Gonna start today’s short-takes with Hagar the Horrible because it sparks the best rant.To start with, I like the strip because the term “Viking meal” takes me back to my Year of Living on Campus, when someone would occasionally declare a Viking meal at the dininghall, meaning that we were expected to eat without implements […]
Kal cuts through to the core yet again.He uses a complex, multipanel approach here to mock the incoherence and inconsistency of GOP attacks with a clarity others have failed to achieve. And he’s funny without cracking any actual jokes beyond the overall conceit, which, combined with the right art, is very funny indeed.Maybe it’s because […]
Let’s start, for a change, with the Juxtaposition of the Day: (Between Friends) (Watch Your Head)I warned Maeve not to go to Europe with her ex. Well, actually, I warned her not to call him in the middle of the night.Which she did.Before she went to Europe with him, which I would note she did […]
Another tax cut for the wealthy Tom the Dancing Bug echoes my thoughts on lotteries.In fact, as I was pulling it out of the vaults, I just realized that, a week from today, this Runyonesque commentary on the topic will be a quarter century old. Two observations: (A) It was a relatively fresh take on […]
Seems odd to be returning to the topic of second-time-around romance within the same week, but today’s Close to Home brought forth such a hearty “Yes!” from me that I couldn’t rule it out on the basis of having recently discussed that sort of thing.Besides, romantic disasters never go out of fashion.That previous post was […]
Today’s comics page brings something of a coincidence, but the topic sure comes from two different angles.In “Heart of the City,” it’s established that Heart and her mother have been two girls, living all together, but they are all alone (ear worms inserted free!). There was an arc years ago in which Heart met her […]
“Pints and Panels” is an interesting use of the medium that I think works very well for what Emily Sauter is up to.Blogging your life through cartooning has become popular, though today’s Cul de Sac points out a slight flaw in the concept:Putting something boring, dull and uneventful into cartoon format does not transform it […]