At Cartoon Movement, Tjeerd Royaards notes the demolition of the refugee center/encampment at Calais, which is starting as I write this and is expected to continue through the next three days.I haven’t been following the situation closely, but news accounts indicate that it is not quite as blunt and sweeping as his cartoon but neither […]
In today’s Reality Check, Dave Whamond reminds us of why people go to the self-scan.I’m not heartless, but I like to come into a store, get what I want, and get out again. And a little conversation with the checker is pleasant, if it’s a conversation and not a recitation of corporately required solicitations.She’s got […]
The classic exchange in Goldoni’s “Servant of Two Masters” comes as the other characters try to figure out Truffaldino, the harlequin of the play:Pantalone: What are we to make of this fellow? Is he knave or fool?Doctore: I really don’t know. Probably a little of both.Brighella: I should say he was just a zany (lunatic). He comes […]
Gonna start and stop the political chitchat with this Jack Ohman piece, not so much because I like the overall concept and use of “suspense” — which I do — but because I particularly like the fact that he didn’t drag out the poor Statue of Liberty, who has been getting a real workout lately, or […]
First, an observation: If “Law & Order” had been on TV in 1944, instead of beginning each episode with a bit of Lennie Briscoe’s mordant wit, they’d each start with someone staring once and then fainting.The best humor on the comics page is unintentional, and Mandrake has the right mix of absurdity and straight-out storytelling. […]
I’m going to stop flogging the current arc in Sally Forth, because either you’re into it or you’re not, but today’s helps set a point I want to make, particularly about syndicated comic strips.Recently, in a posting about Puck, I noted that, while some comics in that weekly insert as well as some other magazines […]
In an interesting but coincidental bit of timing, Leela Corman’s “Life is an Ambush: My Two Birth Stories” came out on the Nib just as the latest edition of “The Best American Comics” is hitting the shelves.In an even more interesting bit of timing, I got hung up at the eye doctor’s for three hours […]
Who does this at 7:30 in the morning? Who CAN even do this at 7:30 in the morning.Well, I’m gonna find out. And then I’ll come home and write a post. Suggest you check back later.(Cartoon by PC & Pixel)
Hilary Forth has been trying to come up with clever, creative ways to get her parents to face up to and discuss the obvious tension in their relationship. Today, she makes the only move she has, and it’s a good one.It’s hard to say I’m “enjoying” this storyline, if you believe comics should be funny […]
Frazz raises the question of tributes and covers and copying, and wouldn’t it be nice if you got royalties when someone copied off your paper in school?Though I don’t think it would be all that unusual. I gave a friend a six pack of Bud to add my name to his science fair project senior year. Our […]
I’ve already seen this Nick Anderson cartoon shared on Facebook several times, and so it may not be new to you, either.It’s an observation that emerged in social media before the cartoon, but that’s why I like it so much: Simply noting that the same people who were so concerned about imaginary perverts are giving […]
Belgian cartoonist Frédéric du Bus gets the lead today with this simple observation that some people write with a pen, others write with guitar and it’s all literature.And Jeremy Banx notes that purists have tried to keep Dylan in a box for nearly as long as Dylan has been around. And they’ve done a pretty […]
Baby Blues happens to be towards the start of my daily comics diet, and today’s set the mood, because my response was to remember how, when I was a kid, lions and cheetahs and other predators pretty much had to live on promises.Disney showed chases, but the prey always escaped, though sometimes we’d see lions […]
That’s probably it, Tina.This isn’t the day, this isn’t the time, I’m just not in the mood.And it’s not going anywhere, so let it sit. Don’t think of it.If only it were that easy. Worst part of trying to take a mental day off is that I work pretty much like Kim in Between Friends, so […]
I’m certain there isn’t much that can be said to change the minds of Trump voters. Tom Toles notes the repeated lowering of the bar and yet Trump fans continue to not only defend him but to act as if there is nothing to defend.The latest, most astonishing argument to be advanced in social media […]