CSotD: Thank God We’re Surrounded By Water
Ann Telnaes asks a simple question, amid the continuing downpour of corgis and weeping guardsmen and crowns being passed around…
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CSotD: In Pursuit of the Orange Whale
As is often said here, the “bland restatement” technique of cartoons like This Modern World is often a problem, since…
CSotD: Life Imitates Art Imitating Foolishness
Tank McNamara (AMS) not only gets a laugh regularly but also merits a “Wait, what?” from time to time, since…
CSotD: Civilization and its Discontents
Here’s the problem: It’s becoming hard for political cartoonists to satirize our situation, because our situation is beginning to feel…
CSotD: Good News, but with footnotes
Ann Telnaes notes some bad news coming out of Afghanistan, as the Taliban shows how empty its promises of respecting…
CSotD: On the Eve
I suppose it would be hopelessly partisan to quote Jerry Ford and say that our long national nightmare is over,…
CSotD: Sips from a flailing firehose
A young political cartoonist asked the hive mind if things have always gone at this pace. It was a good…
CSotD: Freedom, if you can keep it
Ann Telnaes salutes Press Freedom Day. And so do I: A lady asked Franklin: “Well, Doctor, what have we got—a…
CSotD: Friday Lockdown Laffs
I try to avoid politics on Friday, but when La Cucaracha, working in advance, manages to hit the timing jackpot,…
CSotD: Satire Is What Closes On Saturday
Matt Davies celebrates one of the most hilarious misfires in a very long time, the attempt of conservative trolls to…