The one criticism of the “State of Our Satirical Union” symposium I heard from several people was that it was too short, that another half day would have helped spread out the vast amount of information, and, while I don’t intend to quote every word here, I think I’ll take the time we didn’t have […]

The two-day symposium on satire in political cartooning at the University of Minnesota began last night with a meet-and-greet and a short panel presentation, including local cartoonist Steve Sack, seen here with fellow panelists Ann Telnaes and comics historian and attorney Michael Kahn.The cartoons are fun, but the topic is serious and the occasion, the […]

Running late — first airport had no wifi but ran me late so the next one had wifi but no time. This one has a very little bit of both.A story even less interesting than it sounds. Here you go:I don’t know that “Friday Funnies” have to be — or even should be — newsworthy, […]

I like Mike Luckovich’s obit cartoon for Barbara Bush, because it suggests an edge to her that I could certainly see and that others reported from time to time.And which you sure wouldn’t pick up on from the mawkish, sentimental glurge so many other cartoonists provided.I would normally despise a tear in a cartoon, particularly […]

Matt Bors really struck home for me with this one, both for the cartoon itself and within a context of his recent work.Bors has become an ardent champion of Millennials, of which he is at the leading edge, having been born in 1983, two years into the demographic. On my 33rd birthday, as it happens.We […]

Start here: All three finalists for the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in Editorial Cartooning did excellent work.And for those who come here often, there’s no need for me to disclose my general contempt for awards: I’ve frequently written how much I dislike them and how little stock I place in them.But, since I’m about to disrespect […]

It’s not unusual for me to come across a cartoon that I basically like but with which I have a quibble. I generally pass them by because it’s too much effort to add qualifications when there are other cartoons that don’t require it.However, I ran into several such pieces today and it seemed like the […]

So simple an eight-year-old could do it.Actually, I’m not sure how old Edison Lee is, but I suspect that he could do taxes because he hasn’t yet been steeped in April 15 Fear, which is found in the cartooning bible somewhere between all those slippery banana peels and the pies cooling off on open windowsills.Mind […]

Maybe Scott Stantis saw something I missed, but I’m not sure what his lead time is on Prickly City and I’m not gonna go back and look this up anyway. However, and for whatever reason, she made a thankfully short splash on social media recently and, golly, it was like she’d never gone away, with people […]

I’m starting a new feature, “Friday Funnies,” in which I skip the political stuff. Given the crisis we’re in, I’m way too often compelled to focus on editorial cartoons at the expense of funny non-political stuff. Friday Funnies will be freed from the same-day rule I normally apply to strips, so you may see something here […]

Kim Warp bats lead off today because we’re celebrating intelligent humor and her New Yorker panel stands out among a plethora of lesser Facebook gags.When I speak of “intelligent humor,” I don’t mean jokes about advanced physics or great unread classics. I mean jokes that indicate that the cartoonist has been paying attention and is […]

 Juxtaposition of the Day (Non Sequitur) (Existential Comics – Click here for full episode)First thing you’ll note is that, while Non Sequitur is talking about grammar, Existential Comics is talking about logic,which seem like two different things but are allied in this: In both cases, they value structure over substance.The rules of logic have the […]

Jeez. I take 48 hours away from daily coverage and everybody decides to become active and interesting. Let’s catch up a little:The big news is Nancy’s relaunch yesterday. There’s a short, interesting analysis in today’s comments and I’m putting Nancy on my GoComics page to see where it heads, mostly in a “show me” sense, […]

My trip to MOCCA yesterday was cut short because my kennel went out of business without telling anyone, so I ended up having to leave the dog on his own, which meant adding 5 hours drive time each direction to the total time he would have to maintain.It didn’t leave nearly as much time in […]

(The weekend became unexpectedly interesting, such that I find myself four hours from MOCCA instead of an hour away, which calls for a posting I can do the night before in order to bolt in the morning. Nothing anywhere near as amusing as the funnies from April 8, 1943.) Mussolini may not have found it an […]