On the Fastrack is a syndicated comic with a pretty lively on-line presence, and Dethany, who began as an odd little goth admin ass’t has emerged, as minor characters sometimes do, into a dominant part of the strip, complete with her avian sidekick, Lenore.Today’s strip is a nice meld of the geek-basics of Fastrack with […]
Yes, Anne. Yes, indeed.Last spring, I gave up political cartoons for Lent and it was very pleasant, but in times of crisis, you can’t just sit around pretending not to know what’s happening.On the other hand, there is still pie in the world and you shouldn’t neglect that, either. So I have no idea what sort […]
Please, let’s start with the funny one: (Between Friends) (Zits)Between Friends has had a wonderful arc going that might be called, “Fine, Make Your Own Damn Lunch!” except she couldn’t quite say that. However, the first strip in the arc — complete with family friendly substitution — starts here. The arc is well worth the clicks.The […]
Let’s start today’s roundup with Jimmy Margulies on the new, revised, please-keep-requiring-them SATs, the makers of which have now decided to drop the college-bound-level vocabulary portion and reset the top score back to 1600, having previously stopped asking kids to show their reasoning powers through analogies.You remember the analogies, right? SATS:high score::Youth Soccer:A. professional careerB. World […]
This is why you shouldn’t waste a good reference by overuse.As Jeff Danziger suggests, Edward Snowden has exposed the stunning secret that the United States spies on world leaders.What a great time to reference Louis Renaud’s quote from Casablanca: “I am shocked, shocked to find that espionage is going on in here!”But we’ve wasted its […]
No heavy lifting today. Tank McNamara on the topic of college sports and amateurism. I’m not sure where Bill Hinds is taking this, but it’s a worthwhile issue, particularly as we prepare for a round of (yawn) Winter Olympics.The Olympics once had an elitist, often racist, amateurism requirement that needed to go. But the combination […]
Cul de Sac ends its official run next week, though it’s actually been in rerun mode for some time now as friend-of-the-blog Richard Thompson works on the health problems that brought about the strip’s end.Perhaps feeling reflective, or maybe just in one of his frequent Puckish moods, Richard posted some pre-launch Cul de Sac strips […]