Now only is GoComics still off-line (DD Degg offers some ways to find the missing comics), but Comics Kingdom has inadvertently offered its solidarity by hanging up and delivering yesterday’s comics, except for the Vintage strips, which are decades old but as up to date as they’re supposed to be.Fortunately, I’ve been holding a few […]
David Horsey points out a current crisis throughout American democracy, though he’s referencing a specific race for the House in northwestern Washington state.On the national scale, relief over the failure of the projected Red Wave ought not to be too joyously celebrated, given the razor-thin margins in the majority of widely watched contests.We can be […]
Today’s top story in the media world is last night’s ghastly near-collapse of a tottering Twitter under the tone-deaf management of alleged genius, Elon Musk, as encapsulated here by Bill Bramhall.Oliver Darcy has excellent coverage at Reliable Sources, but the immediate crisis appears to be that, in the latest of his nonsensical edicts, Musk told […]
‘Tis the season.The Cartoonists Rights Network International is running a Holiday Pledge Drive.Free Expression doesn’t come cheap. In fact, multiple cartoonists have lost their lives in their pursuit of that right. Others have been assaulted and abused, criminalized or imprisoned, and an increasing number are displaced from their homes. Our mission is to defend these […]
I’ve often noted that the current level of disinformation is hard on “bland restatement cartoons,” in which absurd characters say exaggerated versions of what real people are saying in all sincerity.In this case, however, Tom Tomorrow tackles the dilemma by keeping the exaggeration to a scant minimum, with the only real hyperbole being that cable […]
If I’m going to steal a headline from Dana Summers (Tribune), the least I can do is let him bat lead-off today, which also solves the conundrum of how to even begin organizing the embarrassment of cartoon riches that have emerged since last night’s announcement.We could get this kind of instant reaction all the time […]
Many years ago, my parents came across a recipe in the local paper that was intended to call for adding a soupçon of lemon juice, which a local editor had corrected to “add a soup can of lemon juice.” They sent it in to the New Yorker, which used to run editorial gaffes as fillers.It […]
Artist and cartoonist Wayland Moore has passed away. Wayland David Moore September 8, 1935 – November 7, 2022 From the obituary: Wayland David Moore, whose expressionistic paintings of dramatic action and brilliant color define an era in sports art, died on Monday, November 7, 2022, at his home in Decatur, GA. He was 87. Distinguished […]
Non Sequitur (AMS) has it right: America’s favorite sport has become bitching and moaning and insisting that the refs are corrupt, the rules are wrong and the outcome must be challenged.I promise you that, if Josh Allen had taken a clean snap, stepped back and knelt to take an intentional safety to give the Bills […]
I particularly like this Bliss (Tribune), because my life includes taking the dog for a romp twice a day which, combined with my 35-hour work week, reduces me pretty much to being her chauffeur and, yes, I’m grateful that she gets me out of the house.Here’s the snippet I’m posting on-line today, as an invitation […]
There’s no doubt but that Kieran Meehan inked this Pros & Cons (KFS) well before Election Day, but a look at social media this morning more than justifies Lyndon’s view of things: Sociopaths seem to have a good grip on the conversation.There’s little for political commentators to analyze in the post-election chatter, but a great […]
Political or editorial cartoons were once the primary source for visual political satire, humor and commentary. There are fewer outlets for the traditional form … but life still breathes in many venues—like The Boston Globe, where award winner Ward Sutton publishes biting cartoons on a regular basis. On this day after the election deluge, he […]
The woman in this Jeff Stahler cartoon has had a lovely dream, but that’s all it is. Aside from a couple of too-close-to-call races, the election should be over, but that’s not how we do things anymore.The deniers began carping early about a few malfunctioning scanners in Arizona, ignoring the fact that it simply meant […]
In the Great News category is The Minneapolis Star Tribune looking to replace retired editorial cartoonist Steve Sack. When Steve retired in February 2022 The Star Tribune said no decision had been made on whether to replace the paper’s staff cartoonist.Well a decision has now been made and it is the correct one. The Star […]
I find myself scooped once again by my associate, DD Degg, who covered this large collection of political cartoons, but I had already planned to feature Clifford Berryman’s piece from October 19, 1948, as part of today’s celebration of prognostications gone awry.All the pollsters had the election in the bag for the New York governor, […]