We’ll start with Paul Fell today, because he expresses something fundamental in both the coronavirus matter and dialogue in general.Someone observed the other day that there are a lot of people who don’t remember, or weren’t around for, “smoking” and “non-smoking” areas, but, indeed, O Best Beloved, there were sections of restaurants and airplanes where […]
There are many things that Dear Leader can’t seem to understand, and Jimmy Margulies captures two of them here: One is that Trump genuinely has no sense of empathy. It’s not that he ignores or downplays the suffering of others. He genuinely does not get it.So he can cheerfully toss paper towels to people during […]
Thanks, Greg Cravens.It’s always particularly nice when a cartoonist puts one of the things you’ve thought to yourself into graphic form, and even nicer when it’s a wise-ass observation.And even nicer than that when it’s a wise-ass observation you never get to share because it occurs to you when you are, if not alone, at […]
From a strictly artistic point of view, the father-and-daughter image has been done enough.From a political point of view, it can’t be, and Tom Toles offers an effective, if somewhat didactic, variation.But he’s right: They were killed by heartless, feckless bureaucracy.They had gone to a port of entry to apply for amnesty as the law […]
Agnes has found a skull which appears to be that of a cow, but she’s convinced herself that it is a fossil and is therefore the skull of a cow dinosaur.Today, under continual questioning from a dubious Trout, she plays the traditional card of the clearly-wrong: A claim of expertise.Where else have you heard someone […]
For the love of God and Thomas Nast and Woodsy Owl, can we please, please stop with the paper towel cartoons?Yes, Trump once disgraced himself and showed his lack of compassion by tossing out paper towels at a photo op in the wake of Hurricane Maria.We all know that, and, in fact, a short time […]
CongratulationsThe Nib garnered three times more than requested in its Kickstarter bid to produce a magazine. It will join Funny Times and Humor Times as a periodical on the newsstand shelves, though The Nib magazine will be formatted different – a slick ‘bookazine’ instead of pulp tabloid, and featuring long-form political reporting and commentary. It’s Nice […]
Okay, now THAT was a nothingburger!The only real news was the scene in the parking lot, which was more specific than the general rumblings of “I’ve been threatened” but, then again, provided no details. It would have been nice if she’d said she told the receptionist at the fitness center “You won’t believe what just […]
Dogs of C Kennel offers a thought in the midst of all the #MeToo controversy, and it’s one that I suspect a lot of cartoonists are pondering.At least male gag cartoonists who seek a laff and can’t claim to be using sexism “ironically,” which can be either a technique or a dodge for editorial cartoonists, depending […]
If we can’t run our own country competently, we can at least provide amusement for the rest of the planet, and Zapiro provides a handy guide for his fellow Africans to their new neighbor, Nambia. And, by the way, if you want to go visit beautiful Nambia, you can refuel your plane in Puerto Rico, because […]
This morning’s Barney & Clyde fits in with several discussions I’ve had recently and a couple I’ve avoided because it would be futile.The specific key-in is a conversation about dog food, because the plethora of “this brand will kill your dog” postings on social media suggests a little corporate meddling in things. People who champion […]
There are several cartoons floating around about “the smoking gun” of Don Jr and his meeting with someone who unexpectedly turned out to be an agent of the Russian government, though he was told only that she was an agent of the Russian government. She denies it. He denied it for awhile. Now he only […]
No kidding.If you’re not a Fastrack fan, it would help to know that the characters here are the Computer Bug and Autocorrect, a virtual couple, and I find some comfort in the idea that even the Computer Bug has trouble with websites that won’t settle in.Trying to read an article that keeps leaping up and […]
The Colin Kaepernick issue has exploded in an on-line mess that, at its lunatic fringes, appears determined to see who can argue the loudest with the least honesty.Ed Hall lays out the logical, historically valid argument. He’s not the only one who shrugs and states the obvious, including one of the Internet’s better-known actual veterans, […]
Start with a bit of news that — thankfully — has nothing to do with Orlando or Muslims or Trump: Microsoft is acquiring LinkedIn for an astonishing amount of money that, as Alex points out, seems to have very little toehold in logic or reality.As for “Many a truth is spoken in jest,” I did […]