Mike Thompson on what should be a minor point, and is, but which illustrates a larger one.Ted Nugent’s sociopathic rants have been all over social media, and, as the cartoon suggests, there is no reason for it.Nugent is, at best, a niche act; he’s barely made the charts in the past 40 years.Only old people […]
I’m gonna start today with a Non Sequitur that made me say, “Do they still do that?”My granddaughter called with a tax question the other day and, since it was a minor change that didn’t affect the final total and she’d already filed, I told her to forget it, because we’ve stripped the IRS budget […]
(Non Sequitur) (Candorville)We lead off today with a Juxtaposition, in which Danae and Susan explore the idea that you can relieve the stress by not focusing on all the depressing things going on around you.Lemont provides the counterargument.I’m not entirely against Danae’s contention that you create a lot of stress by continually framing arguments. My […]
There’s a lot going on in the world and it’s tempting to just throw some pies, squirt a little seltzer and take a break from it all, but, then again, we’re at a moment when not talking politics is in itself a political gesture.Still, we can take a moment to watch Mr. Fitz attempt to […]
Bob Englehart captures my current feelings about the Florida school shootings, and it’s a mix of shame and anger.Shame because we should care and I do care, and so I feel a little guilty when I turn off the TV because I’m tired of the coverage and wish they’d talk about Meuller’s indictments or something […]
Eight years ago, CSotD launched with a pithy recommendation that you read Phil Dunlap’s “Ink Pen,” which apparently not enough of you did, since he retired the strip two years later. Although, in the course of moving the blog to a different provider a week later, I got the name of the strip wrong, so […]
Leading off today with Non Sequitur and a bit of a fantasy.Not the Godzilla part. The cutting yourself off from the world part.I’d like to retreat back to the 19th Century, when you worked hard, yes, and I’d have probably died from my appendicitis 30 years ago, but it’s attractive to think of living back […]
Let’s ease into the day with a Nick Anderson cartoon pointing out something we all knew: The man is a pathological liar.Permit me to elaborate:There are people like OJ Simpson or Jeff MacDonald who, under the severe stress of horror, respond by creating an alternative reality. That’s lying in the sense of telling a story […]
I was just going to stick this Kevin Siers cartoon in towards the end of the posting. It’s about the owner of the Carolina Panthers football team being investigated by the NFL for #METOO issues and deciding to sell the team.Which is interesting, yes, and his blowing town won’t stop the team from being responsible […]
I’m starting with Gary Clement’s commentary on the Trump administration’s apparent decision to finish the GOP’s efforts under George W. to screw up the entire Middle East.Emphasis on “apparent,” which is why I like the joyous, childish cannonball image he uses. As Kevin pointed out in the comments yesterday, Trump’s Evangelical base sees the move as […]
Betty has been touring Italy for the past month and a half, longer if you include all their preparation for the trip, but today there is a pause in the travelogue for a shot at the volks back home.Even on holiday on the other side of the globe and more than 2,000 years in the […]
Between mandatory holiday gags and editorial cartoonists either pointing out that Charles Manson was a bad person or reprising opinions on sexual assault, there’s not a lot of freshness on the comics sites this morning.However, this Real Life Adventures stands out because, while it references shopping, it’s not specific to the flood of Black Friday […]
Mr. Fitz gave me a bit of a nostalgia jolt, plus (once more) the wish I’d had him for a teacher.When I was in sixth grade, we were all entered in an essay contest for someone or other, for which I wrote a piece about Buddy, the first Seeing Eye Dog.My teacher took me aside […]
It’s entirely possible that Dave Blazek was inspired by the same thing that made me laugh at today’s Loose Parts: Those sanitary wipes at the grocery store, which keep you from getting bubonic plague from touching a shopping cart.My solution is that, when the cart wranglers get a train of carts together, they should shove […]
I’ve known Brian Fies since the turn of the century, before he began unveiling pages of “Mom’s Cancer”at rec.arts.comics.strips for feedback, when he was simply one more poster there, though an amusing and insightful one.As his project evolved from webcomic to book, the group got a good look at how Brian views the intersection of […]