Darrin Bell isn’t the first cartoonist to address the VA delay issues, but his take is admirable for a couple of reasons besides the graphic chops.One is that “death” here is somewhat metaphorical, and while the media jury has already delivered its verdict, the trial on that is still in progress.That someone in Stage 4 […]
In one of the four or five political cartoons today that is not about how much more room there is in a wheel well than in a regular airline seat, Jack Ohman wraps up the saga of Cliven Bundy.Let us never speak of this again. Please listen carefully, as our annoyance options have changedTina’s Groove on […]
Let’s start today with Sheldon, because I’m gonna be a cranky old man for most of the post, so why not begin with an overtly cranky-old-man gag?I resisted GPS for awhile not because I’m a cranky old man but because I didn’t feel any need for it. When I first moved to New Hampshire, my […]
Pardon My Planet is a flashback not just to my days in an office, but to a particular set of them.I’ve mentioned more than once (including recently) a situation in which my employer began what might be, under the right conditions, termed “constructive dismissal.”The details don’t matter a whole lot, except that I was given […]
Amid a torrent of mediocre cartoons about security at the Sochi Olympics and predictably partisan back-and-forth views of tonight’s State of the Union (all of which, in both categories, seem to be hoping for an I-told-you-so disaster), comes this quiet, pointed commentary from Tom Tomorrow.Not only does it stand out because everyone else seems to […]
Sometimes it’s hard for cartoonists to keep up with reality and impossible to be sillier. Ted Rall serves up this commentary on the latest bizarre vision from Amazon.This whole concept is mind-boggling, but, of course, not because they don’t have the capability to tell what you like. We already know that, if you happen to […]
(Clay Bennett)(Joel Pett)At the time of Nelson Mandela’s death, it struck me that South Africans see Mandela has having greatly improved their nation for everyone, while Martin Luther King is seen in the US as having helped “his” people, which essentially means he failed.Just as “Memorial Day” has gone from mourning our war dead to […]
Chan Lowe knocks one over the fence.I’ve got nothing to add, except to applaud not only the political hit but the subtlety of the Capt. Renaud reference. Not that it quite fits the overused “I’m shocked! Shocked!” quote itself, but he picked up on the bland indifference to morals and consistency that makes the moment […]
Let’s start today’s mixture of reality checks with thankyouthankyouthankyou Wiley Miller, the only cartoonist, it seems, willing to pull back the curtain rather than to reflexively accept “delivery drones” as something non-ludicrous.It seems bizarre that the flood of tiresome, repetitive drone cartoons have all been predicated on the idea that the pipe dream Jeff Bezos […]
For some reason, I’ve managed to stumble across a bunch of cartoons, each of which amused me, none of which triggered a major rant.You’ll have to get by today with a series of minor rants. Be strong. A few roses grew out of the steaming pile of ACA commentary today. Drew Sheneman sums up a […]
Lots of little things today, starting with Non Sequitur. Wiley has bailed out of Facebook, but apparently has not managed to duck knowing about all the selfies on the Internet.If only every selfie had such a happy ending!I’ll admit that it’s kind of pointless to expect something called “Facebook” not to contain a lot of […]
I’m still gone. If you haven’t broken into my house and cleaned it out yet, please hurry. I’d hate to get back and find all that crap still there. Don’t forget under the bed, and in the closets. The sweaters should probably go to the dry cleaners before next fall. Well, I guess you’d notice […]
After yesterday’s conceptual extravaganza, I’m resting my brain, with the help of this silly “The Flying McCoys” panel.One of the questions anyone in the arts faces is “Where do you get your ideas?”There’s no real answer to that, because the really complex ideas start and build and grow … but the dumb ones, at least […]
I finally got rid of my typewriter about five years ago. I’d hauled it on two moves without ever plugging it in and decided it was silly to take it on a third. Which is to say, I’d held onto it for considerably more than a decade without using it. Closer to two.As Wiley notes […]
There are any number of strips and, particularly, political panels today noting the apparent disconnect between surveillance and freedom, but I think Wiley caught it best in Non Sequitur.The big Fourth of July celebration on the National Mall now involves enough scrutiny that it’s ripe for positioning as an ironic symbol of where things stand, […]