The treat is an opportunity to enter a cartoon competition.In the modern world where violence and discrimination pose a threat to universal and ethical norms, a sense of tolerance is more important than ever. Cartoons are the main pillars of a society based on tolerance and common sense, and open to different ideas and faiths. […]
It’s the time of year when the leafblowers go into service, and, since I share a property line with both the post office and the library, I get extra doses.But the whining of leafblowers pales beside the noise of those facing a Trump defeat next Tuesday, and the latest cause celebre is the purported proof […]
Pros & Cons (KFS) captures the moment, or, at least, my moment.The election is still six days away, but while we’re being beseeched on all sides to jump up and panic, I’m sinking into Stan’s attitude.Things have probably been worse, and the fact that I didn’t have to live through those times doesn’t change my […]
Geneva, October 27, 2020 – Ten years after its creation in Geneva, the Swiss Foundation “Cartooning for Peace“, whose honorary chairman was Nobel peace laureate Kofi Annan, changes its name and reaffirms its action in favour of freedom of expression for cartoonists throughout the world. Under the registered name “Freedom Cartoonists Foundation“, it will pursue […]
Next Tuesday, it will all be over but the shouting. And the recounting. Expect both.Clay Jones (Ind) expresses the weariness I think most people are feeling at this point, perhaps because Dear Leader began running for re-election about five minutes after taking the oath of office. As Ann Telnaes (Washington Post) notes, everything he’s done since […]
Chris Riddell (The Guardian) lays down the reality facing Donald Trump, though it also explains in part why Republicans will no doubt put in an extra effort to find flaws in mail-in ballots in order to exclude them. Which brings to mind this David Horsey (Seattle Times) cartoon from the hanging chad debacle in 2000, in […]
Perhaps it seems this way from the far shores of Australia, but I don’t think many US cartoonists are echoing Alan Moir (Sidney Morning Herald)‘s view.From the beginning, Trump has offered far too much for the opposition and far too little for the loyalists, leaving a very thin slice in which to be thoughtful.For his […]
Robert Ariail (AMS) has it right: The Republicans are beginning to admit to themselves that Trump is highly unlikely to survive on Nov. 3.And the photos on the windowsill are a nice touch, because Dear Leader has always been more concerned with Dear Leader than anyone else, but we knew that, and, more to the […]
Eleri Harris will moderate a panel of cartoonists including Matt Bors, Chelsea Saunders, Matt Lubchansky, and Niccolo Pizarro to explore the social relevance of comics and their relationship to politics in the run-up to the election.This event streams today at 5pm Eastern. You can watch it live here.
We’ll begin gently.The sheet with all the eye-holes was Linus’s costume, not Charlie Brown’s. I don’t have an exact date for this strip, because I encountered it in a collection, not the newspaper. But it ran in the late 50s, when Linus was still a toddler.I bring it up now because the Peanuts Halloween special […]
Lalo Alcaraz Retains His Young Self’s Zeal A memorable video from a Telemundo show in 1994 features a man with his hair all poofed up, oversized sunglasses, a shabby coat and a big wide tie. The man identified as “Daniel De Portado” and supposedly represented a group called “Hispanics for Wilson” (referring to Pete Wilson, […]
It’s gonna take some explanation to get to why I’m opening today with Pia Guerra (the Nib)‘s depiction of Dear Leader and Leslie Stahl.Yesterday, I began reading a fascinating takedown of the Foxxconn con-job at the Verge (h/t to the Bulwark), and I found it absolutely hilarious, because I spent enough of my career covering […]
We’re down to about two weeks before the election and, as Ann Telnaes (WashPost) puts it, Dear Leader is trotting out the raw meat (and viruses) for his supporters in a final push, amid reports that debate organizers are going to mute the opposing microphones Thursday during the two minutes each candidate gets to answer […]
Steve Brodner (Ind) starts us off with the State of the Disunion.It’s a touchy situation, because, on the one hand, people still need to show up and vote or we’re back where we landed in 2016.On the other hand, it’s encouraging and uplifting to see how the people appear to be rising up against the […]
Art Spiegelman artwork © Art SpiegelmanIn the age-old discussion about when comics finally “grew up” Maus is often exhibit A. The New Yorker called it “the first masterpiece in comic-book history”. It’s the comic that people who don’t read comics have read, and the only graphic novel ever to have won a Pulitzer prize. Forty […]