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August 16, 2008
When You Wish Upon A Stantis
As the saying goes, be careful what you wish for.
I wished that Stantis would introduce a new character. We got...Vaughan.
I wished that Stantis would spend more than a day or two on a storyline. We got...Carmen in a Chinese prison.
I wished that Stantis would draw more than the same desert backdrop every day. We got...whatever that building is in the first panel of today's strip.
How can someone who's a paid professional create some this awful?
Apparently the wool caps Winslow found have allowed him and Vaughan to sneak into a Toy Factory (yeah, nothing racist about that sign), where they find what they think is Carmen. That's right - simply wearing black hats has given them the ability to track down Carmen and then somehow sneak past the guards - at a toy factory/re-education camp (which I guess is a prison - but how did they get...oh nevermind).
Tomorrow is supposed to be the big reveal of what's happened to our beloved neo-con tot Carmen - or maybe Monday. I don't want to get into a whole "thing" again with that one guy from Wikipedia. But no matter what Carmen is supposed to be now, I can guarantee you that it won't be funny.
Will she be a Communist? Will she a geisha? Oh, wait, that's Japanese culture. A sumo? Oops, Japanese again. What could she be re-educated into in China? Did she learn Chinese martial arts? Maybe she's a dragon. Who knows, who cares.
This is really depressing. It was one thing when we could use Shrubville as a way to vent our frustrations with the world of conservative politics. Taking Stantis to task for things like lying about what Howard Dean said or pointing out how wrong he was about the Abramoff case used to be somewhat entertaining. But now?
Now we get Vaughan. The armadillo. Who interviewed to be Winslow's campaign manager by telling him he was doomed, and suddenly became a regular character. This is supposed to be funny how again?
Stantis, you really do suck. Just quit, please.
