(Nick Anderson)(Matt Bors)Yesterday, I was listening to our local NPR station do the top-of-the-hour local news and, in announcing that an area sports team had hired a new coach with extensive experience in the minor leagues, the fellow reading the piece placed emphasis on “minor league” in a way that suggested that the new coach […]
Cal Grondahl of the Standard-Examiner of Ogden, Utah, was cut this week. Cal is a great cartoonist, the Standard-Examiner was lucky to have him and the whole thing is depressing, but, first, let’s look at my favorite Cal Grondahl cartoon, which he did on the occasion of the death of Rosa Parks.I was going to pull this […]
During my year-long sojourn in talk radio, I learned many things, one of which was that you are not supposed to say “And we’re back!” every time you come out of a commercial break.But I’m live blogging again, so we’re back, and I’m glad most of you behaved while I was on the road. Some of […]
The legalization of marijuana seems to be getting as much joking here in Colorado as it has everywhere else, and, while I’m sure the pot shops are welcomed by a great many people, I was out here a decade or so ago when they opened a Krispy Kreme and I think that sparked more of […]
Let’s begin our on-going sojourn in the high country with one more from the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers:This was a classic primarily for the piece of eternal wisdom in the second panel, which was restated by them and then by pretty much everybody, with mild variations. And, in this one, unlike yesterday’s example, the payoff […]
I’m in Colorado, where, as you perhaps have heard, they recently legalized marijuana, or, as the “potheads” call it, grass, pot, boo, gage, rosa maria, tea, shit, weed, mary jane and/or dope. Which is not what I’m out here for, but the relentless Rocky Mountain High and Doritos cartoons with which we’ve been bombarded did make […]
Chan Lowe knocks one over the fence.I’ve got nothing to add, except to applaud not only the political hit but the subtlety of the Capt. Renaud reference. Not that it quite fits the overused “I’m shocked! Shocked!” quote itself, but he picked up on the bland indifference to morals and consistency that makes the moment […]
I don’t know what to call this Zach Weinersmith strip (of which this is only the first panel), because it looks like Zach Weiner’s Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal strip but it’s over at Matt Bors’ The Nib site, and there’s a different strip up today at SMBC. So I guess it’s an exclusive for the […]
First, the weather:I would note that neither Rick Kirkman nor Jerry Scott live in a part of the country that actually sees much of what I would call “cold weather.” We’ve been grazing 20 below (Note to overseas readers: that’s F) this past week, so today’s Baby Blues is a nice bit of timing.On one […]
… and the “snow means global change is wrong” cartoons are flooding in as they do each year at this time … but let’s talk about other things people should learn in middle school … Big Nate goes after a fairly fat, slow-moving target, but one with particular resonance for me.My pay-the-rent gig involves assigning and editing […]
I’m leading with Matt Davies’ excellent commentary on the Affordable Care Act, but I have little to say about it that wouldn’t echo what I’ve said before: The president’s political opponents are making a very big deal about the failure of the rollout and then either (yeah, right) misunderstanding or (yes) lying about the actual […]
(Joel Pett)(Jen Sorensen)These takes on Rand Paul have been on the pages of Jen Sorensen and Joel Pett for several days and on my mind as well.I’ve wanted to feature them but wasn’t sure what the mutual resonance was and didn’t want to simply plop them in as a “Juxtaposition of the Day.” I […]
I always appreciate it when a cartoonist allows me to vent about something without violating the Prime Directive. Thank you, Mr. Fitz, for allowing me to be positive about this insider take, rather than give in to the temptation to run, and then rip down, a bad cartoon on the topic.Here’s the deal: First of […]
Tom the Dancing Bug starts the year off with a heartfelt plea for cooperation from Big Brother.My growing anger over the violation of the Fourth Amendment and the social contract in general, and my growing distrust over the Official Story, is beginning to overcome my indifference to the spying itself, which means the timing for […]
Let’s join the New Year’s Eve 1913 party, already in progress over at Bud Fisher’s. (There will be lots of clicking to get larger versions today, by the way. On my computer, Chrome allows scrolling down on those pull-outs, Firefox does not.)Nice of him to apply labels. A lot of familiar faces, but not all […]