Bruce Plante expresses the most honest opinion of the Inspector General’s Report, which is that both sides can find plenty to dislike in it.Though, while he’s certainly right, both sides are instead claiming victory, which generally suggests three things:One is that the report is long and, while not extraordinarily complex, has found problems in how the […]
Editorial cartoonists struggled to say much of anything witty or insightful about the Trump/Kim Summit, though perhaps they’ll do better once there is more indication of what actually happened.Meanwhile, I like Mac’s take, if for no other reason than that I’ve seen some “Kim is crazy” cartoons, which makes me wonder who they think he’s […]
Pearls Before Swine offers the best possible kickoff for Friday Funnies, and I couldn’t be more pleased to not do politics today.Even if I were in the mood, it’s going to take me a little while to process the apparent fact that Bill Clinton is once again our president. Or something. Anyway, he’s suddenly all […]
Friday Funnies is supposed to be a refuge from ponderous significance, but we’ll start and end with wisdom today and I hope sprinkle in a little more throughout. After all, humor is derived from wisdom, in that you have to know how things work before you can appreciate seeing them twisted.This includes understanding that wisdom is, […]
Top story of the day is that tomorrow is Free Comic Book Day and a chance to check out what the comic book people think is hot and attractive. Johanna Draper Carlson has a look at what she considers the top titles.I suspect this is a time when living in a major metro helps. Out […]
Edison Lee is early in the stages of a fantasy arc about the first moon landing, and I’m leading with it because I just finished editing a piece about Saturday’s “Girls and Science” program at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Which puts all sorts of ironies all over that last panel. Orville is less […]
No let-up in the flood of “two crazy guys” cartoons, so we’ll take a stroll in another direction today:Today’s Reply All — part of an arc on the topic — makes me feel good about something, or maybe it doesn’t. I’m not sure.A woman whom I dated for several years taught me, among other worthwhile […]
“It’s like you’re looking through our windows” is a comment that cartoonists who specialize in family and relationship comics often hear from readers. It isn’t a cliche, but rather a sign that they’re hitting the target.Comics that connect on a personal level are particularly welcome in the midst of a political crisis when it all […]
I’m still on the road, and, while I’m posting from my son’s house rather than a motel, the fact that my Internet connection is fast and stable doesn’t mean I’m any more well-informed. It’s been a nice break, focusing mostly on the early 19th Century rather than the early 21st, but it does create issues […]
We’ll start the week with a bunch of apolitical comics that simply made me laff, starting with Zits, which has had Jeremy volunteering at the zoo this summer, a brilliant way to come up with a whole new bunch of dumb gags like this. That’s “dumb gags” in the best possible sense, of course.I’m not sure […]
Michael de Adder wins today with this explanation of Trump policy, which combines childishness with randomness and you can’t do a whole lot better than that. Several cartoonists picked up on the phony Time cover. I like John Branch’s take because it not only references the fraud but notes the hypocritical attitude of a president who […]
Today’s Reply All got a laugh in large part because I can’t imagine requiring a house meeting in a household with only two people, which I think was the point.One of the things I like most about this strip is Drew’s no-drama way of dealing with Lizzie’s drama-every-day needs.It also connects to one of the […]
Between the utterly bizarre ass-kissing contest at Trump’s first cabinet meeting and the useless questioning of The Little Man Who Wasn’t There, there’s not much a cartoonist can do to exaggerate things and make a point, and Bruce Plante does about as good a job as anyone, particularly since he manages to deal with the […]
In a welcome case of serendipity, today’s Bottomliners provides me with a springboard from which to launch a rant without violating the Prime Directive.In short, there’s a lot more content than facts out there, particularly over Trumpcare: Yesterday, I said I was going to hold off on ranting at length about the vote until things shook […]
Reply All starts us off with a reflection on personal responsibility, specifically in the area of crying “Bullshit!” when appropriate.At one end of the scale, we’ve got the faux-clever people who think everything is bullshit, or, at least, who think calling everything bullshit is clever, and the Internet was made for them. I’m somewhat sympathetic to […]