(Strange Brew) (Bottomliners)I really wanted to be non-political today.Not “apolitical,” because what thinking person could be these days? But I wanted to take a break after the last two days of heavy topics.So here’s a juxtaposition I found kind of amusing, though both cartoons are thought-provoking, if you’re the sort of person whose thoughts are […]
We all knew this cartoon was coming, and Ed Hall is first out of the gate.Guys who work by inspiration rather than by deadline, and who post their own cartoons rather than turning them over to some IT person, will always have an advantage in speed and responsiveness, and it’s particularly important when you’re drawing […]
Today’s Barney & Clyde really smacked me upside the head.I first ran into James Wilkinson when I was researching a story about the War of 1812 and one of the primary resources was his reports on the campaigns along the St. Lawrence. His map of Sacket’s Harbor came in very handy but his observations and […]
Nothing on the political scene strikes me as remarkable today, except for the can of worms Ed Hall suggests we open and dig into.That is, there are a lot of political cartoons based on Trump not paying taxes, but there’s nothing much new to be said about it, which is part of his Teflon campaign: […]
The Colin Kaepernick issue has exploded in an on-line mess that, at its lunatic fringes, appears determined to see who can argue the loudest with the least honesty.Ed Hall lays out the logical, historically valid argument. He’s not the only one who shrugs and states the obvious, including one of the Internet’s better-known actual veterans, […]
I’m finding it hard to get too inspired by a lot of cartoons lately, particularly over in the political sphere, and I think I know why. I’ll start with an Ed Hall panel to get the conversation going without tapping into one political wing or the other.This one isn’t bad, but my point is that it […]
Just for fun, we’ll go in order of dumbness today, and, when it comes to dumb jokes, Wayno often leads the pack.Don’t get me wrong: I like dumb jokes, but I like them done well, and there are a million ways this joke could have been done badly.Instead, by not actually telling the joke, he […]
Glenn McCoy leads off the weekly foray into politics with a plain statement about where we’re at.People who bridle at having to vote for the lesser of two evils might be tempted to stay home in November, except that the Republicans are providing two strong motivations for voting: Hatred or fear of one of the likely […]
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 […]