This is the way the world ends, BC suggests: Not with a splash, but a trickle.Note that they adjust a few meters at a time. It would make more sense to say “five kilometers” but comics aren’t required to make sense and, unfortunately, neither is reality, or, at least, not the portion of reality that is […]

Bizarro brings up one of those odd disconnects between (most) men and (most) women, which is the cut flowers vs. live plants issue.I say “most” in order to forestall those who will insist they favor the other side of the matter, because I’m sure there are exceptions.But – unlike pressing issues of whether ketchup (or catsup, […]

Start with today’s Barney & Clyde, which brings back an incident that made reporting fun.My editor came up, dropped a fat envelope on my desk and said, “See what you can make of this.”Inside was a pile of anti-Walmart screeds, detailing all the horrible things that would happen to our town if Walmart opened there. […]

I’ll start with Non Sequitur, with which I have no argument except that I wish it were that simple. That’s gonna be today’s theme.There are two sides to this cartoon, starting with the pun and the misheard promise. Well, something’s coming in, anyway, and will be dumped on your doorstep.The other interpretation is that they […]

As the presidential campaign heated up, Scott Stantis seemed to find himself in a difficult position with Pricky City, because the strip’s established liberal/conservative banter didn’t fit the situation, though he did reflect a lot of people’s response by letting the strip wander off into comments about disillusionment and unlikely solutions.Well, he’s back and, as […]

 A peek behind the scenes to explain why I love Between Friends.The above is yesterday’s strip, part of an ongoing arc about Maeve’s crush on the barista in her office building. It’s been kind of silly, but that’s within boundaries, because Maeve’s love-life is always inadvisedly directed, sometimes in silly ways, sometimes in disastrous ones. But it did […]

Before doing yesterday’s post, I thought about waiting until more cartoonists had had a chance to respond to the death of Fidel Castro.However, I suspected that anyone passionate on the topic would leap into the fray without worrying about deadlines and that everyone else would either draw a cigar or some variant on the Pearly […]

Oh, wait … stand by … that was the wrong Castro, wrong country, wrong era … well, a lot further back in the era than intended … Satterfield, 1905 instead of …Ah, here we are: Rodriguez, 2016. I like this cartoon for many reasons, but chief among them is the somewhat wistful “now what?” Uncle Sam, […]

Here’s the only Thanksgiving cartoon you need, courtesy of the King Features Archivist, whom you should have bookmarked, because fascinating stuff pops up there well beyond the “Here’s an old cartoon” offered elsewhere.Not only do you get some context, but you often get extras, like buttons or coupons or ads, and, most important for a […]

Off the Mark sets us up for a day of thought-free giggling, and Mark Parisi gets particularly high marks for timing this to hit as our Facebook pages are clogging up with “look what I ate” postings.If this weren’t a day I intend to devote entirely to laffs, I’d add a link to this, and […]

Jack Ohman leads off with a list of broken campaign promises that didn’t even make it to Inauguration Day. Aren’t you supposed to kind of trickle out the disappointment, so that, a year or two into your administration, your supporters begin to wonder if they’ve been hornswoggled?Never mind. Someone noted during the campaign, and I […]

Burned out on all those predictable Thanksgiving cartoons? Me, too. Fortunately, some other people had things to say. The one that requires the least commentary is this Juliet Jones, which first appeared in 1959 and reminded me that, back then, salting your beer was a thing, and one roughly on a couthness level with this fellow, who […]

Jack Ohman recreates a classic moment to comment on how little power or influence Mike Pence seems to have in this transition.It was encouraging that he came out and said he wasn’t insulted or upset by the remarks of the actor at “Hamilton,” but he left it open for others to determine if he should […]

So, according to today’s Bug Martini, here’s another thing Adam Huber and I have in common.I not only can’t figure out even the labeled buttons but, once I have, I can’t remember what I figured out. Was it that they were both supposed to be up, or both supposed to be down?I’d like to think […]

Today’s Loose Parts didn’t so much crack me up as it sent me back in time, and that’s appropriate at the holidays, though when I go back in time it’s not always for fluffy nostalgia.Sometimes, it’s to point out an outrage, such as this: When did parsley stop being a garnish and become just an […]