After a year of investigating using a “reverse forensic” approach, Reuters believes it has solved one of the biggest mysteries in the art world: the true identity of muralist (or graffiti artist) Banksy. But spoiler, while they present a very compelling case, the individual they say is “Banksy” has not confirmed their reporting to be […]
Since we’re all off for the national holiday — except for those who don’t work in banks, post offices or schools — let’s talk about work.Today’s Cornered reminds me of a sort-of job I had back in the early 80s in which I wasn’t getting paid but I was being issued stock.Or so they told […]
Chip Bok makes a valid point about Jeff Sessions’ recent decision to crack down on pot: He’s the Attorney General and he should be enforcing the law. You can’t blame him for the fact that federal law has not kept up with social trends or science or medicine.Though at that point the argument divides.Bok is […]
I get a kick out of having a Juxtaposition come up on the page intact, and it just happens that Off The Mark comes just before Lola on my GoComics page. Today the two of them pretty much encapsulate my current feelings about social media.Facebook, mind you, moreso than Twitter, which is probably because I […]
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 […]
For a time today, the world had thought the famously anonymous graffiti artist “Banksy” had been arrested and his identity finally revealed. The National Report posted a story (sans by line) saying as much, but it turned out to be a farce. The prank did elevate Banksy as a trending topic on Twitter.From the Independent: […]
Our supple tribes repress their patriot throats, And ask no questions but the price of votes; With weekly libels and septennial ale, Their wish is full to riot and to rail. – Samuel Johnson So Tim Eagan basically has […]
Here’s today’s Candorville, in honor of the fact that it’s been five years since I took on a job that lasted about six months. Before I accepted the job, I asked my prospective boss how the then-new recession was hitting the paper and he assured me that things were just fine, that a community with […]
Edge City, with a phenomenon to which I can attest.When I was in Maine, I covered two school districts, one in town, where, between the university and the hospital, there was an often-depressing abundance of helicopter parents, and the other up in the woods where most of the people were either loggers or farmers, tremendously […]
I have very little to say about today’s Pearls Before Swine except that it put me on the floor.Of course, the way to score with readers is to send up a common frustration, and spending a session in Touch-Tone Hell is a common frustration that the development of Voice Prompt Hell has done very little […]
Timing is everything in comedy.I was notified Friday that a client had direct-deposited a substantial amount of money to my bank account, but apparently it didn’t actually get posted to the account before close of business Friday, and so, what with the MLK holiday today, I won’t see it until tomorrow.Which I understand and which […]
Banksy made headlines back in October when he created an extended Simpsons opening with a dark depiction of sweatshops and environmentally unsafe working conditions for those who produce the animation. He’s posted the story boards he created for opening on his website.Here’s the opening:Via: The Animation Blog
A print by anonymous graffiti artist Banksy was sold at auction for $120,000.From CNN: The work, “Save or Delete Jungle Book,” went under the hammer alongside works by other urban artists as part of an Urban Art sale at Bonhams auction house in London. The image was originally commissioned by Greenpeace for a poster campaign […]