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August 17, 2008
Splish Splash Show
For two weeks Scott Stantis has been churning out an Olympic storyline where Winslow was heading off to China to compete. Along the way, Carmen is sent to prison for her outspoken political beliefs (because we all know how she opposes things like spying on your citizens, throwing people in secret prisons, and torture). Oh, and an armadillo came with too.
So why, if Stantis knew he was writing this storyline, did he turn in a Sunday strip featuring Carmen at Winslow's Olympic event - after Carmen has supposedly been detained and Winslow was informed by Vaughan that his event doesn't exist?
I understand that Sundays are usually one-offs that don't have anything to do with the regular storylines. But that's not the case here. Stantis goes with an Olympic theme, and basically gives us a strip based on what he wrote weeks ago. How many people still remember what Winslow's event is supposed to be? Remember that one-off where Winslow was going to be in a track and field event with the Olympic mascot? So if you saw that one, but not the one where Winslow tells us he's in a swimming event, would today's strip make a lick of sense?
Today's gag isn't necessarily bad, it just doesn't make any sense in the grand scheme of things. Don't throw a character into prison just to turn around and have her standing around like nothing's happened. There are some of us (as ordered by CJo) who read this crap every day, and we'd like a little basic logic in the comic strip. Not this garbage.
(By the way: nice coloring job, whoever handled that. Last I checked the middle Olympic ring was black, not forest green, and I don't think hot pink has ever been one of the colors.)
Has anyone thought of what Carmen might have been transformed into? That's the big cliffhanger we were left with yesterday. I'm guessing she'll be transformed into Chairman Mao:
Separated at birth?
Hey look, they've got the same haircut!
Comments
Don't say that too loud! She'll use her antennae to find you.
Posted by: Sacki at August 17, 2008 09:54 PM
