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August 24, 2008
Out Of Order, And Out Of Patience
Does Scott Stantis have someone else writing Prickly City every other day?
Thursday - only 3 days ago - Winslow and Vaughn take Carmen through the Beijing airport. She's stuffed in his suitcase, screaming about how they're "capitalist lackies(sic)."
Today - Winslow (no Vaughn in site), now wearing a hat (but not the same kind of hat he and Vaughn wore to break Carmen out of prison), takes Carmen through security at the airport. Carmen, sounding like herself, points out that this idea is as good as Winslow's plan to have her invest in a Paris Hilton movie.
Again I ask: is Scott Stantis the only person writing this strip? And why aren't his editors pointing out that his storylines make zero sense and change from day to day?
This is bottom of the barrel, my friends. Yesterday, Winslow and Vaughn - with Carmen stuffed up in the overhead compartment - were about to land in Denver for the DNC. Today, Winslow by himself is taking Carmen into the airport in Beijing. Yeah, I know it's a Sunday one-off, but did Stantis not plan ahead? If he's going to have a storyline that lasts for several weeks, didn't he think it might be a good idea to plot some of this out ahead of time so he could avoid nonsense like this?
Can anyone name a comic strip currently being published that gets away with this crap?
A while back I joked that Stantis was intentionally doing a bad job so he could get fired since he was tired of doing Prickly City. Now it's clear: he just sucks, and he's GETTING WORSE.
Oh, and how could I have missed the one year anniversary of the podcast? Why even have a link up to something that hasn't been relevant in over 13 months? For the same reason Stantis has a comic strip: he's a conservative, and you can't fire him without firing a liberal, so just let him do whatever since it's easier to deal with people complaining that he sucks than dealing with the right-wing wackos that will go on the attack if you dare get rid of a conservative comic strip.
Welcome to John McCain's America. People with talent, intelligence, and a good sense of humor need not apply if you're not a Republican.
Comments
I'm sure security will be too busy trying to find out why there appears to be an arm hanging out of the luggage of the person in front of them to care too much about Winston & Carmine.
Posted by: Sacki at August 24, 2008 11:43 AM
I guess Winston doesn't want to do it without the fez on.
Posted by: Richard at August 25, 2008 01:15 PM
