Here’s the solid base on which to build what is to come: The President is desperately tossing out distractions to keep his involvement with Jeffrey Epstein from coming out. Some of the distractions are things he wanted to do anyway, but much of it is like the chaff bombers used to toss out during WWII […]
Ohman’s exaggerating, at least for the moment. There’s no telling how deep into the bag of distractions Dear Leader is willing to reach if this Epstein business doesn’t go away, and, after all, he did send a couple of nuclear subs to lurk off Russia’s coast. The first question is whether these “nuclear” subs are […]
I could do an entire day of cartoons in which Trump and Putin discuss the Ukraine war while Zelenskyy remains out of the conversation. It seems nobody in the world thinks it’s fair or right for the invader and an outside party to determine some other nation’s territory and sovereignty.I like Royaards’ piece because he’s […]
I wonder if Buffalo is large enough that Trump’s secret police can get away with disappearing people without raising objections? It is, on one hand, New York’s second-largest city, but, on the other, it’s not quite 3.5% the population of Gotham and even less so if you include the entire NYC metro zone. NYS demographics […]
From Palgrave Macmillan comes Cartoon Conflicts: Contemporary Controversies and Historical Precedents Edited by Ritu Gairola Khanduri, Richard Scully, and Paulo Jorge Fernandes. This edited collection of new research highlights the way in which the cartoon – long regarded as a staple of journalism and freedom of expression – faces new challenges in the twenty-first century […]
The difference between trompe l’oeil and Trump l’oeil is that the first is an artistic technique that relies on the skill of the artist to create an illusion, while the second is a political technique that relies on the loyalty of the viewer to preserve an illusion.Wuerker has it right: There’s nothing clever on the […]
Editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes spent some of her teen years and young adulthood in Reno Nevada… Fearless — that’s how the Pulitzer Prize committee described political cartoonist Ann Telnaes’ work when she won the coveted award this year. On Telnaes’ journey to becoming an influential commenter on world events, she made two crucial stops in […]
There was a flurry of cartoons and wisecracks yesterday after Dear Leader appeared on the White House roof and wandered around for a bit, talking to the press below. I don’t know that it really indicated much of anything beyond a president with too much time on his hands, but Randy Bish managed to bring […]
Profiling Jackie Ormes and Ollie Harrington. In an era when Black women were largely erased from the comics page, Jackie Ormes picked up her pen and rewrote the rules. As the first nationally syndicated Black female cartoonist, Ormes shattered racial and gender stereotypes through her bold, stylish, and socially conscious characters, paving the way for […]
Alden Global Capital Doesn’t Take No For An Answer Alden Global Capital just can’t understand. Why would any newspaper not want to be the next to pass through its digestive tract? As I wrote on Monday, the DallasNews Corporation recently agreed to be acquired by Hearst at the price of $14 a share. Soon after, […]
In the early nineties, I spent countless hours digging through foreign publications, hunting for lessons and inspiration. I translated articles, wrote essays, and hoped my fellow Iranian artists would catch the spark I felt. I wanted them to see the magic tucked between the lines, the way Western cartoonists held power to account with nothing […]
Bennett commented that this cartoon is based on an old joke; I assume it’s the one about the fellow who fell 14 stories and fortunately survived, but, unfortunately, had fallen from15.I have no idea how many stories we’ve fallen so far, but I know it’s going to be a mess when we hit the ground. […]
Editorial cartoonist Christian Daigle (“Fleg”) has passed away. Christian Daigle (aka Fleg) 1963 – August 1, 2025We first learned of Christian Daigle’s passing from Guy Badeaux:As Guy notes his passing was not unexpected, especially by Christian himself. From last month: From Jérôme Blanchet-Gravel of Libre Média: On August 1, 2025, cartoonist Fleg passed away from […]
We’ve had some smoky days here, but — looking at the AirNow.gov map — nothing like what they’re seeing in the Midwest and certainly not what they’re seeing in large swaths of Canada. We had readings of 83 yesterday, just shy of the “Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups” level, but high “Moderate” enough that people reported […]
New Zealand cartoonist Eric Heath has passed away. Eric Walmsley Heath November 28, 1923 to July 27, 2025We sad to learn that one of the most senior of our Senior Strippers has passed on. From the obituary: He was 101 years old and had just celebrated 75 years of marriage to Barbara… WWII veteran, brilliant […]