The Changes This Week When cartoonists are able to see their comic strips in print they notice things and make changes. Case in point is Rosebuds by Dee Parson. Rosebuds began running daily in Dee’s local paper and he was finally able to see it regularly on a daily which resulted in him making s […]
Once again, Humpday comes along at a moment when commenting on the news is becoming unbearable, though I often have to decide whether Venables belongs in politics or comedy. I can’t tell if Fearless Leader truly believes he’s been talking to Iranian leaders or is just catfishing us, but I’m going to wait for more […]
Between commentary on a holiday now past and pending legislation now passed, the political folks need to do some catching up. Meanwhile, the funny people have done fairly well lately.I’ve somewhat given up on chopsticks, though I got good with them in the 70s when authenticity seemed important and we were eating short-grained brown rice, […]
How funny is death? Well, the closer it comes the less I fret over it. I’m pretty healthy, but I’m in the home stretch and while I expect another decade, nothing was ever guaranteed, except that Death would show up like Alan Funt — when you least expect it, you’re elected.Unless you’re this guy, who […]
Caulfield ponders the change in seasons, and is accurate enough to say summer “kind of” starts with Memorial Day. To my mind, it’s perfectly logical that summer “kind of” ends with Labor Day, because that was when we’d head back to school. Several decades ago, when my boys were little, Colorado schools tried starting school […]
One of our local towns has quit collecting recyclables because of a price increase by the trash hauler, but Herbert points out a level of futility that overshadows the practice anyway, particularly in cardboard and paper, which are ruined by grease or moisture.This not only means that pizza boxes (and her hamburger clamshell) are not […]
I’ve still got an oversupply of funny stuff, so, since I’d just as soon not sink into despair this early in the week, this Paul Noth piece is as political as I’m going to get today. I’ll simply add that, if they cut off everybody’s head, there’d be nobody left to build cathedrals and fight […]
When we were reading Hamlet junior year, the professor asked why there was the gravedigger scene, and we all dutifully responded about easing the tension, to which he said, “Shakespeare had a clown in his troupe and had to write something for him.”I don’t know if I accept that, but for either reason, here’s some […]
Ben (MWAM) raises the issue of comic sands, albeit imperfectly. Assuming he dug holes deep enough so only the boys’ shoulders and heads were out, and only wide enough to fit them exactly, they could indeed be stuck.However, comic strips often feature people buried lying down who are then unable to get out from under […]
Capsule Debate Review: Trump didn’t respond to the questions, Biden didn’t respond to Trump, Bash and Tapper just asked the next question on their list as if they weren’t listening either. It was hard not to feel like the young couple invited to spend an evening with George and Martha in “Who’s Afraid of Virginia […]
Ivan Ehlers captures my mood as I watch the nation’s dialogue degenerate into what seems like a contest to see who can screw things up more: Protesters who increasingly seem like rebels without a plan or politicians determined to turn molehills into active volcanos.I feel like a spectator, unable to either reason with the players […]
Yes, I know. We’ll get to it after a few more cartoonists have weighed in. For now, we’ll skip the politics and have a few laffs instead.Anyway, she’s not the only one who has suddenly popped up in a most bizarre place. Rip Haywire (AMS) is trying to figure out who he is and where […]
Remember that graffito that read “We are the people our parents warned us about?”Well, as Non Sequitur (AMS) points out, we are now the people we warned ourselves about.I miss the old days, but when I really think back, I realize that most of the fun things I did then fall under the heading of […]
There are several major news stories going on, but they happened late in the week, so, since only a few American editorial cartoonists post on weekends, we’ll have to wait until Monday or perhaps even Tuesday for commentary on them. In the meantime, here’s a serious funny piece from First Dog on the Moon, and […]
When I was in college, Notre Dame had a game against Tulane. I was in the reception area of a dorm at St. Mary’s when a group of people got back from the game, including a girl who had been to Pat O’Brien’s, and brought one of the bar’s special Hurricane glasses all the way […]