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September 09, 2008
Won't Somebody Think Of The Workers' Rights???
Awww. Apparently Scott Stantis was so stressed out by his month-long storyline that went from Beijing to Denver that he's taking out his frustrations on the readers this week by whining that doing a comic strip is hard work. It was so much easier when he just slapped something together that kind of resembled something he saw on Fox News. But sending Winslow to the Olympics, brainwashing Carmen, and then trying to go back to Winslow's run for the presidency? That's just too much! Scott Stantis is only one man! How can he be expected to write a daily comic strip featuring two characters (at times even three!) that isn't just a one-off every day??? Cut the guy some slack already!
What I think is most amusing about this week's bitchfest is that Stantis, who is already regarded as one of the worst comic strip artists currently working, thinks that if he scribbles MORE when he draws that it'll convey to the audience that his character is really stressed out. Sorry Stantis, but the Carmen of the second, third, and fourth panels doesn't look all that different from any other appearance she's had in PC.
By the way, why is Winslow in today's strip saying that line? "To what end?" Well, since YOU'RE the one who's telling Carmen she has to do all this work, the "end" is going to be President Winslow. Instead, it would have made a whole lot more sense for it to be Vaughn - you remember him, right? Poorly-drawn armadillo, showed up out of nowhere and suddenly became Winslow's best friend? It would have made a lot more sense for Vaughn to be the one to pop his head into the third frame and point out that all of Carmen's stress might be for naught. But nope - Stantis falls back into his lazy ways and Winston's given the line. Maybe Stantis is so stressed out by his flip flopping to support John McCain that he's forgotten Vaughn even exists. Kinda like Sarah Palin forgetting that she was for the Bridge to Nowhere before she was against it.
Comments
Let's not even try to think about why Carmen is working so hard on Winslow's campaign. She doesn't want to be his running mate, she disagrees with his politics, and she knows that he has no chance of winning. Not to mention that since Prickly City is an independent republic, they should have nothing to do with the US elections.
Here's an idea... have Winslow run for president of their republic, and win uncontested. Then Winslow and Carmen can face the same challenges as president Bob Barr and VP Wayne Allyn Root for the next 8 years.
Posted by: John at September 9, 2008 10:20 PM
Ooooh! Ooooh! Carmen needs to discover that Vaughn makes more money, but it's 180 days after she accepted her salary, so she is screwed! And when she asks Winslow about it, he tells her that she simply needs more education and training.
Posted by: Annie at September 10, 2008 01:02 PM
