Several cartoonists were able to get their pens moving in time to pick up on the end of the shutdown, but I particularly like Clay Bennett’s take because of its sweeping, enigmatic tone.He’s treading on dangerous ground, because it’s easy for anyone to take a gratuitous Will Rogers slam at government being useless.In fact, we’ve […]

Tom Falco is letting his print subscription to the Miami Herald run out and will subscribe to the digital edition.He writes:I don’t remember ever not receiving a daily newspaper delivery, even from when I was a child. But the newspaper is not arriving! I’m paying for it but it doesn’t come. We had a problem […]

I sometimes get notes from people who point out that, while the web site is called “Comic Strip of the Day,” I tend to deal with editorial cartoons a lot.So we’ll lead off today with Monty, a comic strip.The joke, of course, is that the elections aren’t rigged and we don’t actually have re-education camps.We […]

Over at L’il Donnie today, Mike Norton despairs of being able to come up with any satire more ridiculous than reality, and I can’t blame him. The Donald is indeed making it hard for political cartoonists. Darrin Bell takes the route of casting doubt on the strangely upbeat report by the White House physician.As I’ve said […]

I felt like we’d had enough politics for a while and so was delighted to find a funny little cartoon about a rat …And, boy, is he right. Trump finally announced his awards for “fake news” and they don’t stand up to much examination, being, for the most part, mistakes the press quickly recognized and for […]

 Editorial cartoons are aflutter with responses to the President’s physical, not many to the credit of the profession.The rightwingers are delighted with the news not because it means their President is fit but because it dismays the leftwingers, while the leftwingers are attacking the cognitive test he took.And in the middle are a handful of less […]

  Juxtaposition of the Stupid, Part One (Frazz) (Grand Avenue) (Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal)It’s only fair to start by admitting that I have no idea what SMBC is talking about, because, when I took physics back in the Dark Ages, we just had to memorize some formulas about water displacement and things falling down.That was pretty […]

I don’t know why the funny comes in bunches, but it seems to be feast or famine around here and, while yesterday was a holiday, today is a feast day. So we’ll start with Agnes to which I have absolutely nothing to add. One ought not to gild the lily. Looking for Love in All the Wrong […]

 Leading off today with Non Sequitur and a bit of a fantasy.Not the Godzilla part. The cutting yourself off from the world part.I’d like to retreat back to the 19th Century, when you worked hard, yes, and I’d have probably died from my appendicitis 30 years ago, but it’s attractive to think of living back […]

(Pajama Diaries)(Sheldon)This juxtaposition amused me before I’d come up with a theme for the day, but it starts us off well.In both cases, the wife is mocked for a fascination the husband can’t grasp, and both are affectionate rather than hostile.The first, by Terri Libenson, works on a self-deprecating “Yeah, I know, but humor me,” […]

People keep saying that Trump is a feast for political cartoonists, and this past week has certainly offered plenty of fodder.But too much easy living can leave you fat and lazy. The week’s cartoons offered more laughs than insight.On the other hand, some cartoonists have maintained their edge despite all the low-hanging fruit.For instance, regular […]

Sometimes even when you work weeks ahead, you manage to drop the right cartoon at the right time, and Scott Stantis did that with this morning’s Prickly City.When the Washington Post reported Dear Leader’s outrageously racist remarks yesterday, there was a flutter of people getting the vapors on CNN, and a surge of cartoonists on […]

Retail has been playing in the rumor mill this week, with dubious predictions of store closings and Marla wondering if those rumors are true and, if so, might her store be on the hit list.While actually closing the place down is, perhaps, specific to the retail industry, the overall concept of cutbacks and layoffs is […]

Part of the mission here is to explain comics. Steve Sack ran this cartoon last week, when Michele Bachmann announced her interest in running for Minnesota’s soon-to-be-open Senate seat.It’s a joke.Steve was not actually hoping that Bachmann would run. He was simply making a joke because she is such a polarizing, absurd figure that, if she […]

There was a time when, if some movie star or other random celebrity gave a good speech, someone might say “That’s who should be in the White House!”And everyone would agree, but nobody would take it seriously. There was never a sincere effort to make Mark Twain or Will Rogers president, much less Mary Pickford […]