For the last few months, Pooch Cafe has been in flashback mode on its dailies, starting with Poncho’s litter in utero and moving forward. This week, he was finally adopted, but by a far younger and more carefree owner than we’re used to. Since one of the ongoing jokes in the present day is his […]
The Boston Globe has posted parody comics strips from a Tea Party perspective. The nine comics were drawn/modified by Joe Smith. The article suggests others will run this Sunday. Parodied strips include: Peanuts (aka ‘Teanuts’), BC (‘BP’), Cathy (‘Wrathy’), Ziggy (‘Zig Zaggy’), Dennis the Menace (‘Dennis the IRS Menace’), Garfield (‘Garfailed’), Nancy (‘Nancy Pelosi’), and […]
Stu Rees emails to ask the following question: I need help compiling a list of television shows and movies where animals and humans talk to each other without any explanation of how it’s possible (magic, etc.). So far I have: Stuart Little Family Guy Tales of Despereaux Dilbert (tv show) Mr. Ed I’m also be […]
Malaysian editorial cartoonist Zulkifli Anwar Ulhaque, better known as Zunar, has arrested arrested under the Sedition act hours before his book was to be released. Police seized 70 copies of his book, “Cartoon-O-Phobia”. In an interview with AFP, while in police custody, Zunar said, “police came and raided my office in the afternoon… now they […]
Steve Moore’s “In The Bleachers” just turned 25, but that’s not why it’s featured today.Today’s wordless cartoon is excellent not only for the basic concept but for his choice of numbers. Lower wouldn’t really work and higher would be silly. This is perfect.
Due out next spring.
Garry Trudeau’s Doonesbury graces the cover of this month’s The Atlantic magazine. The feature story is on the topic of whether the baby boomers can clean up the mess they’ve made in America. Garry authors profile of his strip and how it has mirrored the changes in the boomer generation.
The American Muslim, a North American organization dedicated to the promotion of peace and justice, has come out in defense of free speech and specifically for Molly Norris, Matt Stone and Trey Parker. The organization issued the following statement and is signed by over 80 individuals. A DEFENSE OF FREE SPEECH BY AMERICAN AND CANADIAN […]
Granted, this Doonesbury sequence is in Trudeau’s often-clumsy preachy mode rather than in his more relaxed humorous social-criticism tone, but the idea of carrying a grudge that long, and the implication that it was at least in part a motivation for all the striving, is something I find particularly funny. Not in the least […]
Jacksonville Times-Union editorial cartoonist Ed Gamble was laid off from his position today according to the newspaper’s website. The paper mentions that Ed was only working part-time when he and 26 others were laid off in budget cutbacks.
Ever since it was reported that Molly Norris has had to move and change identities, the story has spread out through the internet and into the main stream media. What hasn’t spread is a chorus of support, or even outrage that in America – the birthplace of codified free speech – a cartoonist has had […]
The cartoons that ignited a worldwide protest for depicting the Muslim Prophet Mohammad will be reprinted in a book by Flemming Rose. Flemming was the culture editor at the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten where the cartoons were originally published in 2006. According to CNN, the book is due out on shelves September 30 and is entitled, […]
Reuters reports that Gregorius Nekschot, the Dutch cartoonist arrested in 2008 for posting cartoons on his website that were deemed offensive by an Islamic group, will not be charged with a hate crime. . Nekschot, a pseudonym meaning ‘shot in the neck’ in Dutch, was arrested in May 2008 following an investigation that started in […]
When the tenor of political debate seems to have become too much, Bad Reporter steps in to reassure you that you haven’t lost your marbles. It really is that bad out there.And I’ve gotta say it is getting depressing. On the one hand, it’s discouraging to think that anybody could take the notion of “Senator […]
Back in the day, Phil Donahue was the king of day-time talk shows. If I remember right his show, and competing shows, were topical and dealt with mostly social issues. I’m not sure which show first decided to introduce or change their format to “freak,” but for several years day-time talk shows all raced to […]