(Kevin Kallaugher) (Adam Zyglis)A critical juxtaposition today, with two good cartoonists getting it right from slightly different perspectives. I give Zyglis an edge in term of persuasion, but that comes with a lot of footnotes.Kal is correct in that the net effect of the Republican reforms is to drain resources from the poor (and middleclass) in […]
Today’s Reply All got a laugh in large part because I can’t imagine requiring a house meeting in a household with only two people, which I think was the point.One of the things I like most about this strip is Drew’s no-drama way of dealing with Lizzie’s drama-every-day needs.It also connects to one of the […]
Back in the early-mid-80s, I did an interview with a TV station manager noted for his three-minute editorials on the news, who pointed out that he had a lot more viewers than the station across town that had a weekly, 30-minute public service Sunday morning program called “Involvement.””Involvement?” he said. “Have you seen the ratings […]
Mike Smith offers one of the less defeatist takes on the Republican victory in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District.When I commented on it earlier, I said I wanted to see the turnout figures and, in the comments, Ignatz cited the general swing, which isn’t quite the same thing but certainly suggests that a whole lot of […]
One of the constant annoyances in newsrooms are the phone calls from people demanding coverage for National Asparagus Month and other similar events. Our city editor at one paper had a list of all these ridiculous non-holidays and it was pretty funny reading, but not so funny when you were trying to placate an angry citizen […]
Best of the Day goes to Susan Camilleri Konar at Six Chix.Simply having a comments section forming would be funny enough, but what really ties it into social media is the fact that nobody has taken a tab.Everyone is eager to express an opinion, nobody steps up to help.I’m sure none of the comments are […]
Note the signature down at the bottom right of today’s Rhymes With Orange.Hilary Price has always been honest and generous about adding to the byline when she got an idea from someone — I’ve even had my own shout-out for a gag.But this is diffo: Rina Piccolo — who has taken the strip over on […]
To continue yesterday’s conversation a bit, Retail comments upon the ghosttowns some malls have become, and I find my sympathy somewhat muted, given that most mall tenants are corporate chain stores that offer crap jobs at minimum wage and send their profits off to Wall Street.Or they used to be, anyway.I gather that enclosed malls […]
It’s Fathers Day and Pajama Diaries departs from the usual burnt barbecue jokes and bad-necktie gags to something insightful, and a rare Father’s Day piece in which Father comes out on top, neither a clueless doofus nor someone with no interests beyond golf.The other day, I mentioned my sense of guilt over using a couple […]
While, as noted here before, too many cartoonists are going on about “the only shooting incident that really matters,” others are attending to the nation’s business, and there are issues that deserve continued discussion.Above, Ann Telnaes comments on the presidents’ rejection of our justice system, and the best part of this cartoon is its optimism: […]
(David Horsey) (Clay Jones)I probably cite the work of David Horsey and Clay Jones here more often than I should.Having directed readers to their work, I could simply sit back and assume people are going there and seeing what I’m seeing. There are several other cartoonists whose work I like, but they tend to have hot […]
Mike Luckovich does well on a topic over which just about everyone else whiffed.I don’t mind the flood of Teary-Eye cartoons, because, while they’re not very helpful or creative, they’re inevitable and if they sell, that’s on the editors who made a cheesy choice.Ditto with the various plays on “Our National Pastime,” which say nothing except, […]
Between the utterly bizarre ass-kissing contest at Trump’s first cabinet meeting and the useless questioning of The Little Man Who Wasn’t There, there’s not much a cartoonist can do to exaggerate things and make a point, and Bruce Plante does about as good a job as anyone, particularly since he manages to deal with the […]
Scott Stantis continues his dark night of the soul with today’s Prickly City, which lays out our State of Disunion, and Carmen’s comment at the end is less a punchline than a summation.Yes, it’s come to this.Were you waiting for Fort Sumter? Pfft — That’s such a 19th Century way to kick off a Civil […]
Saw this yesterday morning when I took the dog for a walk in the park and there’s a bad pun in there about setting the mood for the day, but I’ll let you make it. Here’s the next picture I took, which is of Mark Parisi signing copies of Marty Pants #1 for some fans at […]