Oh, wait … stand by … that was the wrong Castro, wrong country, wrong era … well, a lot further back in the era than intended … Satterfield, 1905 instead of …Ah, here we are: Rodriguez, 2016. I like this cartoon for many reasons, but chief among them is the somewhat wistful “now what?” Uncle Sam, […]
I’ve already seen this Nick Anderson cartoon shared on Facebook several times, and so it may not be new to you, either.It’s an observation that emerged in social media before the cartoon, but that’s why I like it so much: Simply noting that the same people who were so concerned about imaginary perverts are giving […]
Jack Ohman on the $7 million blockbuster.I’m not a Hillary Clinton fan, but she had two moments in the past year that really impressed me. One was her speech in San Diego in which she eviscerated Donald Trump, the other was her calm, composed testimony in front of the House Committee on Partisan Fishing Expeditions.In both cases, […]
Nick Anderson lays out the fairest commentary on the Democratic primary process that I’ve seen in recent weeks.It’s a mess, and it’s a self-inflicted mess. He avoids the cliche of the “circular firing squad,” which — lame lack of originality aside — matters because there is no other purported target as in that metaphor: They’re […]
In the sad-but-not-sad category, Alan Gardner has put his blog, The Daily Cartoonist, on hiatus after 10 years.It’s sad because those of us who love comics have come to count on the place as both a quick shot of insider info, often the first place but certainly the quickest for news of both mainstream and […]
I have been a Jack Ohman fan for a very long time, with this piece serving as my catch-all analysis of what they’ve done to my song, ma, for nearly a quarter of a century.Which is not bad, given that it’s the work of a cartoonist who is only a little over half a century old […]
Stuart Carlson explains the past week’s coverage.I’m not sure which to be less forgiving of in political commentary: Unthinking vitriol or sheer laziness.The notion that editors stir things up “to sell papers” is nonsense, but the analogy of a rock band is not: It isn’t a matter of how many tickets you sell, it’s a […]
Greg Cravens provides the best analysis of the Batman v Superman dust-up in today’s Buckets.I have nothing to add except that sometimes “I don’t get it” is an insightful response, and, in this case, we grandpas need to stick together on accounta we’re right.I’ll also add that today was full of comics that I really liked […]
As Easter dawns, it brings an end to my Lenten political cartooning fast. It also brings news that Bernie Sanders swept the three contests last night in Washington, Alaska and Hawaii, but not without a bit of confirmation of this Adam Zyglis cartoon.As Politico put itBernie Sanders swept all three Democratic caucuses Saturday — scoring […]
I’m back home, but nothing seems funny on four hours sleep, so I’m taking a dispensation to catch up on contemporary politics: For all the sturm und drang over the rise of Trump, the dynamic story is over on the Democratic side, and Steve Sack didn’t need the dialogue to make his point: We’ll learn more tonight, […]
My trip back a half century the other day sparked some curiosity, and when I did a little poking around this morning, it turns out that a quarter century ago today, papers were covering the news that Saddam Hussein had announced his withdrawal from Kuwait. So here are some cartoons from that date, and let me […]
Gary Varvel’s cartoon conveys more about Donald Trump and the GOP than progressive cartoonists can get into a panel: Simply the expression on the elephant’s face tells where things are at this point for conservatives.The dotted line says more: Where is he headed? What comes next? Is there any plan here at all?As for the […]
A really disconnected grouping today, so let’s start easy with Edge City, in which the grandparents have been exploring the concept of retirement communities. I can be objective about this because, though I am approaching retirement age, I won’t ever be able to afford to retire and writers don’t “retire” anyway. I came to grips some […]
Today’s headline is a tribute to my favorite journalistic weasel-word.However, it fits. The Christmas cartoons are starting, which will, for the next two weeks, mean the comics page will be an eclectic mix of good stuff and really lame stuff. We’ll celebrate the good. Some of which is political, of course. Steve Sack isn’t the first […]
I’m pretty sure I know Steve Sack’s point here, but I find the cartoon a more eloquent statement of the dilemma than a justification for the use of drones.The war of insurgency was not the invention, or exclusive provence, of Ho Chi Minh. Ahmed Ben Bella was orchestrating a similar decentralized opposition to French rule […]