The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) has opened the window for submissions to compete for The 2025 Rex Babin Memorial Award for Excellence in Local Cartooning. The award recognizes editorial cartoons that focuses on state and local issues, particularly “champion[ing] those cartoonists who work for small and local newspapers.”From the AAEC: The Rex Babin […]
Well, sure.Clay Bennett is correct that the Nunes memo turned out to be, well, a trumpery. And, in terms of what it says, it’s not going to stop that Magnificent Bastard from moving forward, doing his job and once more serving his nation.What the memo boils down to is that the FBI sought a FISA […]
This isn’t the best morning to be running this blog. The politics are coming hot and heavy enough that I can’t in good conscience simply feature funny comic strips, but everything remains so ill-defined that it’s hard to offer more than, as Winslow does in today’s Prickly City, a cookie.Well, there’s nothing wrong with Fig […]
This gig would be a lot easier at the moment if I weren’t constrained by the Prime Directive, which is to feature good work and not snark at the bad. Without stooping to examples, there are a lot of commentaries on the current shutdown that range from clueless to contemptible, and I’m not sure which […]