Can’t steal the pun without crediting the punster, and it’s also worth pointing out that Dan Thompson had to have drawn this before the court decision came down and extend him some kudos for that, as well, though the trial took five weeks, so there was plenty of time to jump aboard.The YouTube lawyer explained […]
Comic Strip News and Revues. Now and Then I seem to bringing up Caroline Cash’s Nancy on a regular basis since she took over the strip this year, but she keeps reminding me of Bushmiller‘s Nancy. Especially early Ernie endeavors: There was more Bushmilleresque Nancy from Cash Monday. Speaking of synchronicity separated by decades. i […]
Mike started this morning off by giving G. B. Trudeau and Doonesbury the Good Timing Award. Here is the title panel to today’s Doonesbury: Comic Strip Trivia Enjoyed today’s Thatababy and am impressed with Jonathan Lemon’s ability to ape the various named cartoonists’ drawing styles and signing the panel that included one of his current […]
I was prepared to jump right into this very non-comical story, and the AAEC has released a statement on it, but I didn’t find enough cartoons this morning on the topic, so it’ll have to wait. But Slyngstad dropped two commentaries, this light-hearted iconic one and a more serious one that you’ll see when more […]
Neither, thanks. Given the semi-news out of Minneapolis and Washington, this seems like a good day to avoid political pontificating until we see what’s going on. It’s not time to celebrate and it’s certainly not time to relax. In the words of the master, Yogi Berra, it’s not over ’til it’s over. And it ain’t, […]
If you can’t trust cartoonists, who?Like Monty I read the daily comics, unlike Monty mostly online since my local only carries six comics, two of the three mentioned above. Barely moving on we come to Daddy Daze where we find out that we can’t trust cartoonists. Rory out of The Barn is just flat out […]
Comic philosophy from Wiley Miller, and a protest against blaming people for things they had little control over, though we could have a seminar on the topic of how much the things that happen to you are a reflection of your attitude and character. We’d eventually come down to a discussion of how much your […]
From Biographic is everything you need to know about Christiano Ronaldo: Andrews McMeel has their GoComics site fixed, now they need to work on the newspapers’ e-editions. Speaking of Steve McGarry – he returned to KidTown today after handing it over to Luke McGarry for June. I always thought Bob Scott used actual newspaper Sunday […]
There being no nearby Ren Faire, I had missed the uproar over elephant rides until I saw Sunday’s Brevity (AMS). Up until then, my main issue with Renaissance Festivals was that turkey legs were an anachronism and poxy drabs an annoyance.But it didn’t occur to me that elephant rides were cruel, since working elephants in […]
Asked and answered. Thanks, Frazz (AMS).One thing I learned by interviewing politicians and celebrities is that luck and talent aren’t enough. I met a few who were so openly ambitious that they were off-putting, but the majority just had this thing. As one actor told me, “A lot of people want it, but not many […]
Today’s Pearls Before Swine (AMS) is how we know that Stephan Pastis either (A) is older than we thought or (B) went to a conservative Catholic school or (C) is channeling terrorized older Catholics.I only had two years of Catholic school before we moved to the wilds and I started going to public school, but […]
But first, an update:No word at this hour on whether Suella Braverman behaved herself at today’s formal Remembrance Day ceremonies in London, though Morten Morland suggests she’s already ruined the weekend. Reports indicate that some 300,000 people turned out for the latest Saturday march, and there were 126 arrests for violent disruptions and attacks on […]
The political scene is incredibly toxic, with Ron DeSantis and his merry band of supremacists creating an astonishing false reality with which to program the next generation. However, both George Wallace and Dr. MacLeod have jumped on this outrageous lie. I’ve got nothing to add except to thank them: We need decent people to speak […]
Good thinking, Willie. I’m gonna throttle back a little myself. It’s not that there’s no news to analyze, but much of it is News of the Stupid, and I don’t have the energy.Critical analysis isn’t like declassifying top-secret documents: You have to do more than just think about it. For instance, while I am inspired to […]
Sherman’s Lagoon (AMS) is apparently at the start of a story arc that is a departure for the strip, which usually dredges up — in the metaphorical sense — obscure marine life for these odd encounters.As an editor, I might have quibbled with “mythical” in that second panel, since either he’s here or he’s not, […]