Dave Kellett’s been doing a storyline at Sheldon this week, which he doesn’t always do. Gramps has found a camera with a mostly-exposed roll of film among his late wife’s stuff in the attic, and is trying to figure out what to do with it.Dave’s sense of humor, and his geek-element, are on display so often that it’s sometimes […]
Gary Varvel is a conservative cartoonist.I don’t often agree with his point of view, and, more than once, I’ve found his work more mean-spirited than incisive. But I admire this particular cartoon, perhaps more in context than on its own, but on its own as well.The facial expressions are priceless, as are Obama’s flailing fists.All […]
Political cartooning is not only not dead, but, even as some good veteran artists hang up their pens and retire, there are some good young practitioners emerging.I’ve said before that one of the unspoken factors in the shift from print to not-print is that, just as when movies began to supplant live theater (which did […]
As we begin what appears to be an inevitable shift to electronic format, political cartoonists find themselves increasingly at the mercy of deadlines.The shift may be inevitable. Letting it impact the overall quality of work doesn’t have to be. After all, political cartoonists produced brilliant topical pieces back in the days (not so long ago) […]
The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee certainly isn’t the first strip to use an imaginary campaign for president as a gag during an election year, but the premise of the strip gives it an advantage, since Edison’s combination of brilliance and naivete regularly steers him away from undue knee-jerk cynicism while keeping him from being […]
Candorville is close to being a political cartoon, in that Darrin Bell spends equal amounts of time provoking thought and telling jokes. Today, however, he is letting his geek flag fly, as he often does.And — unintentionally perhaps — proving that we will never invent time travel unless we completely and absolutely change our society first. […]
I often find myself weighing one potential CSOTD over another, and, by the time it comes down to the final two, it generally has as much to do with what I’d rather talk about than which one is technically better done or funnier or more insightful.Today, the question is, from which perspective do I want […]
“Monty” explores the world of presidential polls. The back-and-forth in the current campaign is, as suggested yesterday, getting to the point where ridiculous things about binders are crowding out more substantive arguments. But, then again, maybe we really are in a world in which facts and logic are not relevant and smart campaigning should ignore […]
Adam Zyglis made good use of the binder concept.And a few others came close, but the binder meme seems to me a pretty good example of what’s wrong with this whole group-participation form of presidential campaign: A lot of piling on over something of very little significance; a lot of straining over gnats and swallowing […]
As Chris Baldwin notes over at the latest Space Trawler, the two of us went down to Elmira, NY, yesterday to research a children’s story we’re working on. And he’s right that the archivist at the Chemung County Historical Society is a rare resource. Rather than just trotting out the usual pieces and telling us […]
This Frank Reynolds panel from Punch is one of the most beloved classics in the medium among, of course, those who identify with the poor fellow in it. As a weekly newspaper columnist for several years and now nearly three-year daily blogger, I have no patience for the “I couldn’t think of anything” column, in […]
There are times when Retail gets into crabby, insider niches that only those who have worked at their local mall will find funny. On the other hand, “refreshingly honest” is a compliment, and it can also be a public service.For instance, I can justify making the “It must be free!” joke when an item won’t […]
My final comment on yesterday’s unscheduled discursion into healthy relationships, via Deflocked: Meanwhile, a technical screw-up allows for an explanation of how Sunday comics work. Here’s how today’s Barney & Clyde looked on GoComics: Strange, no?For those not immersed in the business, here’s what’s up: Printing involves working with CMYK files, meaning that, while a color picture […]
There have been many Lance Armstrong cartoons this week, mostly (yawn) featuring a Livestrong bracelet with variations on the inscription.And, of course, when you work that hard to establish some kind of iconic object to be your public image, it’s going to show up, though you hope in the context of a crappy Pearly Gates […]
Each day, “That is Priceless” takes a piece of classic-era art and gives it a gag caption. Steve Melcher is funny — which he ought to be, since he’s a TV writer — and his blog, though a little unattended lately, has a backlog of gags, including several rude enough that they probably won’t make […]