CSotD: Waiting for Milton, Harris & Trump
Gary Varvel (Creators) offers a sensible if not groundbreaking reminder that democracy belongs to the voters. Such messages don’t need…
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CSotD: Stylish Commatary
Hard on the heels of our discussion of the topic, xkcd weighs in on the matter of college commas. To…
CSotD: Humor, Satire, Reality
There’s nothing all that new if you take Guto Dias’ cartoon in the broad, overall sense. Both graphic and literary…
CSotD: A few good jokes, A few sharp pokes
This Reality Check (AMS) raises an interesting question: Do you have to be a guitar player to get the joke?…
CSotD: Swinging Saturday
ICYMI, Rabbits Against Magic has it right: The Democratic Nominee has excellent taste in music, though Mingus is more jazz…
CSotD: Satire, Parody and Homage
Steve Brodner offers an affectionate portrait and tribute to his friend and mentor, Lewis Lapham, a legendary editor at Harper’s…
CSotD: Cynical takes
We’re skipping politics for the day, but first … Rabbits Against Magic Barney & Clyde — Counterpoint I’m all in…
CSotD: Good For What Ails You
Non Sequitur (AMS) manages to strike an appropriate note through serendipity, given Wiley’s lead time. Indeed, things could have gone…
CSotD: The Lion Always Gets His Share
Sunday’s Rubes (Creators) brought to mind an African folktale whose more precise origin I can’t remember, of the lion, the…
CSotD: True Confessions and other wacky stuff
I like Zits (KFS) more when they focus on Jeremy and his friends rather than Jeremy and his parents. Jeremy…
CSotD: Son of Saturday Morning Cartoons!
If “timing is everything in comedy,” this is a darned hilarious F-Minus (AMS), because I dreamt all night of laying…
CSotD: Laughter in the Graveyard
David Ostow is right, and so was my professor, all those years ago. We were reading Hamlet and he led…
CSotD: More Saturday Morning Cartoons
We’re not doing political cartoons today, but let’s start with something blatantly political: This past Sunday’s Non Sequitur (AMS). Danae…
CSotD: According to somebody else’s research …
Pickles (AMS) offers a lovely example of tightrope walking, with a gag that its audience will get, even if they…
CSotD: Do They Know It’s Easter?
Bizarro (KFS) strikes a nostalgic note, intentionally or not. I don’t think of Easter eggs as empty shells, but then…