I don’t often like Pearly Gates cartoons, but Andy Marlette employs the overused imagery to comment, not necessarily on the Texas church shooting, but on the phenomenon in general, and it’s both apt and chillingly funny.In a way, it kind of turns the Pearly Gates meme on its head, because we often see it in […]

I was going to open with all the reasons we might better put the heaving mess aside for the day, but decided instead to simply put the heaving mess aside for the day, and rise, instead, on a point of personal privilege, because …Johanna Draper Carlson reports that “Dennis the Menace in Hawaii” is being […]

So I got home Sunday night, tired after a 6 hour drive, and flipped on the computer to check email and Facebook, which is probably why today’s Baby Blues made me laff.Yesterday was mostly mop-up and catching up on sleep, but I did have plenty of time to stew over our collective stupidity.All the way […]

The last event of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists convention was a dinner and awards ceremony for which I put on a tie for the first time in a couple of years, but that symbolizes much of what I liked so much about this convention: You were expected to wash behind your ears for […]

The last day of the American Association of Editorial Cartoonists’ conference consisted of the membership meeting in the morning, which is serious stuff but not of general interest, and the dinner and awards at the end, which I’ll cover tomorrow, because the big slice in the middle was an appearance by the editorial bigwigs from […]

The second day of the American Association of Editorial Cartoonists convention was a little more laid back, which was a good thing after the density of the first day’s panels. (Though, again, this is written in haste, barely edited, and you’ll have to Google where I’ve failed to add links)Most of the events are happening […]

This was a ridiculously full day, and there’s nothing wrong with that but, as dense as this entry may seem, I’m only going to be able to skim the surface. We were getting a lot of information with a few 15 minute breaks and it was both entertaining and intense.The day began with a double […]

This isn’t exactly a Juxtaposition, but it did juxtapose with a conversation I had with a cartoonist yesterday as we rode the shuttle from the hotel to the opening reception of the American Association of Editorial Cartoonists’ convention.Grand Avenue makes a joke that, while not entirely aligned with Donald Trump Jr.’s sarcastic Twitter threat is […]

Well, yes and no.Scott Stantis poses a question that feels like it assumes part of the answer.I’m old enough to remember Watergate with some clarity, having been in my 20s, but I’ll defer to my mother, who was that age during World War II and, as I have often quoted her, once admonished me by […]

One must acknowledge the day, or the night, and Monty rose above the many “trick or treating as Trump” cartoons to put little Montague in a Milton Friedman costume, which is much more frightening because so many in Congress snicker at the one but truly believe — against all experience and logic — in the […]

 Timing, Part OneL’il Donnie cracks me up on a regular basis, and, as an editorial cartoonist, Mike Norton has the advantage of reacting with speed. I’m hoping, in the course of this week’s Association of American Editorial Cartoonists’ convention, to get a firmer grasp on deadlines and other timing issues editorial cartoonist face.However, the announcement Friday […]

Baby Blues sets off several rants. I’ll try to contain myself.This is actually a reverse of the “Clueless Cellphone Buffoon” issue, because Kirkman and Scott are inexplicably suggesting that a man could actually go to the grocery store without screwing it up if his wife would not turn it into a manipulation game.I hope they […]

 Clay Jones saves me from having to either run a blank panel or violate the Prime Directive and run cartoons only to mock them.Yes, we talked about this two days ago. But it’s growing.Folks, there is nothing illegal or even particularly sleazy about opposition research. This is one of those situations where “They all do […]

This Ann Telnaes panel coincides with a fascinating report last night on “All Things Considered” that made me really miss the business beat.Ann is correct that the Trump Family Industries are benefiting from Papa Schtrumpf being in the White House, not surprising since he ran for office to swell his personal prestige, rather than out […]

I didn’t want to be political today. And I wouldn’t have had to, if everyone had obeyed the original directive and done a “Fats Domino at the Pearly Gates” cartoon like they were supposed to.But then — as Nick Anderson so well illustrates — news surfaced that the Democrats had paid someone to do research […]