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, […]
I’ve seen this Paul Noth cartoon before, but he’s run it on his current blog and it seems timely though I wish it didn’t. There’s also a social media comment that seems applicable: “Elect a clown, expect a circus,” though he’s wrong: We’re not the only ones who don’t find things so funny.This Sipress piece […]
Well, now we know what he was going to do, but it’s a little early to ask for commentary. I’ve seen a few post-bombing pieces from Australia, where they’ve had time to react, but most of the other editorial cartoons have been based, as Ohman’s was, on uncertainty.We’ll give everyone 24 hours to respond, and, […]
Sometimes it’s easier to be a gag cartoonist than a political cartoonist, but this is not one of those times. I had, briefly, planned to run humorous pieces today while I waited for the editorialists to catch up, but fortunately they leapt to their drawing boards, because, like Sipress, I don’t find anything very funny […]
A little bit of politics before we dive into humor: The NFL has removed “End Racism” from the endzone, not starting next season when most changes happen, but starting right now for the Super Bowl, which, completely coincidentally, will have Dear Leader in attendance. They’re replacing it with “Choose Love,” and just as taking “End […]
Gary Varvel (Creators) reports that paratroopers are landing in North Carolina, apparently in search of undocumented migrants. As you may know, Columbia University is basically a concrete campus in the middle of Manhattan, so, obviously, this is some other Columbia.Now, somebody is going to point out that there are many places named “Columbia,” but you […]
The Grammys will be tonight and I will continue my annual tradition of not caring. David Sipress is correct that people our age likely haven’t heard of many of the nominees except for Joni Mitchell, though the gag comes with a few actuallys.Actually, unless we’ve been living under a rock, we’ve at least heard of […]
Robert Ariail depicts the Republican elephant whistling past the graveyard, and it certainly seems the GOP is coming apart at the seams and could, indeed, cease to exist.The Whigs, however, may not be the best example of that, though they did go from being able to put candidates in the White House — not exactly […]
I’m going to assume — given lead time for comic strips — that this Taylor Swift reference in Brewster Rockit (Tribune) is coincidental, but it fits well with the sudden explosion of geezers discovering the existence of someone who has been a major phenomenon for a decade and a half.And it fits particularly well with […]