I pity editorial cartoonists today because there is really so little to be said at the moment that will shed any new light on our situation. Every idea is obvious and how many variations on sexually assaulting the Statue of Liberty do we need? Thus it is that the most telling cartoon of the day is […]

Let’s begin with a delayed comment that might have made the blog on August 31 but is equally relevant today. When this Between Friends strip ran back then, it struck me that, Canadian Thanksgiving being tomorrow, freshmen there barely get through their clean underwear before they can bundle it up and take it home to […]

(Mike Luckovich) (Clay Jones)There is only one topic happening today, but Trump’s latest revelation (if you want to call it that) surfaced late enough yesterday that most cartoonists are still scrambling to respond. There may be more articulate responses coming, but speed matters in this business and, while there are cartoonists who will wait until […]

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal puts a spin on a tired observation and voila, everything old is, well, still pretty old but newly commented upon.Now, certainly, the fact that we have Shakespeare doesn’t mean we can’t relax and enjoy some lowbrow entertainment once in awhile. As the Dad here says, he’s earned the right to sit […]

Pat Bagley offers a rebuttal to Trump’s notion that it’s smart to avoid taxes, quoting not simply a great jurist but a staunch advocate for veterans. Holmes doesn’t get the credit he deserves in history books, but he’s known and quoted not only for his opinions from the bench of the Supreme Court but on […]

Nothing on the political scene strikes me as remarkable today, except for the can of worms Ed Hall suggests we open and dig into.That is, there are a lot of political cartoons based on Trump not paying taxes, but there’s nothing much new to be said about it, which is part of his Teflon campaign: […]

Gary Varvel is only one of many cartoonists who may be giving voters more credit than they deserve, but his commentary is general enough to be a good jumping off spot for today’s rant.That is, he’s right: Trump seems determined to destroy his own chances, blowing holes in his campaign at every opportunity and sometimes when […]

There are a number of strips I’m going to be watching more closely for the next little while, and the easiest one to explain is the vintage Mandrake, a new adventure from 1944. There are so many, many ways a story arc called “Doctor Congo” about a witch doctor could go wrong that it’s not […]

John Cole gets props today less for the quality of the concept than for the fact that his parody scans.That is, I don’t disagree with the concept: Trump’s eagerness to describe every setback as the result of a conspiracy needs to be pointed out, and the more ridicule involved, the more it’s at least possible to […]

Let’s start the weekend with Anne and God, in which we address the critical question of how mattress sellers will mark International Vegetarian Day, my life being equally based on meaningless commemorative days and endless mattress sales.I’ve noted my thing about bogus commemorative days before, but what’s the deal with mattresses?I’m not suggesting that mattresses, and […]

 This one is personal: Brewster Rockit has been riffing on the recent discovery of a 3.7 billion year old bacterium.The discovery was not of an actual 3.7 billion year old bacterium itself, but of its fossil, or, to be even more accurate, the discovery of a bed of such fossils, in the recently-exposed rocks of Greenland.I […]

Friend-of-the Blog Brian Fies has created a on reflection heroism, on one hero in particular, and on one anti-hero in particular. It is short and worth your time: Go read it.As it happens, I just included this bit of Lou Grantly wisdom for the young writers I direct in the job that pays my rent: Editor’s Note: […]

Pros and Cons captures the post-debate mood.Enough analysis. Enough conversation. Enough advice.Pour the coffee.And, if you want an opinion, here’s one: Most people’s analysis is about as good as their coffee.Thank god for Sophie, and for good coffee. Red and Rover offers no Big Issues from which to hide, but it does offer a memory. I didn’t […]

Jack Ohman is one of the first out of the blocks on last night’s debate, and comes as close as anyone is likely to in summing it up: Trump boasted, Clinton watched.I doubt that it had much impact on the convinced, but voters who have been wavering might have been driven one direction or the other.However, […]

Harry Bliss makes the hair on my neck stand up.Thank god I live alone and don’t have to be told how to tie off a garbage bag. Or maybe not wanting to be told how to tie off a garbage bag is why I live alone.But this is the point where I release the bag, […]