Agnes has found a skull which appears to be that of a cow, but she’s convinced herself that it is a fossil and is therefore the skull of a cow dinosaur.Today, under continual questioning from a dubious Trout, she plays the traditional card of the clearly-wrong: A claim of expertise.Where else have you heard someone […]
Our topic today: Where do cartoonists get their ideas?Or, more specifically, when?I’m not ignoring politics today. Just waiting for more editorial cartoonists to catch up with the news, because the “when” factor there is apparently “not right away.”Bernie ruined a lot of cartoons yesterday by promising to work with Hillary and asking only that the […]
This was an exceptionally good day on the comics page, full of doubles and triples and not a few home runs, so let me do a quick NPR rant and say that, if you don’t have a Comics Kingdom and/or GoComics account, well, you’re missing out on supporting some good work, even if you are […]
Some days, you’re just in the mood for thoughtful silliness, like Deflocked. And I don’t mean “thoughtful” in the sense of “absolutely new gags,” much less in the sense of “gags you need to really think about before you get them.” First of all, there aren’t a lot of new gags, at least not since […]
Agnes provides a salute to ADD and the Internet. I’m in no academic peril, but I might be in danger of a visit from the health department, because every time I resolve to finally get this place cleaned up, I see something on the web and disappear into the Black Hole of Cool Stuff.Back in […]
So let’s extend the discussion of niche-y inside humor from Saturday’s posting with today’s Heart of the City.I’m not a huge movie fan, and certainly not enough of one to know all the directors. I know the ones who genuinely become brands, so a gag like this PBS from 2003 is not lost on me […]