A quiet end to a great comic strip, and if the last episode of Stone Soup reminds you of Calvin and Hobbes heading out for new adventures, that’s not entirely inappropriate: Jan Eliot got her break in the business — after four years of pestering the syndicates with submissions — when Bill Watterson hung up […]
If we’re going to have a round-up, we might as well start with a round-up, and, besides, any excuse to feature Dog Eats Doug is worthy.I’m not sure anyone as young as Doug would have a fantasy this well planned out, or that kids know anything about cowboys anymore anyway, but I’m also pretty sure […]
I will confess to feeling much like the fellow in Brewster Rockit, and I say “confess” because I feel kind of guilty over being in a state that ranks 42nd in per capita Covid cases, with most of those seeming to be in the southeast corner, or, as one might call it, “suburban Boston.”And, while […]
Adam Zyglis sets the stage for today’s ruminations, though his cartoon from a few days ago is slightly spoiled by Dear Leader’s sudden realization that his refusal to acknowledge the Covid-19 issue was costing him votes.However, going on TV and noting the importance of masks doesn’t undo the fine job his administration has done of […]
Mr. Fitz gets to open the discussion because cartoonist David Lee Finkle is a for-real teacher who not only works in the classroom but writes books to help other teachers.And who recently reposted this piece on his blog about the difference between making people behave and making them want to learn, in which he quoted […]
Couldn’t decide whether to start or end with Scott Stantis‘ take, but I don’t suppose it much matters.Martin Niemöller is often quoted, though generally in a kind of philosophical, theoretical manner.First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and […]
There’s a whole lot of mental insufficiency out there, and this Clay Bennett cartoon was filed well before Chris Wallace’s astonishing, dismaying interview with the president (transcript here, video clips everywhere).The Montreal Cognitive Assessment Test is neither an IQ test nor a Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory but basically a quick 10-minute test to see if […]
While I have personal reasons for caring about Joe Sacco’s “Paying the Land”, I don’t think they interfere with my saying that this is a stunning, important piece of work.In it, he travels to Canada’s NWT to report on the Dene people and the impact on them of the modern world and, specifically, the fracking […]
(Dave Granlund)(Tom Toles)(Clay Bennett)They don’t often cooperate like this.Dave Granlund offers a rejoinder to the conservative cartoonists who have accused Biden of refusing to come out and fight, and … … here are the torpedoes.There’s always been a kind of suspicion that submarines weren’t sporting.Before that, there was a suspicion that sharpshooters weren’t sporting — Nelson […]
John Deering gets the Fortuitous Timing of the Month Award for dropping this Strange Brew from a distance of several weeks and having it land just as Rush Limbaugh was holding up the Donner Party as a model for how we all have to deal with Covid-19.To which I would add that, when you’re getting […]
Yesterday, I predicted that the memes about Ivanka’s Goya ad would come faster than the cartoons. I was wrong, and, while some were better than others, I was impressed with the rapidity with which the professional commentaries appeared.I don’t think that’s a trade-off. My experience is that the cartoonists who drift in a few days […]
Ivanka Trump is out to destroy political cartoonists, though Pat Bagley is willing to rise to the job of bailing water with a pitchfork.Ivanka’s first move was to accept a job promoting the idea that, if you are unemployed, what you should do to solve your problem is get a job.And, if you don’t like […]
Yes, it’s Bastille Day, and Arlo & Janis are celebrating in their backyard, which is where everyone celebrates these days.However, Arlo treads a fine line in saying “No one actually knows” if French fries were invented in Belgium, because the Belgians not only know but if this lockdown ever eases up, you can go to […]
Not sure I should lead with Joe Heller’s reminder. I don’t want people freaking out and leaving before they’re enjoyed my pearls of wisdom.Still, the new, improved tax deadline is Wednesday, so if you haven’t filed yet, you’d better get hopping.I was just re-reading a Sunday business feature I wrote years ago about truckers, a […]
Phil Hands leads off today with a narrow accusation I want to expand into a continuing theme.The refusal to wear masks, or, more broadly, the refusal to take Covid-19 seriously, requires a level of gullibility that should boggle the mind.That is, it’s not just “bad science.” The anti-vaxxers can at least string together apparent evidence […]