I’m burned out on politics, so I’m going to limit myself to things that simply triggered memories and let you decide if they’re universally funny or not. For instance, Sherman’s Lagoon is starting a new story arc, so you can be pleased that I let you know about that, even though tuning in on a Monday is […]
Very quiet on the cartooning scene this morning — a lot of people getting in their annual holiday greetings. Few of them are particularly groundbreaking, but I did like this Rhymes with Orange acknowledgment of the Hannukah/Christmas synchronization.I also thought Steve Breen did better than others on the topic of social media in general and Twitter specifically. Someone […]
Boulet, my favorite French cartoonist, has decided to spend some time amongst us – well, in Los Angeles, which kind of modifies the “us” part — and not only cartooned about it yesterday, as seen here, but already has a new one up.I hope he’s not just toying with us. (This is a snippet — go read […]
The Buckets raises an issue I’ve pondered for years, which perhaps is why I’ve thought it through even more than she has.Yes, the Invisible Man would be blind.But, worse, he wouldn’t be invisible, either, unless he went on a substantial fast and then had some extremely effective, pre-colonscopy-level clean-outs. Worst superpower ever.I know, I know: I’m […]
Between Friends offers something of a surprise in cartoon families: A healthy mother/daughter relationship, and I’m looking forward to seeing how Susan’s trip to visit her daughter at college plays out.It feels strange to praise a cartoon for what it is not, but my job would be easier (and cartoonists jobs harder) if they didn’t […]
Harry Bliss makes the hair on my neck stand up.Thank god I live alone and don’t have to be told how to tie off a garbage bag. Or maybe not wanting to be told how to tie off a garbage bag is why I live alone.But this is the point where I release the bag, […]
The news over the past 48 hours or so is such that any commentary available at the moment is likely to seem at least short-sighted as details emerge.Fortunately, over on the non-political side, there are a few sorely needed distractions.For instance: It’s county fair season, and, at Rhymes with Orange, Hilary Price salutes County Fair Fare.For […]
Rhymes with Orange leads off today with a cartoon based, IMHO, on the joke that “Is this a good time?” is sort of like “How are you?” It’s not an actual question so much as a greeting.The difference being that, if someone says, “How are you?” and you actually answer the question, they’re obligated to […]
The shortest take of all: Rhymes With Orange demonstrates Hilary Price’s ability to be silly.There’s probably a way to elaborate on this idea and it’s good she didn’t. At the other end of the simplicity scale, The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee takes a leisurely cruise around the bay before getting to the gag, and a […]
We’ll lead off the week with a couple of things that should prove interesting, the first of which is that Rina Piccolo is guest-drawing Rhymes With Orange this week.As Constant Readers know, I like Tina’s Groove, but Rina’s one-offs at Six Chix are the main reason I keep that strip in my feed, so I’m looking […]
If you’ve visited here more than, oh, two or three times, you know I have an affection for gallows humor.The gallows, however, need to be somewhat metaphorical, and, as Matt Bors points out here, gags about what a “gift” the current campaign is for cartoonists aren’t particularly funny or insightful.Or original, for that matter. Every clownish […]
Sigh. And here I thought we were going to have a rant-free, look-what-made-me-laff day. And then Hilary Price went and drew this RWO.I’m a fan of dog rescue. But, boy oh boy, it sure is well past the point where cave canem and caveat emptor cross over.I have had Rhodesian ridgebacks for the past 30 […]
(Bruce Plante) (Darrin Bell)I pondered whether this pair should be a juxtaposition or if I should simply start with one and then add the other in the course of the commentary, but couldn’t settle on an order so here they are.The GOP race has gone from scary to a level of bizarreness that no longer […]
(Knight Life) (Rhymes with Orange)Since today is “politics day,” I can juxtapose a Sunday strip with a Friday strip in order to make an observation, which is, “Who cares?” and I do not offer that as a rhetorical question. Knight Life is unapologetically autobiographical, with a lighter touch than the K Chronicles or (Th)ink, in which […]
While I’m adjusting to apolitical weekdays, here are a pair of worthy publications I’ve been meaning to review.Ed Stein’s Sleeper Avenue is a sometimes sweet, sometimes slightly biting, memoir of growing up a half century ago, and he’s gathered his stories into a book format.I was looking back in my archives for a sample from a […]