Over at Daily Kos, Jen Sorensen riffs on what happened when our children stepped into the crossfire between — among — those who care about them and the hordes of science haters, Obama haters, radical anarchists and lobbyists.Poor little mushrooms just popped up and got mowed down. Never had a chance.For those who missed it, […]
I’ve been kind of waiting for “The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee” to come up with something unusually brilliant so that I could address a issue to the gathered multitudes.And here we are, with a strip so disgusting that it would, indeed, have made CSOTD without any overriding motivation on my part.The only thing I’ll […]
Today’s Free Range is, on the one hand, rather silly. And we like that around here.And, on the other hand, there is a serious point about the concept of “a jury of your peers.” I suppose, in the days of Magna Carta (a few years ago, we stopped saying “the Magna Carta,” for reasons that […]
This is so cool. Legendary cartoonist Sergio Aragones has joined the Team Cul de Sac effort with a piece that stands alone as a tribute to Alice’s scary powers of being Alice.And the coolest part is that, giant in the form that he is, he’s not necessarily the biggest giant in the list of cartoonists […]
One of the advantages of a DailyInk subscription is the ability to add classic strips to your daily diet, and I’ve really been enjoying this 1952 Rip Kirby storyline.Not only is the art terrific, but the pacing is equally painstaking. Alex Raymond has been setting up this storyline for over a month and we have […]
Hard on the heels of yesterday’s rant over facts-that-ain’t, we have this Jeff Danziger pot shot at poor old Bill O’Reilly’s book — described by its publisher as “A riveting historical narrative of the heart-stopping events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and the first work of history from mega-bestselling author Bill O’Reilly” — which […]
I have some problems with Wikipedia, but I think, on the whole, that its self-correcting structure actually works.Often.Depending on the topic.But today’s xkcd hits at a major vulnerability not just of Wikipedia but of history in particular and of writing in general, which is that, once they’ve found a citation, a lot of writers consider […]
I like Speed Bump. There are days when Dave Coverly’s comic logic scratches that itch in the back of my mind, the part of the brain that is kind of dozing and jolts awake with a funny kind of “What? What?” when this sort of thing forces it to concentrate for a moment.It’s like getting […]
What, twice in four days? Well, yes, but this Ed Stein comic is his syndicated strip, “Freshly Squeezed,” about a family dealing with the new economy. Friday’s praise was for Ed Stein’s editorial cartoon about Europe dealing with the new economy.What can I say? The dude’s on a roll.Ed is one of the talented journalists […]
Mrs. Otterloop must be thinking of life in some other world, where trees are at least 30 or 40 years old, and not spindly saplings propped up with wires and wrapped in protective tape like they are in the Cul de Sac.Generals always want to fight the last war and parents always want to get […]
The Penn State controversy is so loaded with rich targets that it would be much easier to compile the cartoons it has inspired than to pick one that stands out. But I think Mike Keefe cut through a lot of chaff and got to the base with this panel.This is a situation where the overriding […]
One of the old, hoary standbys of learning about political cartoons in high school is the list of symbols to be memorized: The bear is Russia, the bulldog is Great Britain, Uncle Sam is America, plus the list of landmarks like Big Ben, the Statue of Liberty, the Taj Mahal.We teach political cartoons the way […]
I ran this Bil Keane cartoon, from the pages of “Yank the Army Weekly,” recently, and posted it again on Facebook yesterday when Bil’s son Jeff announced his death.Of course, Bil Keane is not remembered for the cartoons he did as a GI during WWII, though the war in the Pacific is how he met […]
One of the frustrations of this blog is when I come across a comic that cracks me up, except …Except that they stepped on the punchline.Except that the setup is flawed and you have to assume what the cartoonist meant.Except that, while it’s funny, it relies on something that, while a lot of people believe […]
Marla is a gem, but today’s Retail is a reminder of how well working in the mall helps young people understand the world of employment.The relationship between the mall office and individual tenants can occasionally be fraught. The real relationship, of course, is between the mall ownership and the store ownership, neither of whom are […]