There are other things going on in the world than “two insane nitwits waving nuclear weapons,” and Phil Hands takes note of the promises of Foxxcon in Wisconsin.Which, like Jack and the Beanstalk and so much more, relies on people believing things they really ought not to. Jack emerged from the story a hero, but he […]
At a time when all the editorial cartoons are starting to look alike, Dwane Powell wins for “copying” on purpose.For non-comic-historians and youngsters under 60 generally, here’s the classic Ron Cobb cartoon he’s riffing on.It first ran in the LA Free Press in 1966, but I saw it in a book of Phil Ochs sheet music, […]
(A little break in format to comment on the current brouhaha. This is a story from Southern Nigeria that I retold in 2005, with an illustration by Marina “RinaCat” Tay.) Many years ago, the king of Calabar was not just king of the people but also of all the animals that crawled and walked and swam […]
Michael de Adder penned this cartoon shortly before the threats became two-sided, but it remains the most spot-on commentary so far, because a major question is at what point Trump loyalists will shudder and pull back.And the answer appears to be that they’re as nuts as he is. Our best hope at the moment is […]
xkcd couldn’t have hit me with this one at a better time. My inbox management is bad enough, but after two back-to-back road trips, it’s totally out of control and, while I don’t quite feel a need to craft a long, sincere response to everything in it, I do suffer from “I’ll take a look at […]
This David Sipress cartoon from the New Yorker has popped up a couple of times on Facebook, and it set me to trying to remember the small collection of CDs I gave my younger son when he was first out from under my roof. I know for sure it went beyond all these begats to […]
The first, which applies to a couple of people, is that I suspect some cartoonists have switched from pen-and-ink to tablets.Actually, I know that several have made the switch, but what I have come to suspect recently is that some have done so perhaps on cheaper tablets or … I dunno … don’t have the […]
“It’s like you’re looking through our windows” is a comment that cartoonists who specialize in family and relationship comics often hear from readers. It isn’t a cliche, but rather a sign that they’re hitting the target.Comics that connect on a personal level are particularly welcome in the midst of a political crisis when it all […]
Amid several other cartoonists’ attempts, Jeff Stahler gets the best perspective on the phony phone call issue.This isn’t a particularly profound cartoon, but attempts to place the claim in more profound contexts have fallen flat, I think because they’ve attempted to put the President’s lies in a rational setting that goes beyond the self-preservation instincts […]
This morning’s Barney & Clyde fits in with several discussions I’ve had recently and a couple I’ve avoided because it would be futile.The specific key-in is a conversation about dog food, because the plethora of “this brand will kill your dog” postings on social media suggests a little corporate meddling in things. People who champion […]
Having just spent a few days in the company of a pair of kids who, if they want to go to the park, tell their folks they’re going to the park, and who are occasionally left alone for a little while, today’s Rudy Park got a pretty good laff.I’m not about to start posting those […]
Steve Sack earns top honors today for frankness. There have been some revolving door gags, but, while self-reflective cartoons can be cloying, there’s something in the idea that we — whether that is “editorial cartoonists” or “columnists” or just folks at the barber shop — have to be able to absorb what’s going on.Here’s an […]
I’m still on the road, and, while I’m posting from my son’s house rather than a motel, the fact that my Internet connection is fast and stable doesn’t mean I’m any more well-informed. It’s been a nice break, focusing mostly on the early 19th Century rather than the early 21st, but it does create issues […]
I’ve been running around Minnesota and somewhat out of the loop, checking out Grand Portage, the place where supply canoes from Montreal met the fur-bearing canoes from the Athabascan to swap furs for trade goods. It’s been instructive to see the places I described and that Dylan Meconis depicted in “Au Pays d’en Haut.”Nice to […]
On the road this morning, so a brief posting featuring a long comic, with a hat tip to Brian Fies.This look at homeless youth in the Central African Republic is really a short book rather than a long article, so any time saved by my brevity today will be more than compensated for.It’s a format […]