This gig would be a lot easier at the moment if I weren’t constrained by the Prime Directive, which is to feature good work and not snark at the bad. Without stooping to examples, there are a lot of commentaries on the current shutdown that range from clueless to contemptible, and I’m not sure which […]

Here’s today’s Candorville, in honor of the fact that it’s been five years since I took on a job that lasted about six months. Before I accepted the job, I asked my prospective boss how the then-new recession was hitting the paper and he assured me that things were just fine, that a community with […]

I’m not getting as much blogging time as I had anticipated, but I’m having fun here in London.The food has been excellent with perhaps the exception of the “Full English Breakfast” which includes a boiled tomato, beans, eggs, bacon (ham) and a couple of sausage links.

This is like being stuck at the airport. Not like being stuck in an elevator. We’ve got access to bathrooms. That makes a big difference, but we’re still not going anywhere for awhile. And I’d rather sit here than have Capt. Obama feel pressured to take off into a blizzard so I could be part of a […]

Kal sums it up.We’re beyond discussion now. The classic question, “Is he a fool, or a knave?” is no longer operable. There is no “fool” option anymore because nobody that dumb could possibly have risen that far.And I’m not big on conspiracy theories, but I’m running out of innocent explanations. The only question still on […]

Sad news from the Vancouver Sun. In more than 40 years with The Vancouver Sun, editorial cartoonist Roy Peterson won more National Newspaper Awards than any other Canadian journalist. Behind all that success, friends remember a low-key man with a wry sense of humour who was a willing mentor to many younger cartoonists. “He didn’t […]

The new animated feature is due out January 17, 2014. Something tells me I’m going to wait for it to hit DVD Netflix pass entirely.

As it happens, this rerun of The Big Picture, by Lennie “No Relation” Peterson, ran at GoComics yesterday and I snagged it as a fitting illustration for reporting back on the results of the non-poll poll.I say “non-poll poll” because it’s ironic that someone who hates those bogus, short-sighted “comics polls” in newspapers is using […]

The Chronicle Herald profiles Michael de Adder who has two books out de PICTIONS (a collection of his editorial cartoons) and You Might Be from Nova Scotia If… (a book poking fun at people, politics of Nova Scotia). The best part of the job, de Adder says, is knowing he can affect people, and their […]

I’m in London this week for work. I’m trying to see as much of the city as I can when not in meetings. I’ll try to post as many sketches inspired by the things I see throughout the week. The Changing of the Guard

Las Vegas Sun editorial cartoonist Mike Smith and editorial page editor Matt Hufman set off to explore the great state of Nevada to commemorate its 150th birthday. The Sun has a cool web site with their day to day travels and dispatches.

Timing is everything in comedy, and today’s Foxtrot (which is reruns Mon-Sat but new on Sundays) hits at the right moment.I called my granddaughter yesterday to ask about a seemingly ridiculous situation at a neighboring high school, in which the guys from the football team got together at a kid’s house and did stupid, sexist, […]

Editorial cartoonist Jim Lange spent 58 years at The Oklahoman. He passed away in 2009. His son, Robert, has written a book about his father called “John Q: The Life and Times of Jim Lange“.From the Oklahoman: ?My dad passed away about four years ago,? the author said. ?I’d thought to myself over the years […]