In a welcome case of serendipity, today’s Bottomliners provides me with a springboard from which to launch a rant without violating the Prime Directive.In short, there’s a lot more content than facts out there, particularly over Trumpcare: Yesterday, I said I was going to hold off on ranting at length about the vote until things shook […]
Chan Lowe boils it down.There are a lot of cartoonists currently mocking Kim’s haircut and portraying him as a nutcase, but Lowe is at least hinting at the real issue in all this:Bluster.Here’s the thing: Unless you are knowledgeable about Korean culture, you don’t likely have any sense of how Kim’s take on the world […]
Today’s Loose Parts didn’t so much crack me up as it sent me back in time, and that’s appropriate at the holidays, though when I go back in time it’s not always for fluffy nostalgia.Sometimes, it’s to point out an outrage, such as this: When did parsley stop being a garnish and become just an […]
Let’s start the weekend with Anne and God, in which we address the critical question of how mattress sellers will mark International Vegetarian Day, my life being equally based on meaningless commemorative days and endless mattress sales.I’ve noted my thing about bogus commemorative days before, but what’s the deal with mattresses?I’m not suggesting that mattresses, and […]
Let’s get the Aleppo kid out of the way early, Antonio Rodriguez Garcia having swept the category with this depiction.Melding his blank astonishment with the open-eyed naivete of le Petit Prince is brilliant because his story is less about him than about the questions he asks and the answers we offer.Plenty of cartoonists have adapted […]
The shortest take of all: Rhymes With Orange demonstrates Hilary Price’s ability to be silly.There’s probably a way to elaborate on this idea and it’s good she didn’t. At the other end of the simplicity scale, The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee takes a leisurely cruise around the bay before getting to the gag, and a […]
I’m not really in the mood for politics today, but they seem inescapable, so I’m going to break format and start with this Dogs of C Kennel from yesterday, which made me smile because it shows what Mark Trail could be like if Mark Trail were a humor strip.Yes, turkey buzzards and vultures and some other carrion-eaters […]
I have been a Jack Ohman fan for a very long time, with this piece serving as my catch-all analysis of what they’ve done to my song, ma, for nearly a quarter of a century.Which is not bad, given that it’s the work of a cartoonist who is only a little over half a century old […]
(Jimmy Margulies) (Matt Davies)These guys aren’t the only ones to comment on Pfizer’s cynical overseas move, but I like what they’ve done with the topic.For those who missed it, one way to lower your legal, if not patriotic, obligation to support the United States is to merge with a foreign company and pretend they acquired […]
I may have to get off social media for awhile, because the storm of bigotry and chickenhawk nonsense is starting to become overwhelming.I’m not convinced they represent a majority. It could be like having lilac bushes blooming in your yard, only someone ran over a skunk on the road in front of your house.On the […]
Mike Thompson earns the lead-off spot today with an appropriately dark commentary on the Supreme Court’s official declaration that we are now a plutocracy.It reminds me of an exchange in “The Mikado,” in which Nanki-poo seeks information from Pooh-bah, the Lord High Everything Else (and hence the epithet):NANKI-POO : But how good of you (for I […]
I’m leading with Matt Davies’ excellent commentary on the Affordable Care Act, but I have little to say about it that wouldn’t echo what I’ve said before: The president’s political opponents are making a very big deal about the failure of the rollout and then either (yeah, right) misunderstanding or (yes) lying about the actual […]
As noted and/or anticipated yesterday, most of the Mandatory Mandela Cartoons have been at least predictable if not entirely lame. But I certainly like Matt Davies’ contribution, which demands some honesty, integrity and sincerity that we know we’re not ever gonna get.The bulk of statements on Mandela’s death were almost certainly ghosted by aides and […]
Matt Davies on the launch of Al Jazeera America.And he’s right, of course, in that the network is facing an almost impossible set of challenges: Getting past the Islamophobia of the past several decades, and getting past the expectations that a “good” news network is one that reinforces your prejudices, whichever end of the spectrum […]
I feel bad for my landlords, who were told by their insurance company that it wouldn’t cover the house unless they upgraded its ancient wiring. (They’re in the main section, I have the apartment at the back.)Obviously, I feel better about the new wiring, because I’ve made a few trips to the basement to reset circuit […]