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CSotD: Drawing it in two-dimensions but living it in three

by Mike Peterson 0 comments June 17, 2013

Can’t give you an artist’s name on this one, but here’s the site it came from, the Iranian Students’ News Agency. Parts of that site are in English but I don’t think you need a translator for this.Question, rather, is if you need a weatherman to tell which way the wind blows? Because, to stay […]

CSotD: Summer reading list

by Mike Peterson 0 comments June 16, 2013

The flood of “summer reading assignment” comics will surface in September, in the guise of “School is about to start and you haven’t touched your …” but, meanwhile, Frazz – ahead of the pack again — presents a nice one as a kickoff to vacation season, with a tip of the hat to the ol’ Briar […]

CSotD: Short takes, with only two (promise!) about the NSA

by Mike Peterson 0 comments June 15, 2013

Can’t relate to this Rhymes With Orange too directly because we only use the ATM, and the dog doesn’t expect food until he sees a person. On the other hand, going to the coffeeshop’s driveup leaves him disappointed indeed, since you don’t get french fries with a cup of coffee, and our routine is that […]

CSotD: Cloudy with a chance of bollocks

by Mike Peterson 3 comments June 14, 2013

On The Fastrack often features geek humor, but it acknowledges the culture without kowtowing to it. And, in contrast to the wildly popular but still niche-y Penny Arcade, it does so on a level that is accessible to the general public, assuming the general public is somewhat computer literate.Which is to say, those who may […]

CSotD: Short takes, with only one (promise) about the NSA

by Mike Peterson 0 comments June 13, 2013

Reruns (even ones featuring Rerun) shouldn’t take up valuable real estate on the print comics page, but they’re a lot of fun on the seemingly infinite Web. Especially when they are reruns of things you didn’t see the first time, like this Richard’s Poor Almanac entry, kindly presented a few days early so we can […]

Dick Locher commissioned to create city founder statue

by Alan Gardner 0 comments June 13, 2013

Retired Chicago Tribune editorial cartoonist Dick Locher was commissioned by the city of Naperville to create a statue of the city’s founder, Capt. Joseph Naper. Dick is a 40+ year resident of the city and has been doing bronze sculpting for years, so the question of who would create the statue wasn’t a hard choice.From […]

Herblock documentary to be screened at AAEC Convention

by Alan Gardner 0 comments June 13, 2013

You really don’t need another reason why you should be attending this year’s AAEC convention in Salt Lake City, but convention organizer Pat Bagley is still making awesome things happen. Pat has secured the rights to screen the Herblock documentary, “Herblock: The Black & The White”, I mentioned back in April. The documentary was first […]

CSotD: The Children’s Hour

by Mike Peterson 0 comments June 12, 2013

Keith Knight on young people and the prison industry.I’ll leave the racial aspects of things in his hands, except to remember that it was Richard Pryor who said of the legal system: “You go down there looking for justice; that’s what you find: Just us.”I certainly agree that we bust kids for stuff we used to […]

CSotD: Snowden spills his guts

by Mike Peterson 4 comments June 11, 2013

I like Nick Anderson’s cartoon, but I don’t take it literally.While I applaud the artistry of tying together a couple of threads in our deteriorating democracy, to take it literally would be a bit overwrought.Then again, I don’t think you should wait for an immediate, personal threat before you question what the hell is going […]

Profiled: NYT looks at Khalid Albaih’s influence in Middle East

by Alan Gardner 0 comments June 10, 2013

The New York Times profiles Khalid Albaih, a cartoonist living out of Qatar, who’s become very influential in the Middle East. Lanky, with thick glasses and a nerdy air, Mr. Albaih does not look the part of a rebel. By day, he works in multimedia for the Qatar Museum Authority here, sitting behind a 27-inch […]

Cal Grondahl upsets law enforcement community

by Alan Gardner 11 comments June 10, 2013

Cal Grondahl, the editorial cartoonist for The Standard Examiner in Ogden Utah, recently drew a cartoon that has upset the local law enforcement community. The cartoon depicting officers walking away from a dead body stating, “Respect the badge or else”. The cartoon, like most all of Cal’s editorial cartoons, ran along side a companion house […]

Jessica Abel on living in France

by Alan Gardner 1 comments June 10, 2013

After reading about Jan Eliot’s three months living in South Africa, I found this interesting post by cartoonist Jessica Abel about her experience living in France for the last year: The short version: we are here in France, we plan to stay longer, and we are happy to be here, but not so happy that […]

Read about Jan Eliot’s three months in South Africa

by Alan Gardner 0 comments June 10, 2013

Stone Soup creator Jan Eliot spent three months living in South Africa earlier this year. She’s back now and has posted some of the highlights of her travel: South Africa is a gorgeous place, and False Bay is fed by both the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. It’s green like the Mediterranean but big and wild […]

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