Big Nate offers a reminder of what middle school was really like, for those of us who didn’t actually go to middle school but remember junior high. Or, in my case, college, where there was a 7-to-1 ratio of men to women and freshman year was essentially futile. And very much like middle school.But I […]
“Elderberries” is one of a handful of zombie strips that actually became funnier once they were taken over by a new artist. The strip, set in a retirement home, was launched in 2004 by writer Joe Troise and artist Phil Frank. Troise left the strip two years later, and then Frank, already known for […]
There are certain strips that I have to restrain myself from putting up here too often. They’re so consistently inventive that they could be here once a week if I didn’t exercise some control and realize that, if you haven’t begun following them, you’re probably not going to.But, while I’ve already mentioned Prickly City’s move […]
From Ed Stein, late of the Rocky Mountain News, now freelancing.Thing is, the Gingrich gridlock era was, or at least was portrayed as, a stubborn difference of opinion. The current gridlock has none of those trappings of democracy. There are issues on the table, like unemployment and nuclear arms, that Gingrich’s minions would have put […]
A couple of days ago, I issued what turned out to be a false alarm for an upcoming flashback story over in “Heart of the City.” Oh well. I still love the feature.But now, to the rescue of the disappointed comes “Edge City,” which is providing a flashback story to help celebrate Hannukah. “Edge City” […]
I don’t suppose the freeze on federal wages is more than a token gesture, but token gestures matter in a national emergency. The amount of scrap metal raised during those WWII homefront drives probably didn’t make that much of an actual difference to our production of tanks and ships, but getting people to make […]
Here’s Jeff Corriveau’s “Deflocked” with a swipe both at pretend on-line farming and at the factors that make the actual business nearly impossible.This two-year-old strip is worth following if for no other reason than because it features a sheep named “Mamet” who shares the same sunny outlook on life as his namesake. Not only is […]
Willie & Ethel proves that not all cartoonists are ignoring the economic news.Meanwhile, the quote of the week comes from Warren Buffett, on yesterday’s highly watchable edition of “This Week with Christiane Amanpour: “There’s been this increasing disparity between the rich and the poor. We’ve found out that a rising tide just lifted all yachts, […]
The recent summit to save tigers, held in St. Petersburg, Russia, got scant attention in the US press but was reported elsewhere, apparently including Holland, where it elicited this cartoon from Arend Van Dam.Van Dam’s work is simple but contains some bite and a little more implied narrative than the average international cartoon, which tends, […]
Just as I was lamenting (scroll down) the lack of cartoons that took on the recession at this holiday shopping season, “Heart of the City” sets up a Mrs. Angelini story.
After going through a raft of “Black Friday” cartoons that could have run any year, it was good to get to “Sinfest” and find commentary that actually appears to take place in the here and now.Maybe I’m taking it all too personally. As someone working in journalism, my response to all those cheerful “shopaholic” jokes […]
Sandra Bell Lundy’s “Between Friends” is often autobiographical, at least to the extent of reflecting what’s on her mind. But occasionally it also reflects what’s going on in her life, and the current arc as Kim ponders a return to college is something she is also doing.I’m very supportive of this, in large part because […]
Matt Bors salutes the ignorantification of America.When this story broke, my reaction was that it was a sign of how badly things are going for hard-copy reference works like the Oxford English Dictionary, whose mass-market spinoff edition had apparently slipped a cog in this brazen display of media-courting. I used my OED just last week, […]
In last week’s post, noting Prickly City’s move from the desert to Washington, DC, I said that Scott Stantis is unique among conservative cartoonists in that he’s willing to go where the jokes are, even if he crosses a few lines to get there.For instance.
Garry Trudeau’s work in Doonesbury with veterans and with active-duty GIs has been exemplary and I think marks a new point in war coverage and media. Today’s humorous depiction of the modern, plugged-in GI is a pretty good example.Let me try to get this right without cranking out a six-volume explanation.The Crimean War (1853-56) was […]