Perhaps you’ve noticed the site has not been updated for awhile now. I certainly didn’t intend to go this long without mentioning something, but since several individuals have contacted me asking if I was okay or what was going on with the blog, I’m long overdue for some level of public explanation.The Daily Cartoonist had […]
Pat Bagley, on an extremely troubling phenomenon in the closing hours of the primary process.I had already looked at this piece as a possibility here because, unlike a number of related cartoons, it doesn’t assume a lot of facts not in evidence, the chief one being whether there really is a significant “Bernie Bros” phenomenon.It’s […]
Tina’s Groove is at its best when it reflects life in food service, and today’s brings back memories, even though I totalled less than a year in the business. As a wise man said, “It’s not the years; it’s the mileage.”The access to a free meal is supposed to make up for being paid sub-minimum […]
This is probably partisan rancour on my part, but I think Walt Handelsman has pretty much boiled it down here.I’ve said this before, but Clinton reminds me of the honor student who is president of everything, who gets the top grades, who becomes valedictorian and who, a minute before the bell rings, raises her hand […]
(Kevin Kallaugher) (David Fitzsimmons) The GOP is convinced Trump’s candidacy t’is but a flesh wound, as Kal notes, while Fitz explains the current status of the Sanders’ campaign.Consider this a rare Juxtaposition of Actually Getting It, as both cartoonists cut through floods of less perceptive commentary and get down to what’s what.I’ve resisted the bundling of […]
Tom the Dancing Bug (see the rest here) offers a simple transposition, proposing that science-deniers apply their (alleged) beliefs to other areas.I’d say it could have been done in four panels rather than nine, and possibly even in one, but Bolling touches on several aspects of denial and sustains within that extended length.Length is a […]
The first choice today is from Retail, and is about Rules and Procedures.This story arc has been going on for a little while, but the strip’s overall flow is such that it’s not always easy to point out when to tell people to jump in. The overarching development that brought this on is that Marla’s […]
Heart of the City is a feel-good strip that doesn’t often provide boffo laffs, but, like Red and Rover and Dog Eat Doug, is in a genre you might call “Nostalgia with an Edge.” R&R specifically goes back to the past, but these strips all rely on your memory of what it was like to […]
I’d like this Clay Jones piece even if it weren’t a case of winning by default.I’ve often said how much I dislike lazy editorial cartoonists, both the tired “oh those teenagers with their saggy pants” social commentators and the knee-jerk partisans who have nothing to say but feel sure that Hillary Clinton’s email and Donald Trump’s […]
Leading off today with Matt because, while I’m confident Matt Pritchett drew it in anticipation of Brexit, it has an infinite number of applications where facts are treated as mere predictions by those who dislike them.The brilliance of it is that there is nothing to disagree with, no interpretation in the statement. A marathon is […]
(Clay Bennett) (Jeff Koterba)Let’s start things off with Clay Bennett and Jeff Koterba, because they lay out the basics with the least amount of spin.Jackson is out (well, demoted to a statue on the back of the bill) and Tubman is in.Of course, the bigots are upset, but the bigots were upset when the schools were […]
Amid the flood of Prince obituary cartoons, Keith Knight instead brings back a substantial tribute he created when the musician was alive, the rest of which you should go read.It’s worth your time, whether you are a grieving fan or someone wondering what all the fuss is about.Keef did a couple of these pieces, including one about Stevie […]
Local editorial cartoons are a great reason newspapers ought to employ their own cartoonists and not rely on syndicated material, and here the Chron’s Nick Anderson focuses on the flooding that has devastated Houston for a second straight spring and, as the markers on the door tell, several others as well.At this stage, Anderson only notes […]
With longer cartoons, I don’t think it’s fair to show the entire thing here, so plan to do some clicking today. We’ll start with a fun one from Boulet, who has the nerve to bring common sense to fantasy with a pragmatic discussion of superkeen weaponry. Go have a look and I’ll be here when you […]
I have been a Jack Ohman fan for a very long time, with this piece serving as my catch-all analysis of what they’ve done to my song, ma, for nearly a quarter of a century.Which is not bad, given that it’s the work of a cartoonist who is only a little over half a century old […]