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CSotD: Other Topics

by Mike Peterson 9 comments November 8, 2016

I’ll be off to vote as soon as I finish up here, and I hope you vote, too, but I’ve had enough of the talk. If you haven’t made up your mind by now you may not have a mind to make up, so what’s the point?And as the Dogs of C-Kennel note, it’s been […]

CSotD: Choices, when they’re offered

by Mike Peterson 3 comments November 7, 2016

(Edison Lee) (Kevin Kallaugher)An odd Juxtaposition, but these are odd times, at least in the United States.I share some of Edison’s father’s laid-back attitude at this stage, because I’ve been here before, sort of.It often drove me crazy during the campaign, mostly on specific topics that younger people were interpreting in ways that suggested they […]

CSotD: Portraits of Artists

by Mike Peterson 1 comments November 6, 2016

Since reviews often include disclaimers, like admitting that the book was provided for free, in order to establish the reviewer’s neutrality and objectivity, let me start with a sort of opposite “claimer:”I bought this book and anticipated liking it and probably — if only in deference to the Prime Directive — would have maintained silence had I […]

CSotD: From the Political to the Personal

by Mike Peterson 3 comments November 5, 2016

We’ll repeat yesterday’s process of beginning with the inescapable political stuff and then going to the Laffs Section, and Jack Ohman leads off with this compete analysis of the “Undecided Voter,” which also does a good job of commenting on the nitwits who think it makes them sound wise to say “They’re both the same.”Honestly, […]

CSotD: Friday Short Takes

by Mike Peterson 4 comments November 4, 2016

We’ll start with politics and work our way to less unpleasant topics. Bill Day makes a simple point with a simple cartoon, and one that is not only germane to the ridiculous “worst president ever” claims appearing on social media — even if you don’t like him, you’d have to be totally ignorant of history […]

CSotD: Butterscotch Schnapps and other delights

by Mike Peterson 0 comments November 3, 2016

Let this empty frame stand in for all the “after I voted I had to shower” cartoons that don’t deserve to be juxtaposed. When I juxtapose — which I’ll be doing today — it’s to show differing takes, not a collection of no takes at all.I was in a liquor store once and heard someone ask […]

CSotD: The risk of keeping silent and being thought a fool

by Mike Peterson 0 comments November 2, 2016

Might as well start with a leftover from yesterday, which is that Truth Facts is not always quite in gear with American culture, because, while I remember “Movember,” I think it’s almost universally called “No-Shave November” now, at least here.It started with guys growing mustaches, hence the “M” in “Movember,” but quickly turned into not […]

CSotD: Transformational humor

by Mike Peterson 2 comments November 1, 2016

(Real Life Adventures) (Sally Forth)Let’s start off with the Juxtaposition of the Day, because the alternative is to run a selection of day-after-Halloween cartoons and I do, indeed, have a lot of candy to do something with, but the prospect of Thanksgiving dinner is funnier.And, as suggested, more scary. I’m with Ted.I’d also add that […]

CSotD: The thin line between scary and just depressing

by Mike Peterson 0 comments October 31, 2016

Truth Facts sometimes runs into cultural differences between Scandanavia, where the strip originates, and the US, which you might say is a client-state.This appears to be one of those times, because part of the takeover of Halloween by grown-ups has been the transformation of a simple decoration into a major art project.I discovered this the […]

CSotD: Halloween’een

by Mike Peterson 2 comments October 30, 2016

There’s nothing Halloweenish in today’s Pajama Diaries, but I’m going to lead with it because it made me wonder how many children’s books were inspired by writers contemplating their junk drawers?Jill worries that one of those keys might unlock the secrets of a long-lost relative, but the locks on those old trunks, as with the […]

CSotD: Saturday Short Takes

by Mike Peterson 2 comments October 29, 2016

David Horsey gets the prize today for faking me out — I almost didn’t bother reading the captions because I am so sick of lame cartoons in which the kids are, in fact, dressed as the scary candidates.Those cartoons run every two years or, at least, every four, and it’s enough to make you wish […]

CSotD: If only things were that simple

by Mike Peterson 2 comments October 28, 2016

Let’s start today with the fact that you can’t expect the mass of people to follow the scientific process, by which I mean going where the evidence leads rather than interpreting the evidence in terms of their predisposed assumptions.In “La Cucaracha,” Lalo Alcaraz notes today that Trump is getting a lot of support from the Russians, […]

CSotD: GoComics launches its Beta

by Mike Peterson 7 comments October 27, 2016

The beta for GoComics’ new website launched late yesterday, and I haven’t had a chance to look in every corner, but nobody told me to keep it a secret, so here’s my take so far, and, if you go there and find something interesting I didn’t notice, please mention it in the comments.And tell them what […]

CSotD: Very, very short takes (Honest!)

by Mike Peterson 8 comments October 26, 2016

Lot of stuff to pass on that doesn’t require a lot of elaboration.For instance, Arlo has always tapped my inner Old Guy and today is no exception, though I don’t spend much time on my tablet and have only one or two apps I use. And, yes, they can be a real pain unless you […]

CSotD: Symbols and shares

by Mike Peterson 2 comments October 25, 2016

We had a little discussion of national symbols the other day, the overuse of Justice and the Statue of Liberty, plus Nast’s use of Columbia. Now comes Kal Kallaugher with an unnamed American woman whom I really like and readily accept despite having no idea who she is.Maybe Kal doesn’t either. You don’t have to […]

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