(Frazz — AMS)(Marc Murphy)Like most American holidays, today will be marked by schools, banks and the post office being closed and everyone else going about their business as usual. We don’t have as many holidays as other countries, and we barely keep the ones we have.Caulfield is young enough to be puzzled by how long […]
I was dismayed to read the absurd piece by a Cleveland editor in which he said that, while readers like comics, he doesn’t, and so he doesn’t care that they do. Though, granted, I appreciated his proving my long-time dismissal of editors as cloth-eared lumpkins who don’t understand the art form.His ignorant rant, however, points […]
Stephen Collins reflects on the death of water cooler TV, a combination of too many things to watch, too many ways to watch and too many choices of when to watch. (Larger version here)It comes hard on the heels of a whole lot of Festivus references, which reminds us of the days when we all […]
Joe Heller is only one of many cartoonists raising the issue of egg prices, along with an army of meme-creators posting variations on a guy giving his GF a carton of eggs instead of a diamond. So no particular criticism of Heller, but a more generalized: “So what?”Ask Google “Why are egg prices so high?” […]
We’ll start today with a Free Range (Creators) that doesn’t inspire any Great Thoughts beyond my memories of setting up trade show exhibits. There was a (thankfully brief) time when trade show booths were stretchy nylon over aluminum frames that, with practice, broke down into components that fit into custom-made rollaway trash bins. After you’d […]
I’ve had enough cartoons about the speakership voting, but I did get a laugh out of RJ Matson’s commentary because he plays around with a kerfuffle over McCarthy having moved into the Speaker’s office before he held the position, and adds a bit of theatrical flair when the sign went up. Matson’s depiction of the […]
You may have to watch sports to know this, but Progressive Insurance is running a series of commercials in which people in normal disagreements get to throw a red challenge flag and see a replay to determine what really happened. The appeal, of course, is how much we wish we could, despite the fact that […]
Sunday’s Bizarro (KFS) provoked both a laugh and a sigh. My dad, who died 30 years ago last week, did indeed get a label maker at one point — the old school plastic-strip type — which became a brief but intense obsession. The “brief” part is likely what kept our mother from clonking him in […]
(Kal Kallaugher)(Deb Milbrath)As a thousand cartoons about the Speakership race become obsolete — the matter having finally been decided — a look at the difference between analysis and judgment, with the understanding that both have a place in editorial cartooning. Kal lays out the argument that McCarthy’s speakership is flawed by the concessions he made, […]
(Here is the CSotD from January 7, 2021, the morning after the coup attempt. I’ve resisted the temptation to add notes and updates, since it should stand as a record of how cartoonists rallied within 24 hours of the event.)CSotD: Slouching Towards Bedlam I was almost tempted to simply post Marco De Angelis (Cartoon Movement)‘s […]
Lisa Benson (Counterpoint) not only points out the bizarre self-inflicted punishment the GOP is laying upon itself, but her stack of round cards demonstrates the challenge of keeping up with a story that seemingly has no ending.As of this morning, we’re up to 11 rounds of pointless posturing, and even if they resolve things today, […]
On the Fastrack (KFS) wins the Best Coincidental Timing Award for what can’t have been but surely seems a commentary on the GOP gridlock. And Dethany is right: The problem seems to be with people more interested in putting on a performance than getting anything done.Victoria Sparks (R-IN) has taken to voting “present,” indicating her […]
Kevin Necessary gets top honors for his marking of the collapse of Buffalo Bills’ safety Damar Hamlin, both as a local cartoonist — the game was in Cincinnati against the Bengals — and for not having used a tear, which would not only be an unnecessary cliche but somewhat premature, given that Hamlin is still […]
Timing may not be everything, but it’s a lot of things, and today’s The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee (KFS) lands the day after I saw someone observing on social media that the Community Chest card in Monopoly teaches kids to rely on government handouts if they get in trouble.24 hours later, my response remains […]
After I’d been in talk radio for a short time, my program manager took me aside and begged me to quit saying, “We’re back!” after every commercial break, and so I’ll simply observe that Arlo and Janis (AMS) are acknowledging the end of the holidays and so should we all.I was struck for perhaps four […]