CSotD: Mopping up
David Cohen is one of several cartoonists calling out Trump for his refusal to schedule a second debate, but I…
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CSotD: Finding Reasons to Disbelieve
Pat Byrnes criticizes the press with an imaginary Page One, accusing them of seeking to find faults with the Harris/Walz…
CSotD: Before, After and Juxtaposed
An example of why they call it “Breaking News” as this Prickly City (AMS) gag gets smashed to bits by…
CSotD: Cartoonists Take Debate
Mike Smith (KFS) begins things by expressing doubt that tonight’s debate will change any votes, and he may be right,…
CSotD: I know you are, but what are we?
Prickly City (AMS) reiterates the high-minded, analytical approach familiar to grade-school alumni: “I know you are, but what am I?”…
CSotD: Sez who?
I’ve often quoted a frustrated exclamation that pops up in commedia dell’arte plays, “I cannot tell if he is a…
CSotD: Friday the 13th come on a Thursday!
Asked and answered. Thanks, Frazz (AMS). One thing I learned by interviewing politicians and celebrities is that luck and talent…
CSotD: Tuesday Potpourri
Two days ago, I complimented Wiley Miller for timing a Non Sequitur (AMS) commenting on the Patriots’ lousy season such…
CSotD: Corrections, Clarifications & Road Apples
This could have been a short day for me, because Jen Sorensen has said everything I have on my mind….
CSotD: Speaker of the House, Keeper of the Zoo
There was a substantial mix of cartoons this morning about the removal of Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House,…
CSotD: Whited sepulchres and other delights
As Jeff Stahler (AMS) notes, the writers’ strike in Hollywood has been settled and, as he also notes, that doesn’t…
CSotD: The Good, the Bad and the Cynical
When I saw that Jimmy Buffett had died, my first reaction was “Well, that’s a shame,” because he was a…
CSotD: Getting over one’s self and so forth
Lemont, the protagonist of Candorville (KFS), spends too much time playing the pedant and correcting people for speaking the way…
CSotD: A War on Words
In case you missed it, Paul Fell summarizes the growing, and increasingly official, war on the free press. On one…
CSotD: Funny pages aren’t always funny
Grand Avenue (AMS) marks a cultural change that has often sent me digging through the memory banks. I suppose the…