Harry Bliss makes the hair on my neck stand up.Thank god I live alone and don’t have to be told how to tie off a garbage bag. Or maybe not wanting to be told how to tie off a garbage bag is why I live alone.But this is the point where I release the bag, […]
The symmetry between yesterday and today’s headlines and content is purely unplanned. The best things in life are. Now here we are, with comics like Speed Bump, which really cracked me up but doesn’t inspire any particular commentary.Except to note that you used to be able to buy this gag that looked like a book, only […]
Jack Ohman’s local cartoons are often more fun than his nationals, because he uses a multi-panel approach to eviscerate somebody on a topic his readers in Sacramento are familiar with.In this case, the topic is that a protestor smashed a pie into the face of Sacramento Mayor and former NBA star Kevin Johnson, and I […]
The Billy Ireland Museum has begun adding period pieces at the Nib; this second one, by Frederick Burr Opper, is from Puck in 1881 and falls under the category of “nothing new under the sun,” as you’ll see by examining the various fears over easily obtained revolvers.I wish the curator would provide more background, because revolvers weren’t new […]
John Deering notes that rising statistics don’t signal the end of the economic crisis, and that it doesn’t matter that most people are doing better if you don’t have a job.It branches out in a couple of directions from there: You can’t dismiss either side. It’s undeniably good that things are looking up. It’s undeniably […]
I’m going to start off with a couple of serious pieces, then go to the weird and silly. I think the times call for some of each.The one most relevant to the blog’s mission is this Mike Luckovich Wells Fargo cartoon, which shines out from a pile of “The stagecoach company robbed itself” sorts of […]
Okay, this is only marginally relevant to cartooning because of the Uncle Duke/Hunter Thompson connection in Doonesbury, but Brian Fies mentioned it in the comments following a recent post about rejection letters and, while longtime readers have heard at least bits of the story, others have not and so here it is:Back in 1971, Hunter Thompson […]
I’m currently recovering from gall bladder removal and so am posting some never-ran-here pieces from the personal blog I ran before CSotD, for your amusement and edification.This February 2009 piece requires a little background, at least to the extent of reminding everyone of the Sean Delonas cartoon in question, which the NY Post ran in the aftermath […]
(Note: Here’s a flashback to another pre-CSotD posting, this from 2007, and one of Wiley Miller’s most celebrated and ridiculous brouhahas. But that’s how you best illustrate the foolishness inherent in this sort of thing. Since it doesn’t contain a mountain of links or obscure illustrations I’d have to look up, I’m reproducing it rather than sending […]
A collection, today, of things for you to click on rather than for me to comment on.Start here: While we’re fixated on drumming up faux controversies over candidate health and who lied over what, there are other things going on in the world, and this commentary on Brexit by Slovenian cartoonist Ciril Horjak is just […]
To start with …… well, to start with, I like Dave Granlund’s cartoon because I think it probably says what he wants it to say, which is that Clinton has pneumonia, that she seems to have the situation under control and that it has political freight.I also got a kick out of Gary Varvel’s take […]
Today’s Non Sequitur reminds me of a time I was asked to do a presentation on freelance writing to a college journalism class.I prepared the presentation right enough, but added this: I brought along a file of rejection letters I’d collected over the years. “I’m going to punctuate my lecture the way your life will be […]
My Three Sons.No, the cartoon is Barney and Clyde.To the best of my knowledge, the term “the hairy eyeball” originated with Chip Douglas. You’re welcome. You’re also welcome for alerting you to the story arc beginning in Candorville. I don’t know where it’s headed, but the voices-from-beyond arcs in this strip are always worth following. This arc […]
I noted the other day that, while I would probably look back at 9/11 on the anniversary, it was not the finest hour for political cartooning, and a look through the records did not change that assessment.I do remember liking this Clay Bennett piece, and featuring it in the presentations I did for high school […]
Mike Lynch notes the Toonseum in Pittsburgh’s current exhibition, “Draw Me,” which examines the various cartooning courses offered over the years, back when newspapers and magazines were full of cartoons and, well, back when America was full of newspapers and magazines.America was also full of cigarette smoke back then, and the iconic matchbook inviting you to […]