Brian Fies is very high on my list of good friends I’ve never met, but that’s not why I’m plugging his newest project here. Well, except to this extent:In 2004, when Brian was working on his first book, Mom’s Cancer, he posted pages online and solicited input from the gang at rec.arts.comics.strips.That was not particularly […]
Exquisite timing — I spotted Pat Oliphant’s take while my Facebook feed was filling with commentary from SA friends watching the funeral. I disagree only with the universal sense of unpreparedness he suggests, but I’m going to interpret it as a combination of shock and grief rather than a genuine expression of incapacity.There was a […]
I’ve stopped watching the talking head shows on Sunday, but, if I ever feel the urge to start up again, I’m going to consult this Matt Bors cartoon first.For two or three years, I wrote for a magazine that was distributed to Realtors in the Colorado Springs market and basically existed for the sake of […]
Garry Trudeau has become one of the more eloquent and straightforward advocates for military personnel, and if there is a joke to be made today, it is that his willingness to stand up for them is yet another example of his knee-jerk instinct to buck whoever happens to hold power on the Hill and in […]
As noted and/or anticipated yesterday, most of the Mandatory Mandela Cartoons have been at least predictable if not entirely lame. But I certainly like Matt Davies’ contribution, which demands some honesty, integrity and sincerity that we know we’re not ever gonna get.The bulk of statements on Mandela’s death were almost certainly ghosted by aides and […]
Taylor Jones has set the bar high with a plain caricature of Nelson Mandela, which he admits he drew back in March when Madiba’s health was in such dire straits. And there’s nothing wrong with having one ready. We knew the end was not far, and we knew it was going to be an event that required […]
Signe Wilkinson sounds a warning from the Detroit bankruptcy, in which the court ruled that the city’s pension obligations could be part of the negotiations, which, she notes, should scare anyone on a public pension these days.Well, yes. And I am not a lawyer,but I don’t think even the lawyers are going to have a […]
While I saw my first “Don’t wish me ‘Happy Holidays'” Facebook graphic two weeks ago, now they’re really starting to pop up.Clay Bennett is right, of course: We have all these holidays at the same time of year because it gets really dark and cold, and we need to celebrate the fact that, from that […]
Black Friday and Cyber Monday, with their pretend-bargains and ginned-up gotta-shop hype, have ended and yet Christmas and portions of Hannukah remain.I recently posted some shopping suggestions for comics fans here and then here, and, if you didn’t look then and you’re shopping now, well, there they are.Now some additional possibilities for shoppers who haven’t […]
Rachel Dukes has done a sort-of-study of a cartoon which she posted in two places: One resulted in several “shares” with her credit at the bottom and one was quickly picked up and shared elsewhere, but with the credit cropped out.The one without credits got a lot more views: 588,310 views, compared to 81,595 views for the […]
Let me warm up before going into full rant:Red and Rover is always enjoyable, a pleasant nostalgia piece about being a kid and having a dog, but the past week has been particularly sweet, as Brian Basset made it a daily reflection on why Red is thankful for his dog. This bravura Sunday is above and […]
Another tax cut for the wealthy Tom the Dancing Bug echoes my thoughts on lotteries.In fact, as I was pulling it out of the vaults, I just realized that, a week from today, this Runyonesque commentary on the topic will be a quarter century old. Two observations: (A) It was a relatively fresh take on […]
The gag in today’s “In the Bleachers” is that there are plenty of seats left, except for one low corner of the end zone cordoned off for people who don’t want drunken boobs sitting behind them. And in front of them. And to either side of them. Which brings us to this grim panel from Cartoon […]
I don’t think Tim Eagan is directly referencing the first major pronouncement of Pope Francis’s tenure, but he might as well be. Just as the commandment “Thou shalt not kill” sets a clear limit in order to safeguard the value of human life, today we also have to say “thou shalt not” to an economy […]
“Long Past?” inquired Scrooge: observant of its dwarfish stature.“No. Your past.””Oh, &%^# that,” said Scrooge, and went back to bed.The End. Juxtaposition of the Day(Rex Morgan)(Between Friends)Today’s Juxtaposition gets top billing because it really fires up the Rant Generator and I’m going to have to sort the relevant from the visceral here.To start with, Rex’s sudden […]