CSotD: Tune in later
Who does this at 7:30 in the morning? Who CAN even do this at 7:30 in the morning.Well, I’m gonna find out. And then I’ll come home and write a post. Suggest you check back later.(Cartoon by PC & Pixel)
Latest by Mike Peterson
CSotD: Unspoken words, unworthy thoughts
Hilary Forth has been trying to come up with clever, creative ways to get her parents to face up to and discuss the obvious tension in their relationship. Today, she makes the only move she has, and it’s a good one.It’s hard to say I’m “enjoying” this storyline, if you believe comics should be funny […]
CSotD: Memories Old and New
Frazz raises the question of tributes and covers and copying, and wouldn’t it be nice if you got royalties when someone copied off your paper in school?Though I don’t think it would be all that unusual. I gave a friend a six pack of Bud to add my name to his science fair project senior year. Our […]
CSotD: Three Good Takes on a Sad Situation
I’ve already seen this Nick Anderson cartoon shared on Facebook several times, and so it may not be new to you, either.It’s an observation that emerged in social media before the cartoon, but that’s why I like it so much: Simply noting that the same people who were so concerned about imaginary perverts are giving […]
CSotD: Something is happening here, and Mr. Nobel knows what it is
Belgian cartoonist Frédéric du Bus gets the lead today with this simple observation that some people write with a pen, others write with guitar and it’s all literature.And Jeremy Banx notes that purists have tried to keep Dylan in a box for nearly as long as Dylan has been around. And they’ve done a pretty […]
CSotD: Rolling the bottoms of my trousers
Baby Blues happens to be towards the start of my daily comics diet, and today’s set the mood, because my response was to remember how, when I was a kid, lions and cheetahs and other predators pretty much had to live on promises.Disney showed chases, but the prey always escaped, though sometimes we’d see lions […]
CSotD: Thinking about nothing
That’s probably it, Tina.This isn’t the day, this isn’t the time, I’m just not in the mood.And it’s not going anywhere, so let it sit. Don’t think of it.If only it were that easy. Worst part of trying to take a mental day off is that I work pretty much like Kim in Between Friends, so […]
CSotD: Beefing up the choir
I’m certain there isn’t much that can be said to change the minds of Trump voters. Tom Toles notes the repeated lowering of the bar and yet Trump fans continue to not only defend him but to act as if there is nothing to defend.The latest, most astonishing argument to be advanced in social media […]
CSotD: The Ratings Game
I pity editorial cartoonists today because there is really so little to be said at the moment that will shed any new light on our situation. Every idea is obvious and how many variations on sexually assaulting the Statue of Liberty do we need? Thus it is that the most telling cartoon of the day is […]
CSotD: Random Short Takes
Let’s begin with a delayed comment that might have made the blog on August 31 but is equally relevant today. When this Between Friends strip ran back then, it struck me that, Canadian Thanksgiving being tomorrow, freshmen there barely get through their clean underwear before they can bundle it up and take it home to […]
CSotD: Is it a “revelation” when you already knew?
(Mike Luckovich) (Clay Jones)There is only one topic happening today, but Trump’s latest revelation (if you want to call it that) surfaced late enough yesterday that most cartoonists are still scrambling to respond. There may be more articulate responses coming, but speed matters in this business and, while there are cartoonists who will wait until […]
CSotD: Juxtaposition of the Era
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal puts a spin on a tired observation and voila, everything old is, well, still pretty old but newly commented upon.Now, certainly, the fact that we have Shakespeare doesn’t mean we can’t relax and enjoy some lowbrow entertainment once in awhile. As the Dad here says, he’s earned the right to sit […]
CSotD: Past, Present, Future
Pat Bagley offers a rebuttal to Trump’s notion that it’s smart to avoid taxes, quoting not simply a great jurist but a staunch advocate for veterans. Holmes doesn’t get the credit he deserves in history books, but he’s known and quoted not only for his opinions from the bench of the Supreme Court but on […]
CSotD: This and that, mostly that
Nothing on the political scene strikes me as remarkable today, except for the can of worms Ed Hall suggests we open and dig into.That is, there are a lot of political cartoons based on Trump not paying taxes, but there’s nothing much new to be said about it, which is part of his Teflon campaign: […]
CSotD: The Fact-Free Election
Gary Varvel is only one of many cartoonists who may be giving voters more credit than they deserve, but his commentary is general enough to be a good jumping off spot for today’s rant.That is, he’s right: Trump seems determined to destroy his own chances, blowing holes in his campaign at every opportunity and sometimes when […]