Sherman’s Lagoon is a successful strip, but, for some reason, Jim Toomey’s masterful cartooning seems to fly under the radar. There is occasionally some buzz when he takes on an ecological issue, like the brutal and wasteful massacre of sharks for shark fin soup. But, on a daily basis, he produces a strip that […]
Nothing to add to this 1895 Punch classic, except that it is the work of George du Maurier and that it added a phrase to the lexicon that has not lost its value over the years. (If the caption is not legible, click on the picture for a larger version)
Stuart Carlson not only calls upon the Old Testament concept of the scapegoat, but depicts someone already living on hay, which brings to mind a Joe Hill parody of an old hymn. (Those links provide the lyrics to each)The issue in Wisconsin, and of public employees generally, is not as simple as either side paints […]
Today’s xkcd has one of the best fourth-panel surprise punchlines I’ve seen in a long time, and put me on the floor possibly because the precise topic of trying to get things done amid such distractions just came up in a Facebook comment about yesterday’s CSotD.comI wish old Ben’s disembodied voice would occasionally tell me […]
Morey Amsterdamused to say that you don’t have to have a great sense of humor to be a comedian. You just have to have a great memory. Considering that he was called “The Human Joke Machine,” I guess he’d know. He used to do challenges where somebody would throw out a random topic and he’d […]
Madam & Eve touches on a cultural footnote that came up in South Africa’s recent World Cup tournament: For all the changes that have gone on in that country over the past quarter century, you can’t simply legislate some things.Rugby is largely a white sport, with its fanbase in the Afrikaner community. Football (soccer) is […]
Jen Sorensen usually draws “Slowpoke,” a cartoon of political and social commentary that tends towards the cynical and the sarcastic. Who knew she had both a warm and somewhat athletic side?Alan Gardner, for one, whose Daily Cartoonist tipped me to this cartoon-travelogue Jen did for the Oregonian about a recent skiing-and-poking-around trip she took to […]
Okay, yesterday I dumped on strips that do the “hubby forgot” gag. But this Bug is a funny “hubby forgot” gag. And they’re not married. (See Panel Four, above)Anyway, I’ve still got that stupid song stuck in my head. If I can complain about a song I like, I can praise a comic theme […]
Edge City wins big points for not doing the traditional, seemingly mandatory “I bought you candy but then I ate it” strip or the equally ubiquitous, equally tiresome “Hubby forgot the holiday” strip.On the other hand, this is really, really, really an infectious earworm for anyone under 70, since it refers to one of the […]
The editorial pages are awash in cartoons featuring the Sphinx and the pyramids, and references to this or that great revolutionary moment, but this simple John Cole panel sums up the prolonged confrontation and the futility of Mubarak’s resistence. Sometimes, there’s no need to reach for the profound symbols, and often that reach exceeds the […]
Sometimes I like “Between Friends” because it provides a comic insight into women’s lives. Sometimes I like it because it provides a comic critique of women’s lives. Other times, both.Susan obsesses over what she ought to be doing and seems incapable of just letting life unfold. There’s always something missing, and it’s her fault. She […]
This Bizarro made me giggle. I just hope the guy doesn’t suddenly run off with their brushes.
Scott Stantis strikes back at Groupon’s hipper-than-thou Super Bowl commercial, and I’ve got nothing to add but applause.For those who haven’t see the TV spot:
In “Watch Your Head,” Cory Thomas celebrates Black History Month with another in a series of sharply targeted comments.It cracked me up because I’m as guilty as anyone at judging people by their names, though I don’t think it’s entirely a black/white thing. I wrote a piece on naming babies some 20 years ago in […]
Baby Blues scores with a great reversal-of-expectations in the third panel.What’s more, those of us who have lived in the Northeast and upper Midwest are perfectly in tune with the idea of spring sports that will begin practice in March with baseball in the gym or lacrosse in the plowed parking lot, so the gag […]