Several cartoonists addressing the same topic in their own ways:”Gray Matters” is a relatively new strip by Stuart Carlson and Jerry Resler. It doesn’t have as much Tabasco as I’d like or that you might expect from years of seeing Carlson’s editorial cartoons. It has more of an “ain’t it the truth?” atmosphere, but sometimes, […]
As CSOTD marks three years and starts a fourth, this Jeff Danziger classic is a good way to open up a post marking the event with some favorite cartoons and a smattering of reflection.The blog began mostly as a reaction to snarky cyber-bullying blogs that tear down comic strips for the amusement of a depressing […]
Tom Spurgeon, keeper of the must-go site for comic book enthusiasts, “The Comics Reporter,” offers a link to a Canadian history site that featured a brief discussion of this 1958 offering, “Apostle of the Hurons,” a graphic biography of Saint Jean de Brébeuf that appeared in the “Indian Record,” a publication of a religious order that […]
A perfect time to run into a simple, small, non-cosmic bit of humor from Hilary Price at Rhymes with Orange.I’m sick of issues and need a bit of whimsy. The mission of this blog includes the idea that all good cartoons invoke truth, but, thank goodness, some truths are weightier than others.As are some crates. When […]
Mike Luckovich makes a rude point on a day traditionally devoted to guacamole and cliches.Football is the only sport I follow anymore, and I really enjoy football. To return to a recent conversation here, nobody is required to like the things I like. I’d rather watch “The Borgias” than “Downton Abbey.” I don’t think either is […]
Jeff Koterba’s commentary on the Second Amendment lacks a bit of subtlety, but it does encapsulate some of the thinking that went into the document, and that’s been absent from a lot of the commentary on the topic.The First and Second amendments are an odd pair, since it seems that nobody who supports one can […]
Daryl Cagle, he of the political cartoon aggregation site, uses the term “Yahtzee” for the times when multiple cartoonists simultaneously come up with the same idea. Or, if it is a weeping Statue of Liberty in the wake of tragedy, the same non-idea.And it is indeed rare that a true Yahtzee — five of a kind, […]
Our story so far: Trapped in the house by a blizzard, Poncho is forced to coexist with his master’s cat-loving, flu-stricken wife. Worse yet, he has been caught relieving himself in the litterbox. Can this be the end of their ongoing rivalry? Will these implacable foes at long last learn to respect and even love […]
Lio rarely fails to please, and often manages to delight.And, for those with limited English skills, it’s also available in Spanish!When Mark Tatulli debuted the strip in 2006, it got a lot of “adds” (that is, newspaper clients), but sparked some discussion within the biz about how he was going to be able to keep […]
Gil and Thatababy feature a depressing coincidental theme today: Strips riffing on the conspiracy to turn our children into morons.Your kids should not be watching the brain-damaging swill that now forms a substantial portion of programming.Not just badly written, badly acted cliche comedies. They probably shouldn’t imbibe too much of those, either. But I’m talking […]
Today’s “Buckles” reminds me of a column I wrote back in 1987, based on something I’d seen on, of all places, Kenneth Copeland’s TV ministry.Copeland told the story of taking his little boy to the store and having the kid ask for something, to which Copeland snapped “No, you can’t have that!” And then, he said, […]
Writing about Camp Lord O’ The Flies this past Thursday made me curious enough to go on-line to see if the (real) place is still around. Which it is. And they have some old photos on the site, so I went through those and saw a couple of people I remembered.Oddly enough, my own face […]
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal puts a fairly common theme in a new package and makes it new. Our perceptions of the world change, and young folks tend to be awfully cock-sure about the nature of reality and how easy it would be to create the perfect society. And then they gain a little more experience. As Twain […]
The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee on the brilliant marketing of junk food.Saw a thing the other day on Facebook claiming that mayonnaise doesn’t go bad but that onions’ll kill yez. Of course, it turned out to be mostly bogus, but I like the idea of a guy who makes commercial mayonnaise proudly explaining that, […]
Brad Diller, with what would not be my worst nightmare, either. My worst nightmare is coming face to face with incompetent cliche-ridden writing. Yes, I face a lot of nightmares, now more than ever. Some I would be happy to sit down and have a beer with, but not my worst. Only the others.A number of years […]