Timing is everything, and while this Kevin Siers cartoon references something happening in his hometown of Charlotte, it comes as the apartment house next door to me is on the verge of being converted to an independent living home for special needs people.Which is a worthy cause and they’ll be good neighbors, but they’re displacing […]
I’m giving David Rowe the lead today because he illustrates a certain air of despair I’m feeling, akin to Yossarian’s trip through Nighttown at the end of Catch-22.Rowe specializes in the grotesque, but this barely feels like an exaggeration and contains an admirable level of detail that invites you to linger and wander down this […]
We all yearn to be Yossarian, but Chaplain Tappmann is probably the best we can manage on a good day: A perpetually puzzled, easily bullied, well-intentioned chaplain whose faith is continually in the balance. And let me begin by chiding that other Joe Heller, not the late author of the increasingly relevant “Catch-22,” but the cartoonist […]
This Pat Bagley cartoon has been hanging around too long, but I’m going to feature it anyway because it’s such a good introduction to the blatant disinformation circulating in our system.Of course, nobody said we needed to do away with cattle entirely, but having even said that (A) they produce a lot of methane and […]
This will be a day of juxtapositions, so let’s start with a string of non-political thematic coincidences:(Red and Rover)(Pooch Cafe)(Argyle Sweater)(Frazz)I’m not claiming any great significance for these, but the convergence amused me and, if you agree with me and with Frazz about the dubious attempt to connect “esoteric” and “sophisticated,” you may also agree […]
I curate my social media enough that I miss some things, but if anybody is mourning the retirement of Paul Ryan, it hasn’t come across my feed. The most sympathetic take I’m seeing is along the lines of this simple Ann Telnaes commentary, which I don’t think is intended to be sympathetic.But there he is, […]
I don’t often argue with Frazz, but I’d take a spoonful of the candied yams and several of the green bean casserole, neither of which I would ever want on any day but this. (Well, on Christmas, but that’s a culinary instant replay.)Eldest son is scaling down the feast this year, but I hope he’ll […]
Let’s start with the obvious, because sometimes pointing out the obvious is the best you can do. Dave Granlund points out that Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination is getting different treatment from the Republican majority than Merritt Garland’s nomination received. Ditto with Matt Wuerker‘s commentary, which does not break any new ground or display any unexpected insight but […]
The Boston Globe and The Nib cartoonist Ward Sutton will be honored by the Herb Block Foundation tonight as the 2018 winner of their eponymous prize.According to the Herb Block Foundation site: “We were greatly impressed by the quality and breadth of submissions, with so much outstanding work being done in all types of political cartooning. But […]
Pajama Diaries is one of the strips that I probably feature too often: Either you’ve figured out that you should be reading it on your own or you never will, and if you’ve decided you don’t like it, you’re likely sick of seeing it here. However, Terri Libenson approaches topics that other cartoonists have also […]
Over at L’il Donnie today, Mike Norton despairs of being able to come up with any satire more ridiculous than reality, and I can’t blame him. The Donald is indeed making it hard for political cartoonists. Darrin Bell takes the route of casting doubt on the strangely upbeat report by the White House physician.As I’ve said […]
“At least three-quarters of the guys are out to pick up a girl, and get into bed with her. And the sad thing is that that have so little self-respect that they will tell all their ‘frat brothers’ about their real — or, more often, totally fictional — experiences in great detail. Now comes the […]
This David Sipress cartoon from the New Yorker has popped up a couple of times on Facebook, and it set me to trying to remember the small collection of CDs I gave my younger son when he was first out from under my roof. I know for sure it went beyond all these begats to […]
Much has been made lately of a cartoon that Glenn McCoy drew, which used the Norman Rockwell image of little Ruby Bridges being escorted to a newly-integrated Little Rock school by National Guardsmen in order to comment on protesters who tried to block Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos from visiting a public school. The above mashup […]
No kidding.If you’re not a Fastrack fan, it would help to know that the characters here are the Computer Bug and Autocorrect, a virtual couple, and I find some comfort in the idea that even the Computer Bug has trouble with websites that won’t settle in.Trying to read an article that keeps leaping up and […]