DoW Lowen said:
The critical thinking observation comes from the articles attached to the comic. If you read Jonathan Gray Carter's texts, you can see behind the satire there is a clear level of intelligence and a grasp of social and philosophical constructs that isn't apparent in other comic artists even if it isn't always reflected in the comics. Other than that satire and well placed dick jokes speak for themselves. So I don't see how I was too off, and I wouldn't compare a comic strip to the banal nature of the second coming.
EDIT: (Fixed quoting mistakes)
Sorry, I refuse to classify a comic as blending satire and dickjokes with critical thinking, just because about every 2-3 strip has a bit of writing attached to it, that sometimes delves broadly into current issues (what were the last two about ? Gears of War forces occasional party-splits ? Gawker is click-whoring ?).
Sure, there is the occasional truly insightful strip, but it´s not so much blending dickjokes and satire with critical thinking, as it is rarely sprinkling a fingertip of thought into a giant bowl of observational humour and knocking over strawmen.
Edit: And I just realized that I am sounding really negative, which is genuinly not what I was going for. I like the strip because it gives me an occasional chuckle or damn-right moment, you like it because you also see insightful elements in it.
Good for both of us I believe.