CSotD: On the Eve
Austrian cartoonist Leopold Maurer (Cartoon Movement) provides an opening piece for today’s look at tonight’s debate. Note that he doesn’t…
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CSotD: A Cetacean Smile to Haunt Your Heart
Jack Ohman — Tribune Bill Bramhall I remember when a candidate would be mocked for something as simple as sticking…
CSotD: Hello, Walz!
Dave Whamond leads off today because he is one of the few cartoonists who made the name of the Democrats’…
CSotD: Shots in the Dark
Australian cartoonist Warren Brown has produced my favorite attempted-assassination cartoon so far and I recognize that there’s something twisted about…
CSotD: Shooting Pains
There have been times when emigrating to Australia seemed like a good idea, but it doesn’t take a lot of…
CSotD: I know you are, but what are we?
Prickly City (AMS) reiterates the high-minded, analytical approach familiar to grade-school alumni: “I know you are, but what am I?”…
CSotD: Blood and Sand
A confession: Ella Baron’s artwork appeals to me on such a level that I’m inclined to feature her cartoons even…
CSotD: Errors, Misunderstandings and Lies
It’s always nice, though not always possible, to begin with an overview of what is about to come. Jen Sorensen…
CSotD: I’ve got the Sun in the morning and also the Moon in the morning.
Start with an explainer from Brewster Rockit (Tribune). The strip is usually an absurdist laff-fest, but it breaks from time…
CSotD: Retouching Reality
The Big Story today is that Princess Catherine, who seemed to disappear after a mysterious abdominal surgery of some sort,…
CSotD: On to November
The primaries are all but over, and now we’re off to the November elections, though, as Adam Zyglis notes, not…
CSotD: The Abyss Also Gazas Back
“Whoever fights with monsters should see to it that he does not become a monster in the process. And when…
CSotD: “… and be capable of reading them”
At the risk of sounding like an incompetent, unpatriotic university president, I think context matters, and Jefferson’s oft-quoted remark about…
CSotD: What the other half hears
When Michael Ramirez (Creators) begins quoting Michael Dukakis, you know the End Times are near. Ramirez is hard to pin…
CSotD: Hits and Misses
Dave Whamond raises a fundamental issue with regard to Pope Francis’s statement condemning surrogacy. The Pope was addressing a situation…