One of the frustrations of campus activism in the 1960s was the history professors who would blandly dismiss it all, citing other times when the world had seemed on the brink, as a reason we should just carry on with our studies and let matters unfold.It gives me pause, since I now, nearly a half […]
Only from The Onion: CHICAGO – Admitting that he has completely run out of ideas at this point, local political cartoonist Lawrence Cleary told reporters Monday that he is unsure how to convey that a large sack being clutched by a U.S. senator in his latest drawing is full of money. “In order for this […]
Kent State hired Crankshaft and Funky Winkerbean cartoonist Chuck Ayers to create a comic to help promote their Heisman Trophy candidate Dri Archer. Chuck is a 1971 Kent State alum.From Yahoo Sports: Schools are looking for more and more unique ways to prop up Heisman candidates to get exposure. Kent State is no exception. “All […]
The Daily News Journal interviews Nancy cartoonist Guy Gilchrist What did you learn from Jim Henson, in terms of life and work? Gilchrist: Jim Henson taught me a lot. He taught me how to work in a team. He really was my creative father. I learned my comedy timing. I’d been working (in the industry) […]
Ahmad Akkari, a Danish Muslim leader who traveled through the Middle East inciting outrage at the Prophet Mohammad caricatures published in the Jyllands-Posten, now says that was “wrong”.Money quote from The Guardian: “I want to be clear today about the trip: It was totally wrong,” Akkari said this week. “At that time, I was so […]
Plain Dealer editorial cartoonist Jeff Darcy is one of two staffers being inducted into the Cleveland Journalism Hall of Fame. Jeff was selected by the Press Club of Cleveland.Jeff was a finalist this year for the Pulitzer Prize and has been with the Plain Dealer since 1993.
Ted Rall posits the “What if it were happening to you?” question, neatly reversing Israelis and Palestinians to forestall the inevitable accusations of antisemitism that flow when settlements are questioned.It’s a shame that genuine antisemites do indeed advance the argument that you can question Israeli policies without being an antisemite, because you genuinely can, as […]
It’s fashionable to hate Garfield, with his repetitive dread of Mondays and abuse of Odie and embrace of lasagna and so forth and so on. Or, at least, that’s what I assume still goes on there. To tell the truth, for all the strips I read every day, Garfield isn’t one of them.However, that said […]
Kieran Meehan specializes in the clueless and “Pros & Cons” is one of the strips I most look forward to every morning.Stupid is funny when it’s fictional. But, of course, the humor comes from hitting just the right level of exaggeration, the point where you laugh at the absurdity of the situation depicted because you […]
Mike Luckovich on the rodeo clown incident. Everyone is officially horrified, and then a (Republican) Texas politician invites the man who insulted the President of the United States down to Texas to do it again. There is a way of responding that quells this stuff, and a way that winks, and either the GOP has some […]
Shannon Wheeler strikes a blow for freedom of expression or of thought or of not living your life in a constant clench.Mostly, I suspect, the latter, which is good enough for me, though I suppose he could have just been being sarcastic. No, wait: That’s impossible. Not him.Anyway, it made me laff, and it also […]
I was at my school reunion this past weekend. The place is too small to make individual class reunions practical, so we just all get together and chip in for a buffet. It’s really more of a “homecoming” celebration without the football game. When I was growing up, it was a miningtown, but the mines closed […]
Jeff Stahler’s cartoon would be funny if it weren’t so sad, scary and infuriating. In my lifetime, America has gone from “The War on Poverty” to “The War on the Poor,” and health care is one of the main battlegrounds.Health care matters on a number of levels, including highly pragmatic ones, which is probably why […]
I’m in beautiful Island Park Idaho with my wife’s family this week. No updates to the blog whilst I’m away. I’ll be back next week.
I’ll be traveling the last week of August to Norway on business. While there, I’d like to meet any cartoonists in the Oslo area for dinner/drinks. Does anyone know any cartoonist in Oslo? Or someone I can reach out to and get some names?