The idea of blogging on-the-spot probably works better when the spot isn’t rather content rich. I think I’ll have more to say about the cartoon arts festival after it’s over and I’m not staying up until midnight in conversations with interesting people.By which I mean this fellow Eddie Campbell, for instance, who currently lives in […]
The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum at the Ohio State University kicked off its triennial festival of cartoon arts Friday with a ribbon cutting at the new facility which should be on any cartoon fan’s travel plans. Columbus isn’t a place you’re likely to end up by happenstance, but it’s handy to a lot […]
Gonna look today at a couple of books that will be part of my holiday shopping, starting with this inspiring combination of nutritional musings and cartoons about food.”Eat Drink Vote” is a collaboration between nutritionist Marion Nestle and about 40 cartoonists under the aegis of the Cartoonist Group, with more than 250 cartoons illustrating her […]
I really like today’s Deflocked for no particular reason except that it’s cynical and funny and true, despite having not quite plugged all the gaps.That is, I suspect some readers would argue that Thanksgiving also celebrates our bloodthirsty need to possess things, but I’d say the charge, while certainly not baseless, is a bit misplaced. Let’s […]
It took me a little while to comprehend my dislike of a relatively new format, the animated comic strip, but, once I found the simile, it fell into place: If we’re sitting around reading the paper and you come across a comic strip you think is worth reading, I want you to pass the paper over, […]
Jim Morin’s cartoon amuses me, but it also depresses me.We’re at a point where negativity is gaining an edge, and health care is only a portion of the issue.Thing is, he’s absolutely right. But … well, yeah, he’s right, and what the hell difference is it going to make?I mean, if talk radio hosts and […]
The timing is purely coincidental, but it’s not a bad day to reflect on where we’ve come and how we got here, and this cartoon by Wolfgang Ammer ties in with some recent headlines that left me scratching my head.That is, it’s easy enough to discount criticism of the Affordable Care Act as a testament to the […]
Ah, Edge City evokes such memories!I think it’s well established that one of the joys of being a grandparent is watching your kids go through what you went through. Parents’ Night ranks right up there. I don’t remember much from Parents’ Night in elementary school except that we had to prepare special packets of our […]
Big Nate hits the mark with this one.There are many cartoons based on kids, but Big Nate stands out as being, on the one hand, ridiculous and yet, on the other, pretty accurate. This week’s arc, in which Nate has been attempting to break into the school paper’s lineup as a critic, has been particularly […]
I said yesterday that there had been cartoons about the Dolphins’ harrassment issue but none worth passing along. Now here’s one that is, from Rob Rogers.The story is getting coverage beyond the sports page, as it should, for a couple of reasons.One is that, if you’re going to lecture our kids about bullying, you can’t […]
Brian McFadden is often too talky for my taste, but this time, his art-to-chat ratio works out well. I heard a little coverage of these hearings and some posturing Senator was demanding that Sebelius resign over the rollout, and I thought if I were in her place that I’d remind him that I served at the […]
Gonna start out with a couple of quick takes before getting onto a more substantive topic: It’s not so much that I like the current Sherman’s Lagoon, though I have been chuckling this week. But today’s was a good demonstration of the way Toomey handles a punchline.I haven’t made much of a secret of my […]
Dana Summers may not want to take this line of thought where I do, but he’s on the right track. The shooting-up of LAX has inspired some cartoons like this one by Darrin Bell, which is a general reflection on shootings in general … And this more (heh) targeted one by Steve Benson. I like all […]
Sheldon with a literary approach to the slippery-slope argument, or, from a slightly different perspective, the “How did we get here?” question.As to the specifics here, I remain unconcerned about the massive collection of data, simply because, as said I’ve expressed several times, it’s self-defeating on their part and has been self-defeating pretty much forever. […]
Thankyouthankyouthankyou Keith Knight for today’s Knight Life. I was afraid it was just me.I like the ACLU. But a couple of years ago, they offered a bumpersticker that said something about upholding and defending the Constitution in return for a donation, and, since I feel strongly about the Constitution and the donation was simply a cover […]