Best way to start today’s rundown is with David Horsey’s cartoon and column.The cartoon is solid: Getting rid of Flynn doesn’t solve anything, the ship is beached, the captain is incompetent and, bless his eye for detail, the cannonballs have apparently rolled out of, rather than being fired from, the cannons.And Lieutenant Conway may be […]

Today’s Vintage Thimble Theater, which dates from September 4, 1930, struck me as extraordinary use of a generous canvas.Segar regularly had six panels at his disposal, and there were times when they were filled with dialogue, but this wasn’t one of them.Moreover, this was the third day in the “Popeye sneaks up on Snorky” arc, […]

Ah, Pearls Before Swine brings back such memories!All the girls I’ve ever loved!And the summer camp where the pioneering counselors kept a huge jar of mayonnaise on a shelf in the trip shack, made sandwiches with it and then took us on an overnight, which turned into an over-only-part-of-a-night because we had to drive back to camp […]

Obviously, it’s the mission of political cartoonists like Adam Zyglis to criticize the administration. Specific to this cartoon, I like it, but it will do more to rally the existing troops than to recruit new ones.Then again, I’m not sure how you would lure the faithful away, other than having Ted Patrick tie them up […]

Since it’s Sunday, we’ll lead off with Tom Toles’ cartoon. Trump has spoken out of both sides of his mouth on the immigrant ban, insisting that it’s not anti-Muslim but then adding that Christian refugees will get special treatment (I’m confident he has no idea that there are also Yazidis in the mix, much less what […]

Another Nordstrom/Trump cartoon in the rare, rare category that doesn’t involve military strikes against the store, this one by Mike Peters. I would also note that not only did he ignore the “let’s all draw the same cartoon” memo, but he very kindly only put her in the hat and not her full “Babes in Toyland” […]

David Horsey on Dear Leader’s crusade against California, and, as co-conspirators, Oregon and Washington.I’ve said the fault is not with Trump so much as with gutless GOP legislators, particularly those who insult our intelligence by making statements about the policies and appointments they then vote for in lockstep.Apparently, the governors on the West Coast have […]

I’m somewhat more on Janis’ side than Arlo’s this morning, but only slightly. I don’t get the tiny house thing.I understand downsizing. My boss in Denver just bought a condo, and thereby eliminated a diningroom, an upstairs bedroom, a full finished basement with another bedroom and full bath and a good-sized yard for which they were […]

Today’s Prickly City is a good indicator of how Scott Stantis, one of the more thoughtful of the conservative cartoonists, is taking the Trump presidency.For the less thoughtful on the right, the approach so far seems to be “Oooooh, I hate libtards!” rather than confronting any actual issues.As noted previously, some are simply too lazy to put […]

Nothing heavy or deeply meaningful today as we begin preparations for Valentine’s Day, which is neither.I’ve never looked at it with the anticipation/dread of Agnes or, for that matter, Charlie Brown. It always just seemed a festival of cheap candy and impenetrable cards, or, in the case of those hearts, cheap, impenetrable candy.I can’t remember […]

Last night was the Super Bowl, but I missed all but the last two minutes of each half, plus that tiny slice of overtime, because I was in airplanes. Tank McNamara nailed my situation perfectly this morning — I’m a Houston fan, so I can schedule air travel on Super Bowl Sunday early enough to get […]

I’m posting from a Holiday Inn in Denver on my last day out-of-pocket, and feeling a bit like this April, 2000, Arlo and Janis classic.I’m near the airport, I’ve got a noon flight and I have time to do a regular posting about today’s comics, but … well, first of all (Arlo side), I still have some […]

(Sheldon, 2006) (Cleats, 2005)Start with a juxtaposition of strips that kind of had to run when they did because since then, it’s the grandparents who know who the Beatles were. The parents are starting to get a little shaky on the topic.Of course, the good thing is that they waited so long to do the […]

At one paper where I worked, this poster hung over my desk for a few years, and the whole story that followed is annoying and foolish, but a search-and-inquiry about its potential market value did bring me into the world of comics fans and thence here. So that was a good thing.Crossovers were a lot more […]

Here’s a collection of cartoons that, if the artists need some time off, they could simply update and re-issue.Which is a nicer intro than pointing out that we thought it was kinda bad then, but we didn’t listen, and here we are now.In July of 2003, Ann Telnaes, for instance, made a point particularly emphasized […]