hoover a run for his money thanks to the oh-so-wonderful economic insights of W and his cronies.
But let's vote for John McCain, who has made it very clear that he has every intention of doing the exact same freakin' thing George W. Bush has done. Because when something bad is happening, just keep doing the same damn thing cuz eventually it'll get better, right? Right? I mean it works for Scott Stantis - he keeps trotting out the same talking points and the same lame scripts and the same bad drawings every day and he's doing just fine, ain't he?
May 19, 2008
My Head Is Spinning
Repossession? Is Winston going after the Catholic vote? If he enters as a third/fourth party candidate, he might get all the bitter votes, leaving Obama to collect the elites and McCain to take the seniles. (I'm not quite sure what Nader's demographic is these days. Anyone?) In any case, let us take a moment to reflect on a job well done by Stantis here, as they're few and Jamie Farr between. Beginning, middle, end. 3 panels. 3 distinct drawings! No muss, no fuss. Set up, knock down. Next challenge: 2 days in a row. Stay tuned...
May 18, 2008
Poll Cat
So after putting his foot down on Friday about how pathetic it is that the media is ignoring the story that the president authorized torture, Stantis spent Saturday whining about how we don't talk enough and now he's spending Sunday bitching about polls. Ah yes, gotta love hypocrisy.
Hey Stantis, do you REALLY want to make a point about how terrible President Bush is and how outrageous it is that he's okay with torture? Spend a week on it speaking the truth. Make headlines with your comic strip. Get people talking. Use your comic strip the way others do - as a way to entertain, but also as a way to send a message and get people thinking.
But you won't. You'll twist your arm patting yourself on the back for spending one measly day on an important issue, then spend the rest of the time (like this weekend) complaining about stuff that we're all bored with. Yeah, polls aren't perfect. Nobody says they are. And the media spends way too much time acting as if they are perfect, which is why polls have such a bad reputation. Did we really need you to go over that again without offering any kind of real insight? Especially since the problem isn't with the polls, it's with the talking heads who act as if they're the be all/end all when they're just a rough estimate.
Let me ask you something, Stantis: ten years from now, when your kids ask you about your work on Prickly City, what are you going to tell them? Here is an opportunity for you to really make a difference. Be that one voice in the media that makes a huge deal about our president okaying torture. Heck, there are HUNDREDS of controversies surrounding this president and your Republican party that you can talk about and make people aware of - since the regular media won't do it. I'm not saying you have to disavow your own party - I understand that you endorse pretty much everything they stand for, no matter how insane. But even you revealed on Friday that there are some things you're against. Why not take a stand?
Instead, two weeks from now we'll get jokes about Ted Kennedy having a seizure. Because that's how Stantis rolls. And we don't need any poll to tell us what we already know: Prickly City sucks.
May 17, 2008
More Insightful, Hard-Hitting "Political" Commentary From Scott Stantis
Friday: Scott Stantis has Carmen ranting and raving about how shameful it is that the President admitted we torture people. Stantis then attacks the media and the American public for not talking about the issue.
Saturday: Instead of talking about the torture issue and attacking the President for authorizing it, Scott Stantis bitches and moans that people don't talk enough. Because, of course, the real issue isn't that the President authorized torture, but that people don't talk about it enough.
When it comes to political commentary, Scott Stantis' grade?
May 16, 2008
Yet Another Friday Visit from Weird Al Yankovic
'Song for Scott Stantis'
(To the Tune of "[B]eat It")
You worked for years and years to defend George Bush
Your comic scribblings were like what comes out of your tush
And now you're feeling bad, your soul needs a push
So eat it, just eat it
Your conscience crisis is too little too late
To make up for all your lies and your bilious hate
So open up here comes the crow it's gonna taste great
So eat it, and don't tell me you're full
Just eat it, eat it , eat it, eat it
Open up your maw and eat it
I don't care if you choke
You're a silly, piddling joke
Just eat it
May 15, 2008
The 2013 Year Old Man
McCain is hitting all his cues today, coming out with his Conan O'Brien-inspired speech, "In The Year 2013," on the same day Stantis is yelping his little conservative white man yelp of 'remember us?'
Poor little Scott Stantis and his brethren whimpering in sadness and disgust that John McCain doesn't share their same interest in pederasty and blood sucking (or whatever it is whackjob conservatives believe in).
THIS, my friends, my friends, is your legacy. THIS, my friends, is what you deserve. Lump it or leave it, mis amigos.
Not that I or 85% of the country think there's a whit of difference between McCain or This Current Administration Stantis Has Worked So Hard to Defend. But that's not my problem.
Posted by CJo at 01:14 PM | Comments (3)May 14, 2008
A Read Hearing
I really don't have anything to add to the discussion about today's strip. These are the same jokes being told since 1898 about Jacky Boy, as he was then known, who had been imprisoned by the enemies in a POW camp in Manila, which is why he still refers to Filipinos as his "little brown brothers." I remember seeing the moving pictures from the vaudeville performance captured on the praxinoscope shortly thereafter. (A young Jimmy Durante played the part of "The Mick", with Al Jolson in heavy facepaint as his captor. There was much pie-throwing and frantic running, all set to the tune of the "Maple Leaf Rag.")
While amusing, entertaining, cathartic, &c., there's really no point in shouting into the echo chamber that is Shrubville about what a terrible horrible no good very bad president John Sidney McCain would make. Which is why I'm constantly picking on B'Iraq Mohammed Hussein Obomba. Until he gets assassinated at least. Then it'll be sadness and tears and unfulfilled scandals and wildly imaginative hypothetical scenarios in which he wouldn't have become a disappointment to his starry-eyed followers. Then, after an appropriate amount of time had passed, we'd be back here at Shrubville complaining about how Scotty Boy is picking on President Clinton and her first laddy.
Posted by Sacki at 11:11 AM | Comments (7)May 13, 2008
When McSame Attacks
Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father is Janet Reno.”
– Sen. John McCain, speaking to a Republican dinner, June 1998 (Chelsea was a teenager at the time).
I'll say it: Scott Stantis is funnier than John McCain. Probably a better choice to be president too.
Posted by The Furnace at 10:44 AM | Comments (3)May 12, 2008
I Dunk Now
We always give Stantis a hard time for his aversion to technology, but he has absolutely nailed it today. Just like Chester Gould was a visionary for imagining a world where detectives have video-conferencing capabilities on their wrists in Dick Tracy, now Scott Stantis sees a world where Coyotes carry handheld Timex Sinclair 1000's, which can get the latest news feeds via CB radio technology.
Make sure to enter this in first, Winslow:
10 INPUT "Election News", U$
20 PRINT "Democrats"; U$
30 INPUT "CB Radio Feed: ", N
40 S$ = ""
50 FOR I = 1 TO N
60 S$ = S$ + "*"
70 NEXT I
May 11, 2008
How Scott Stantis Celebrates Mother's Day
Ugh. Stantis trots out the whole "let's agree to disagree" strip that he goes with when he doesn't want to deal with real issues or Winslow trying to fly.
The interesting part for me is that first panel. Winslow says "it's all good" while Carmen says "it's no good," but then the two seem to flip perspectives as it becomes more clear that they seem to be arguing about Iraq (Carmen even says to "stay the course" - didn't Stantis get the memo that Republicans aren't supposed to say that anymore?). Why is the liberal Winslow saying everything's good? Stantis does get in his weasel-y "fight vs. flight" argument, as if those of us who don't want us to be in Iraq anymore are running away - very Rush of you, Scott.
But ultimately at the end, Carmen and Winslow throw their arms around each other and happily walk of into the sunset together. If only that were true in real life, that Republicans and Democrats could come together after bickering all day long. Instead, we get the Republicans in Congress voting AGAINST Mother's Day. I think we can all agree that makes Republicans look like dicks.
Happy Mother's Day from the folks at Shrubville, where we love our mothers!
May 10, 2008
Hard-Hitting Political Commentary, Courtesy of Scott Stantis
Why do I get the feeling I've seen this strip before? I dunno, maybe it's just really unoriginal. But someone doing a cannonball into an empty pool or whatever and then saying that there aren't any warning signs on the road less traveled feels like it's been done plenty of times in the past.
But I guess it's better than yet another hypocritical post saying how dumb it is that our media focuses on stupid little things when all Scott Stantis ever does is make a big deal out of stupid little things.
May 09, 2008
You Little Fool
If they had a King of Fools then I could wear that crown
And you can all die laughing because I'll wear it proudly
-Elvis Costello, "I'll Wear it Proudly"
The man who on a daily basis literally and figuratively reduces politics to cartoon form asks in all seriousness, "When did politics get so dumb!?!"
Look in the mirror, Scott. Notice the crown sitting slightly askew on your head. Now reflect upon your career.
Any more questions?
Posted by CJo at 11:05 AM | Comments (2)May 08, 2008
M-E-T-H-O-D O-F H-A-T-E
I was going to spend a little time today falling victim to Sacki's Master Bait from yesterday. But then I realized that the Grand Master Baiter Sacki is just interested in Baiting (but in a Masterfully-done way) and not in solutions for America. If Sacki were interested in Solutions for America he'd stop his Wanking Woger routine and get with the program. But you see, folks, like Scott Stantis and John McCain, Sacki is completely out of touch. He's also out of time. And he spends his allotted space each week trying to get us out of our minds.
But I can't go for that, no, no (no can do).
So let's all chip in and find some a-dult education courses for these jokers to attend. McCain can afford it; he married himself a rich girl, who found that she could only get so far on her old man's money.
So while Sacki and Stantis and McCain go out there and talk about all the wicked things that can happen. (You'll see 'em going down in war.) But when we play it in that quiet way, it bites them even more. It's as simple as saying it isn't so.
Come on, Shrubville readers and America-at-large, let's make-a our dreams come true (ooo-oo, oo-oo-oo, ooo-oo). Let's put America's kiss back on the list of things that matter to the world. Let's say to Sacki and McCain and Stantis and those other maneaters and private eyes out there: You're gooooooooooooone; you'd better learn how to face it.
Posted by CJo at 10:57 AM | Comments (4)May 07, 2008
You've Got To Lick It Before You Stick It
Not a day goes by when walking the mean streets of Chicago that a stranger doesn't come up and compliment me on my flag-pin placed neatly on my lapel. Certainly, it doesn't hurt that it complements my flag-pin tie bar perfectly and stylishly, but moreso the fact is that people find it a convenient jumping off point to question me about Barack Hussein Obama.
"How'd that guy get elected senator in the first place?" they almost always seem to wonder, leaving me to explain that he himself was no great shakes, but his opponents were a wife-beater, a beat-wifer, and a carpetbagger. Like in Missouri, he could've been a dead for a month and still beaten those guys at the polls.
"Ah well...But at least he doesn't lack the common sense to try to pass legislation for gas-tax holidays, am I right or am I right?" Oh, friendly stranger, you should stop reading the liberal mainstream media. In fact, while an Illinois state senator, Obama supported a state tax holiday very much like Clinton's proposal, but without the saving mechanism of a windfall profits tax.
"Maybe he's more interested in going right to the source and taking down Big Oil. He doesn't take lobbyist money, after all." Strange friend, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, Sen. Obama has received over $160,000 from the oil and gas companies....In 2005, Sen. Obama voted for the Dick Cheney energy bill, which was written in secret with the oil industry.
"Maybe that's taken out of context, like somebody saying that we shouldn't have to go to war for oil." Oh, well, I've really gotta run, young man. It was nice talking to you, but before I go - and you should probably be getting off to school - let me warn you to appreciate nuance and not take things so literally; twisting words is so Karl Rove or David Axelrod. You know... education, if you make the most of it, you study hard, you do your homework, and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. And if you don’t, you get might stuck in Iraq.
May 06, 2008
Did Rupert Murdoch Buy The P.C. Newspaper?
Of course he had no way of knowing at the time, but Stantis is finally going after McCain on something. I doubt he knew that McCain would open up the Spanish version of his campaign website yesterday, or that today McCain would flip-flop yet again on the immigration issue. But the timing works out pretty well, even though Stantis will probably end up voting for McCain in November anyway. Stantis is a die-hard Republican, dontcha know, so he'll vote for whoever the nominee is. Unlike McCain, who so hated George W. Bush for how W trashed him during their race he didn't even vote for the guy in 2000.
Now the real question: will Lou Dobbs and the rest of the right wingers who McCain was pandering to just a few months ago now attack their nominee? Like I said I doubt Stantis would have done a week on this topic if he knew that McCain would flip-flop and start pandering to the folks who speak a language other than English. It'll be interesting to see how far Stantis will go trashing Winslow in this series since he's essentially a proxy for McCain this time around - and Stantis didn't even realize it.
Primary Predictions: Obama wins North Carolina by double digits, but it won't matter since Hillary will win Indiana by a couple points and will claim that Obama should have won because Illinois borders the state and North Carolina doesn't matter since it's in the South and she's more electable because she's the one who can beat McCain - even though they're both talking about a stupid "gas tax holiday" and obliterating Iran. Hillary McSame in November Forevah!
May 05, 2008
Cinco de Mayo: Blowout, Denial
Wowsers, Scott. I haven't heard such a euphoric celebration of Cinco de Mayo from white culture since Liz Phair's ripped-off Stones-riff lead off the flipside of Whip-Smart.
Also, we should commend your ability to look ahead two weeks two weeks ago and plan your strategy for today.
It's that kind of progressive, forward-thought that leads us to believe you're a real comer in the Comics Biz. Keep it up, Kid. See ya' in the funny pages.
Posted by CJo at 10:11 AM | Comments (2)May 04, 2008
Why So Humorous?
Sorry, I'm confused. Did someone replace Scott Stantis without telling us? I'm not used to having two decent Prickly City strips in a row - heck, I'm not used to there being any decent strips. Stantis might do okay once every six months, but a weekend where he actually does a *gulp* good job?
Maybe the world is flat, man has nothing to do with global warming, and conservative policies will make us all rich. My God - was Reagan actually a good president? Will George W. Bush prove to be right fifty years from now? Is John McCain truly a straight talkin' maverick????
Oh my...McCain admits we invaded Iraq for oil...the sun really does circle around the earth! Ben Stein is right!
Or, maybe I'm just a fan of Batman and prefer seeing Winslow strike hero poses than Stantis spewing his conservative nonsense. Yeah, that's it. Just loves me some superhero scenes. Whew. For a second there I thought Sacki might be right too. Luckily, it was just a momentary lapse.
Just like McCain when he accidentally speaks the truth.
Posted by The Furnace at 10:52 AM | Comments (0)May 03, 2008
Nascar Dads Love War For Oil - Just Ask John McCain
Credit where it's due - it's not a bad strip today. I even kinda like that Depends is Winslow's biggest sponsor. Better than going with a cheap Viagra joke.
Now I'm looking forward to two weeks from now, when Stantis goes after McCain for basically saying that we went to war in Iraq over oil. Sure the mainstream media is trying to cover for him (as the anchor on MSNBC this morning helpfully pointed out, he was referring to the first Gulf War - even though McCain said that's not what he meant), but this is one of those comments - like saying we should stay in Iraq for a 100 years - that isn't going to go away. Straight talk from the maverick!
I wonder if Depends is St. McCain's biggest sponsor too...
May 02, 2008
Dust in the Wind
The Earth turns and we get older
The years erode and diminish us all
Until we become dust and forgotten
Wowsers, Scott. I haven't seen such beautiful poetry since I read the lyrics on the back of my babysitter's Kansas album cover when I was a wee lad of seven.
Beautiful, moving, spiritual. It's almost as though I'm your wayward son and you are urging me to carry on. I will not cry no more, Scott. I will not cry no more.
And then there's your art. We know we are seeing something very special when you can combine your uplifting words with such artistic wizardry as Panel Three, which shall forever be known in the Art World as "Carmen's Mouth Puckers Like an Asshole," or Panel Four, which heretofore shall be referred to as "Winslow Loses Half His Face."
Go forth, Scott Stantis, and continue to CREATE. And we'll continue to marvel.
Posted by CJo at 10:08 AM | Comments (1)May 01, 2008
Head Off
SYNOPSIS OF TODAY'S STRIP
Liberal Coyote Winston's head hurts. Luckily, a commercial for a headache remedy appears on his television. In fact, the commercial on his television is some sort of magical commercial in that it actually delivers the product in question to Winston's hands. But the product sticks to his fur! And also, unrelated but still darn funny, Winston's antiperspirant/deodorant sticks to his underarm fur.
CONSERVATIVE TALKING POINTS TOUCHED UPON
You can lead a coyote to pain medication, but you can't make him lick your jackboots.
WHY IT'S FUNNY
It's really only funny when you picture the strip's author getting his inspiration from his neverending desire for pain medication. And the smell of his own armpits.
picture courtesy of JB