After yesterday’s conceptual extravaganza, I’m resting my brain, with the help of this silly “The Flying McCoys” panel.One of the questions anyone in the arts faces is “Where do you get your ideas?”There’s no real answer to that, because the really complex ideas start and build and grow … but the dumb ones, at least […]
Francesco Marciuliano is so good at being a wiseass that it’s easy to overlook the depth required for true wiseassery, as opposed to knee-jerk, calculatedly-irreverent, frat-boy/morning zoo stuff. This is not the first time he’s taken off the jester’s hat at Sally Forth, but he’s rarely this straightforward, and that is a good reason why the strip […]
Can’t relate to this Rhymes With Orange too directly because we only use the ATM, and the dog doesn’t expect food until he sees a person. On the other hand, going to the coffeeshop’s driveup leaves him disappointed indeed, since you don’t get french fries with a cup of coffee, and our routine is that […]
People love cartoons that strike a personal chord — those are the ones that end up on the fridge — but that usually really means a universal chord, something we can all relate to, or, as people say to cartoonists, “It’s like you’re looking through my window.”A cartoon that actually does strike a personal chord […]
Now, freshly returned from the Reubens where it was named “Best Newspaper Panel,” Rhymes with Orange!Okay, this one was completed well before the convention, but it cracked me up, and I promptly began probably reading way too much into it.To start at the most superficial level of the gag, I’ve tried on-line dating and, when […]
The Reubens were last night, and, while I don’t think much of awards in general, I do like the idea of people getting together, particularly people who tend to otherwise work in well-lighted garrets, in isolation from anyone who does what they do.And, while even a Pulitzer won’t protect you from the beancounters these days […]
Interesting juxtaposition today, with Rhymes With Orange, the work of Gen-X feminist cartoonist Hilary Price, and … … “Gray Matters,” a self-consciously middle-aged Boomer strip by Stuart Carlson and Jerry Resler.Now, let me start with the disclaimer that it’s been nearly four years since I worked in an office. In my workplace, it’s just me and […]
As I was going through this morning’s strips, I was struck by the number of cartoonists who did really good work, not by “showing up” in the sense of turning something in on time, but in the sense of simply working well within their established mode.That is, in the sense of having a good “groove” […]
A perfect time to run into a simple, small, non-cosmic bit of humor from Hilary Price at Rhymes with Orange.I’m sick of issues and need a bit of whimsy. The mission of this blog includes the idea that all good cartoons invoke truth, but, thank goodness, some truths are weightier than others.As are some crates. When […]
(Please, please click on the pic for the larger version)The Gutters is primarily an insider send-up of the comic book industry, with guest artists from within the business, which basically means it has great art but that, being a comic strip person rather than a comic book person, I don’t get the references most days.I got this […]
Arctic Circle sometimes riffs on snow-and-ice jokes and sometimes features non-arctic humor. Sometimes it’s silly and sometimes it’s got some bite. Which is to say, it’s a mix of igloo jokes and humor based on the very real threat of global warming. With occasional forays to the coffee bar.What I like about it is that […]
Dave Kellett with one of the least-pressing issues of our time: What to name the router. And yet, not only is he right, but he is, as so often is the case, funny.You have to name the router. There is no reason the name has to be clever. All that is required is that, when you log […]
Poor Fox News.First, they lost the election, to the chagrin of their staff and in particular, to the raging, delusional disbelief of Karl Rove, which moment, by the way, was funnier than anything you’re going to see here. And which resulted in the brass sending down instructions to tell Karl, as well as swami Dick […]
As a live-alone adult, let me say that Hilary Price has it all wrong in today’s Rhymes with Orange.Bills? Dishes? Laundry? No way those are keeping me from my comfy bed. I wouldn’t mind if something constructive were actually happening in that space between, “Oh, it’s a little early yet,” and “Dear god, how did […]
Three places you should spend time today, described briefly and linked. No lilies will be gilded in the making of today’s CSOTD.The Big Deal today is emerging reports on the Kenosha Festival of Cartooning, which I really wanted to go to. And, seeing Mike Cope’s extensive collection of photos and Tom Racine’s video makes me […]