A little housekeeping, first. As Marla has been searching for a new assistant manager in Retail, hiring Val has been hanging out there as the obvious move.Today, that gets cleared up in a style that reminds us of the boutique Marla has long dreamed of owning, and that Norm Feuti worked in retail for many […]

Mike Marland comments on the poor, delicate flowers in our Granite State legislature.I wouldn’t headline a regional piece like this, except that the New Hampshire state legislature often becomes national news in the form of “Can you believe these nuts?”It’s rare for any of the fringey, nonsensical bills that come up in the legislature to […]

I will confess that Jimmy Margulies’s cartoon is serving as a backdrop today to a thought that knocked me out of my recliner last night, rather than a direct result of his work.However, it’s a good graphic tie-in, because you can pick at Trump for firing Comey, for nepotism, for monetizing the presidency, for appointing […]

“Peanuts” merchandising rights have been sold to the Canadian company that also controls “Caillou” and “Yo Gabba Gabba” and some similar kids’ stuff.Michael Cavna has the story here.My first impression was that selling out is selling out, a contemptuous reaction tempered strongly by the good work Jeannie Schulz has done for the cartooning community with […]

Bliss hits at a propitious moment, which may or may not be coincidental, since he is now also a Granite Stater and New Hampshire is contemplating legalization. It’s interesting that the chief, official argument for legalizing marijuana is that the surrounding states, plus Quebec, are legalizing or decriminalizing or something.On the one hand, that’s the same […]

Steve Sack provides the most humorous-yet-accurate assessment of the Comey firing.To begin with, the villain-in-black is a lovely symbol, and then the self-satisfied villain, having local law enforcement in his pocket, sitting on the board sidewalk tilted back in his chair is a vital part of so many Westerns that it makes no demands on […]

 Here’s a collection of cartoons from the week after Richard Nixon fired Archibald Cox, the special prosecutor looking into Watergate, which also brought about the resignations of Attorney General Eliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William D. Ruckelshaus, who refused to go along with the game.It was a different time.More background: Nixon was in a […]

Retail this week brings back a funny-now-that-its-over memory. Marla was delighted to lose her annoying assistant manager but is now going through the old resumes that people had sent in before corporate forced her to sign him.I was on the end of a “remember when you applied here?” phone call when I was still trying, and […]

Prom is one of those things where I’m far enough removed that I don’t know how much of what I see in the media to believe. However, I’m very willing to laff at today’s Zits because I think moms caring about it more than the kids is probably a constant.My own prom was a few […]

First order of business:Everyone complaining that Representatives counted on their staffs to read and report on the American Health Care Act, rather than reading it for themselves, should read the entire text of the bill before writing, drawing or saying anything about it ever again. Fair is fair and we all hate hypocrites, right? Arctic Circle makes […]

In a welcome case of serendipity, today’s Bottomliners provides me with a springboard from which to launch a rant without violating the Prime Directive.In short, there’s a lot more content than facts out there, particularly over Trumpcare: Yesterday, I said I was going to hold off on ranting at length about the vote until things shook […]

I’m gonna hold off on a full Trumpcare rant for a bit while the cartoonists catch up, but Michael deAdder nailed it for me.My cancer treatment was covered by Medicare, but the casual relationship with my primary care physician was built earlier, under the Affordable Care Act.That is, the testing was touched off by a transitory […]

Today’s post is going to look a little short, but don’t be fooled: I’m sending you off to other places, so the time spent will be about average. And worthwhile, I promise.First item is a fun piece by Don Asmussen, better known for Bad Reporter, and is a critique of a Roz Chast exhibit currently […]

I’ve never started a blog post with your moment of zen, but, then, I’ve never felt we were so desperately becalmed.And it’s only one minute and 35 seconds of terrifyingly appropriate mood-setting zen, so wotthehell.Joel Pett marks World Press Freedom Day and, discouraging as his take seems, it’s really only a symptom of a much larger issue, […]

After the shortest retirement in history, or, more precisely, in lieu of it, former New Yorker Cartoon Editor Bob Mankoff has become Esquire Magazine Cartoon Editor Bob Mankoff. The press release is interesting without being indiscreet, but the cartoon Mankoff drew to go with it suggests that he’s happy to be out of a job he […]