Stuart Carlson‘s piece could either be today’s lead-off or our wrap-up, but, wherever you place it, it stands as a catalog of the things the President really doesn’t know. Or claims not to know. Or claims not to believe. Or really doesn’t believe.It is a puzzlement, but Carlson gathers it all together and even leaves […]
Paul Fell notes the futility of “Moments of Silence” followed by “Months of Inaction,” which puts his piece head-and-shoulders above the multitude of “We’re So Sad” cartoons currently out there.There are times when all you can say is “We’re So Sad,” and editorial cartoonists have an obligation to mirror those moments for the nation or, […]
For the love of God and Thomas Nast and Woodsy Owl, can we please, please stop with the paper towel cartoons?Yes, Trump once disgraced himself and showed his lack of compassion by tossing out paper towels at a photo op in the wake of Hurricane Maria.We all know that, and, in fact, a short time […]
Normally, a hurricane is a disaster not only for those it impacts, but for editorial cartooning as well: It’s one of those events, like the death of a celebrity or, for that matter, a kerfuffle at a tennis match, which makes everyone pick up their pens and say nothing.However, these are not normal times, and […]
I was up late enough last night to see the first wave of McCain obituary cartoons on Twitter and Facebook, and thought I might have to begin today’s posting with a blank frame and a disclaimer.However, Pearls came through for me, albeit by happenstance.I have no idea how Stephan Pastis feels about John McCain, but […]
Pat Bagley brings the latest terrorist weapon into his commentary, with Trump driving over our allies by cancelling America’s participation in the multi-nation deal to control Iran’s nuclear program.Two things to note:He doesn’t include Russia and China in this line-up, though they were signatories to the deal and are likely as unhappy with the feckless, […]
I find most generational/technical-gap gags pretty lame, but I really like today’s Zits, and would be curious to know how postcard sales have been impacted, first by digital cameras and second by the Internet.According to Wikipedia, there was a craze for postcards touched off by the Columbian Exhibition, which opened 125 years ago this coming […]
There was a time when, if some movie star or other random celebrity gave a good speech, someone might say “That’s who should be in the White House!”And everyone would agree, but nobody would take it seriously. There was never a sincere effort to make Mark Twain or Will Rogers president, much less Mary Pickford […]
Today’s Big Nate provides a cliffhanger to which every wiseass and class clown can relate.I used to draw/write little fake newspapers full of parody news pieces that weren’t terribly masked in terms of whom I was spearing, and they got passed around a lot.The only blow-back I recall was a story senior year about the […]
Mark Anderson offers a good jumping off point today, because he’s right that people want confirmation, not confrontation.That should provoke more of a sad smile than a hearty laugh, but, in any case, it’s a good illustration for a topic in which I will be discussing trends but not breaking the Prime Directive by pointing […]
Mike Marland on a local story that about put me off the road yesterday.Yep, according to NHPR and a few other places, Steve Bannon is coming to the Granite State to raise money for a right-wing group, with the proceeds to “support training and support for local Republican candidates in 2018.”Presumably the ones they manage to […]
Several cartoonists posted work from the past on Facebook and Twitter yesterday, and I began collecting it on the assumption that few would move quickly to address the Vegas shootings.In fact, quite a few did, but I’m leading with this John Cole 2015 piece because it’s an excellent summary of a common thread, and it’s […]
As I expected, there have been a lot of DACA cartoons landing in the past 24 hours, though there are also a lot of cartoons about the approaching hurricane, which make the courageous, controversial editorial point “Here comes a hurricane.” David Horsey gets to represent all the Dream/Nightmare cartoons because he puts it in such stark, […]
Amid a flurry of tepid cartoons about John McCain’s not-so-great diagnosis, David Fitzsimmons keeps focus on things.Yesterday, I ran into a friend who has, in the past two weeks, gotten word of an aggressive cancer. I gave her a hug and reminded her that I’d had the same bad news a little over a year […]
Best way to start today’s rundown is with David Horsey’s cartoon and column.The cartoon is solid: Getting rid of Flynn doesn’t solve anything, the ship is beached, the captain is incompetent and, bless his eye for detail, the cannonballs have apparently rolled out of, rather than being fired from, the cannons.And Lieutenant Conway may be […]