The character watch is simple enough to define … It’s simply nothing more, nor less, than a watch with a cartoon or other character on the dial, and although I can’t look at any character watch that doesn’t have moving character hands without feeling disappointed, the truth is that there are millions of character […]
Joel Pett reflects a mood set by others.Today’s headline puns on a mystic 14th century text in which the writer contends that we can’t know God through intellectual striving and so must approach faith through a more contemplative route. It wasn’t new then and, of course, it isn’t new now, though it is kind of […]
Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts has passed away.Charles Robert (Charlie) WattsJune 2, 1941 – August 24, 2021From The Guardian: Despite becoming one of the greats of rock’n’roll, the dapper and deadpan Charlie Watts, who has died aged 80, spent more than 60 years doing his second-favourite job. Watts applied himself diligently to the task of […]
Editorial cartoonist Barry McWilliams has passed away. Barry Wayne McWilliamsFebruary 2, 1942 – August 14, 2021From the obituary: America’s ‘best known, least famous’ cartoonist Barry Wayne McWilliams passed away on August 14, 2021, at his home outside Whitehall, Montana. He was 79 years old. Barry began drawing his weekly editorial cartoon, J.P. Doodles, for the […]
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists have set the dates for their 2021 Convention. October 8 & 9, 2021 will be the dates for the convention. Like last year it will be virtual.From the AAEC: Join the editorial cartoonists of the AAEC for our virtual convention Oct. 8-9, 2021. Like everyone […]
Jimmy Margulies (KFS) is as much on the money as possible with this commentary. It’s a bit unclear how he feels about the situation, but that’s also on target, because Biden is behind the eight-ball and the question is why?This isn’t simply my question — It is being asked by a lot of knowledgeable people, […]
It has been a while since we last mentioned the cuts to the GoComics list. Now seems a good time to do an update since Paul Berge has brought up new additions.Paul noticed that GoComics added Lalo Alcaraz en Español to their main list. But it turns out that is only part of it. Recently […]
Andy Marlette (Creators) offers a challenge that, IMHO, proves something though perhaps not what he intended.I’d be willing to bet that, indeed, most Americans couldn’t find Afghanistan on a map, which you could take as an indication of how little attention we paid to that war. I’d take it further and suggest that it’s a […]
Sunday is Ron’s day but we’re here for Marcus, the week day Dennis the Menace cartoonist.From The Salisbury (North Carolina) Post: On Thursday, Aug. 26, at 12:30 p.m., Marcus Hamilton will illuminate visitors to his artistic collections named, “Two Dream Careers: From Illustrator to Cartoonist,” now showing as part of Waterworks’ summer exhibition, IMAGINE. During […]
(Steve Breen – Creators) (Matt Weurker – Politico)While Steve and Matt work this one out, we will eschew (and esspit out) politics for the day.Tom Friedman’s November 2, 2001, analysis notwithstanding, this one ain’t going anywhere.And, as this Anne & God suggests, there’s enough social media debate on the topic right now that looking for wisdom […]
Today’s Bottomliners as a juxtaposition to Mike’s Candorville take today. © Tribune Content Agency This week began a road trip and ended in the destination. © Mark Anderson; Bill Whitehead A political animal? (It’s funny ’cause its true dept.) © Tribune Content Agency Suspense isn’t just for continuity strips anymore. This week in Drabble and Baldo. © Kevin […]
Clyde gets down to reality in today’s Candorville (WPWG), and his list of dictators could also have included a heapin’ helpin’ of populist demagogues, who are mostly only barred from being actual dictators through chance and technicalities, not for lack of ambition.Lemont expects things to make sense, while Clyde sees what actually does.In Lemont’s world, […]
King Features’ Classic Comics for Middle Graders © King Features Syndicate; Studio MDHR; King Features Syndicate King Features, owner and licensor of a library of classic comic strips, is expanding its global book publishing activities beyond reprint collections, including into original YA and middle grade titles featuring contemporary characters spun off from the originals. Publishers […]
Pat Byrnes (Cagle) joins the masses, though only to mock their haste to be included.Constant Readers know I’ve been holding back a few days, waiting for things to settle in, which surely can’t mean for the whole thing to be over, just for it to take some kind of form. The Washington Post has an […]
The [Australian] Press Council considered whether its Standards of Practice were breached by the publication of a cartoon in The Australian on 14 August 2020. The cartoon depicts a scene of the then United States Presidential candidate Joe Biden giving a speech congratulating Kamala Harris on being the Vice-Presidential candidate. © The Australian/Johannes LeakThe Daily […]