Kal Kallaugher’s humorous-but-thoughtful cartoon on the issue of brain injuries in football stands out from a number of bad cartoons on the topic, because it suggests that (A) he’s not opposed to sports overall and (B) he was actually aware of the issue before the Will Smith movie, “Concussion,” was released at Christmas. (As was Mike […]
From Economic Times:LOS ANGELES: Linus Maurer, a cartoonist and illustrator whose old friend and colleague Charles M. Schulz borrowed his first name for Charlie Brown’s blanket-wielding best friend Linus in his ” Peanuts” comic strip and cartoons, has died at age 90. Maurer died Jan. 29 in Sonoma, California, his longtime partner Mary Jo Starsiak […]
Deflocked touches on a new lesson I’ve just had. As mentioned before, I’m currently at the Colorado Chapter of the International Reading Association conference in Denver, which is a massive event drawing teachers from well beyond Colorado itself.Among the benefits of hanging out with teachers this year is the discovery that there are now cell phones for […]
I noticed The Peanuts Movie was listed as being available for streaming on February 12 on Apple iTunes. That date is significant as the anniversary of the passing of Charles Schulz 16 years ago. The video also becomes available on Amazon instant streaming on that date. For those of you wanting to buy the DVD or Blu-ray, […]
Tough topic today for two reasons:One is that criticizing whiners is very apt to turn in on itself, and, as regular readers know, I try to avoid having too many Andy Rooney moments.The prototypical Andy Rooney whine was when he complained about the air in potato chip bags, the whiney part being that, since he […]
Mark Trail cartoonist Jack Elrod has passed at the age of 91.You can read the full obituary in the Gainesville Times.Jack Elrod Jr., a Gainesville native who spent 64 years working on the nationally syndicated outdoor comic ?Mark Trail,? died Wednesday. He was 91. Elrod began his time with the comic strip alongside its creator, […]
The Oregonian pulled three strips from a Non Sequitur week-long strip series that poked fun at the armed occupants of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in eastern Oregon. The series ran January 25-30, but after one of the militant leaders was shot on the 27th during an attempt to arrest him by authorities, the paper […]
Well, the Foothills, anyway. I’d love to be up in the mountains, but the glimpse of them on the way from the airport to the conference hotel will have to do.Speaking of the airport, it didn’t take long to see that there’s some excitement going on around here.My sister, who lives here, sent me a […]
When I looked for a cover shot of Rosalie Lightning, I found a lot of entries and so perhaps I’m late to this, but, since I suspect the bulk of my readers are comic strip people rather than graphic novel people, maybe I’m not too far behind the curve.In any case, I’m writing about it […]
Let’s get this out of the way, first: There aren’t any new Groundhog Day jokes.None.Jimmy Johnson will admit it, other cartoonists won’t.Some cartoonists simply ignored the day and went about their business, but there were plenty of “six more weeks of whatever” gags.And here’s the funny part (’cause the gags aren’t): Jimmy nails it. It’s […]
Brigid Alverson writes at Robot6:The ceremony began with comedian Richard Gaitet, clad in a neon-blue suit and red bow tie, announcing, ?This will be the shortest ceremony in history, because all we want to do is drink and dance.? He proceeded to present nine awards in rapid succession, including the award for best series to […]
(Kevin Kallaugher) (Clay Jones)We’ll start the new week with a Juxtaposition about the start of the actual choosing, and the ephemeral nature of caring about Iowa or New Hampshire, though we ought not to forget that Iowa has ethanol and large pork factories, so it won’t slip off the radar entirely.New Hampshire, by contrast, is […]
From the New York Times:An Egyptian cartoonist, whose work is occasionally critical of government figures, was arrested in the capital, Cairo, on Sunday and charged with running a webpage without a license, the country’s Interior Ministry said in a statement. The arrest of Islam Gaweesh appears to be part of an intensified clampdown on activists […]
I’m going to put up this link before I even link to Pearls Before Swine, just to forestall the “Yes, it did!” crowd who will insist on ignoring the common understanding of “the Internet” in favor of its most technical definition. Yes, there was something up there when Pastis was in college, but please.I am enough older […]
Reply All gives me flashbacks to my days covering local real estate, which included a weekly breakfast of some 300 Realtors and title people, mortgage lenders, movers and such.There were times when the guest speaker actually addressed real estate issues, but, more often, they were motivational speakers of one sort or another.People in sales eat that […]