Having railed against inaccurate history the other day, let’s relax a bit and note humor that relies on either not knowing much about the topic or not caring about it.If you’re going to read comics at all, you have to have a well-developed willingness to suspend disbelief, not only to accept talking animals but to […]
Ann Telnaes salutes Press Freedom Day.And so do I:A lady asked Franklin: “Well, Doctor, what have we got—a Republic or a Monarchy?” Franklin replied: “A Republic, if you can keep it.” — Dr. James McHenry (for whom the fort was named)And a favorite quote from Jefferson:The basis of our governments being the opinion of the […]
But first, thisJuxtaposition of the Day(Michael de Adder)(Ann Telnaes)Maybe this is what happens when cartoonists get locked down and have nothing to do but make richly detailed, multiple caricatures, but this is quite a pair to have drop on the same day.The best part is that they assume the reader is intelligent and well-informed, and […]
It’s getting really hard to avoid politics on Friday, and Rabbits Against Magic provides a demonstration.I suppose there were people who listened to FDR’s Fireside Talks or Churchill’s encouragement during the Blitz and dismissed them as partisan politics, but not many.Anyway, the “pollution” analogy holds for me. It’s everywhere. Granted that Non Sequitur runs on the […]
Kevin Siers bids an affectionate farewell to the Sanders campaign, with a cartoon that evokes dreaming the impossible dream but also Dr. Johnson’s compliment of the novel:Was there ever yet anything written by mere man that was wished longer by its readers, excepting Don Quixote, Robinson Crusoe, and the Pilgrim’s Progress?You could find elements of […]
Pros and Cons offers some math problems as well as questions of age. Samuel wants to be a kid, but this is a fairly simplified version of “Mr. Green lives in a red house” puzzle, given that 10 years ago he was 30 and now he wants to be 23 years younger.Which would make him […]
Arlo plays the old gaffer yet again.I was going to make a joke about how “Seven O’Clock Straight Up” means “without ice,” but, then again, we’re living in a world where people assume a martini is made with vodka.And I grew up in a world in which not only is a martini, by definition, made […]
Let’s start the week with a surprise: They still make Gravy Train.Well, I was surprised, anyway.Sherman’s Lagoon has been toying with this little dog shark for several days and it’s been a fun arc, but today’s stopped me, because I thought, of all the time-worn irrelevant references in comic strips, Gravy Train really stood out.That […]
There have been some churches featured on Facebook and Twitter that have caged the Baby Jesus in their nativity sets, and I like Mike Luckovich‘s version of the concept.But lest we forget, this idea has Scriptural relevance:And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, […]
Today’s Moderately Confused is only confused about what the drama will be, not whether there will be some.A lot of holidays include a big dinner at some point, but Thanksgiving is the only one where the dinner is the entire point, and it tends to focus things on that gathering. Hence the drama.Okay, come to […]
Bizarro starts off our look at parenting with a dumb joke. I like dumb jokes, and particularly the kind that require you to think for about a minute and then realize you shouldn’t have had to.I also like the fact that Bizarro never softens its approach or apologizes for gags that whooshed over your head. […]
Sunday’s Barney & Clyde reminded me that one of the pleasures of going to Manitou Springs back when I lived out West was a stunt painter who was camped out on a corner.Manitou Springs was a fun place, even if you didn’t want to climb Pikes Peak, which starts there, or take in the waters, […]
I think it cruel of Wayno, in this season of Fun Size Bars, to remind those of us old enough to know that the “Three Musketeers” bar was so named because — “All for fun and fun for all!” — it was large enough to share with two friends.Granted, even in those days, businesses were […]
Bizarro offers more politics than usual, but maybe this has been on Wayno’s mind as much as it’s been on mine.This meme from Occupy Democrats has been popping up regularly on my feeds. I don’t trust the group — they rarely give sources for their frantic accusations and, as with most of the ones I’ve […]
Thanks, Greg Cravens.It’s always particularly nice when a cartoonist puts one of the things you’ve thought to yourself into graphic form, and even nicer when it’s a wise-ass observation.And even nicer than that when it’s a wise-ass observation you never get to share because it occurs to you when you are, if not alone, at […]