If you follow comic news at all, you are likely aware that the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette finally quit torturing Rob Rogers and fired him yesterday.Rather than recoup it all, here are some links to coverage: Michael Cavna at Comic Riffs, Rob Tornoe at Philly News, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and the Post-Gazette itself.Plus, confirming what I wrote […]
Juxtaposition of the Day (Prickly City) (Ann Telnaes)Bring it on, Dear Leader.Scott Stantis, who wasn’t at the Satire Symposium but whose name came up, and Ann Telnaes, who was at work on the above piece even as things went on around her, both pull the nose of our would-be dictator. Let’s point out that Hustler v […]
No let-up in the flood of “two crazy guys” cartoons, so we’ll take a stroll in another direction today:Today’s Reply All — part of an arc on the topic — makes me feel good about something, or maybe it doesn’t. I’m not sure.A woman whom I dated for several years taught me, among other worthwhile […]
I’m going to start with something serious, but stick around anyway.Marvel Comics has recently pulled an issue of X-Men because an artist snuck some anti-Semitic, anti-Christian messages into it. Here’s Michael Cavna’s Cleve Wootson’s article on it, and Tom Spurgeon’s write-up, which mirrors my response: “If you play a prank and get caught, embrace the consequences.”And […]
(Strange Brew) (Bottomliners)I really wanted to be non-political today.Not “apolitical,” because what thinking person could be these days? But I wanted to take a break after the last two days of heavy topics.So here’s a juxtaposition I found kind of amusing, though both cartoons are thought-provoking, if you’re the sort of person whose thoughts are […]
(Argyle Sweater) (Free Range)A little walk down TV Memory Lane with this juxtaposition.These are pretty funny and I like them, but the culture changes so fast these days that it’s hard to make references that will really hit a wide audience.The Flying Nun, for instance, premiered in September, 1967, just as I was heading out […]
Tough topic today for two reasons:One is that criticizing whiners is very apt to turn in on itself, and, as regular readers know, I try to avoid having too many Andy Rooney moments.The prototypical Andy Rooney whine was when he complained about the air in potato chip bags, the whiney part being that, since he […]
Stuart Carlson offers a refreshing change from the Inkpot Generals who are inundating us with cartoons about how sanctions are for pantywaists and that real men send other people’s children out to die.There has been a thing floating around the Internet for a few years about how no two countries with McDonald’s have ever gone […]
First, the weather:I would note that neither Rick Kirkman nor Jerry Scott live in a part of the country that actually sees much of what I would call “cold weather.” We’ve been grazing 20 below (Note to overseas readers: that’s F) this past week, so today’s Baby Blues is a nice bit of timing.On one […]
Start with the dumbest joke of the day and work your way up, that’s my motto. Today’s Argyle Sweater is really dumb, but it’s seasonally dumb, which adds a certain Jenny C. Kwan.I remember Christmas cards where the front was the alphabet, or appeared to be, but when you opened it, it said, “No L,” and […]
Today’s Argyle Sweater may provoke cheering as well as laughter from an apparently growing group that despises the “Elf on the Shelf,” a relatively new, manipulative way to drive home the message that love is dependent on your behavior.That’s always been part of the non-religious aspect of Christmas: He knows if you’ve been bad or good, […]
It’s not uncommon for a comic strip to reveal its lead time by riffing on a specific event.But the only conclusion to be drawn from today’s comics page is that somebody left a huge tank of silly uncorked a few weeks ago and cartoonists inhaled the fumes in large numbers. Most of these don’t inspire […]
Because he makes money and y’all didn’t. Duh.The Argyle Sweater hits the mark a fair number of times, but rarely in a way that inspires commentary. Today’s does, in large part because it comes up by happenstance in the wake of the conservative show of feigned puzzlement over Chick-fil-A, a purposeful stupidity that is also regularly […]
Today’s Baby Blues struck me as funny because, see, when I was a kid, I had this friend whose mother tried to knit him a sweater. I forget his name. He moved away. But that’s why I laughed at this cartoon. Because of him.(In truth, my mother knitted me a sweater just a few years […]