Juxtaposition of the Day (Arctic Circle) (Frazz)We’ll start with two gags based on misunderstanding the meaning of Flag Day, and then move on to misunderstandings that aren’t in the least funny.And let me disclose right up front that I am an old fart, old enough that I found these two strips funny because I come […]
Juxtaposition of 15 Years (Ann Telnaes, July 7, 2003) (Ann Telnaes, June 7, 2018)This is the way the world ends, not with a bang but a fanfare.Nearly 15 years ago to the day, Telnaes captured an array of horrors, because it wasn’t just Bush and his cronies — Ashcroft in this case — piping a […]
Ann Telnaes’ new comic, Mo, posted its second edition yesterday, as scheduled, but we were back in 1918 yesterday, so I held it.I also clipped it, because the format is ginormous enough that you should go read the whole thing yourself. Constant Readers will know I’m a longtime fan of Telnaes’s work, but this new thing […]
What are we gonna do with this guy?His nonsensical insistence that law enforcement not look into lawbreaking and his posturing as an imperial power “demanding” their obedience is drawing forth think pieces about how “The Constitutional Crisis is Here” and comparisons to Nixon’s Saturday Night Massacre.Ann Telnaes makes the most dramatic (American) mockery of him, […]
I thought this morning’s Candorville was unusually prescient until I thought about it a little more and realized how many times this could have run in the past few months and seemed unusually prescient.Then I pulled down my copy of The Quote Verifier and confirmed what I suspected, which is that there is no evidence […]
Pretty harsh treatment by Belgian cartoonist Luc Descheemaeker, and, yes, it’s pretty easy to yell “Hitler!” Calling people “nazis” has weakened the insult over the years, and comparing egotistical leaders to Hitler has weakened that simile as well.I guess the neglected part of the story of the boy who cried “Wolf!” is that he wouldn’t have pulled […]
Just one day — one goddam day — could we please put this shitshow on hold long enough to enjoy some silly cartoons?Well, that’s why I’ve instituted “Friday Funnies.”Meanwhile, we have the above photo compilation for an article from Ha’aretz, showing the cheerful, happy people at the brand new American embassy in Jerusalem, contrasted with […]
I held back a few days on the Bill Cosby conviction because I wanted to see the cartoons that would emerge. Steve Breen has, I think, the best take.Attempts to be humorous — to cite Jell-O pudding pops or contrast his flamboyant sweaters with prison garb — seem to fall flat. Had he been convicted […]
Juxtaposition of the Day (Prickly City) (Ann Telnaes)Bring it on, Dear Leader.Scott Stantis, who wasn’t at the Satire Symposium but whose name came up, and Ann Telnaes, who was at work on the above piece even as things went on around her, both pull the nose of our would-be dictator. Let’s point out that Hustler v […]
I like Mike Luckovich’s obit cartoon for Barbara Bush, because it suggests an edge to her that I could certainly see and that others reported from time to time.And which you sure wouldn’t pick up on from the mawkish, sentimental glurge so many other cartoonists provided.I would normally despise a tear in a cartoon, particularly […]
Kim Warp bats lead off today because we’re celebrating intelligent humor and her New Yorker panel stands out among a plethora of lesser Facebook gags.When I speak of “intelligent humor,” I don’t mean jokes about advanced physics or great unread classics. I mean jokes that indicate that the cartoonist has been paying attention and is […]
My trip to MOCCA yesterday was cut short because my kennel went out of business without telling anyone, so I ended up having to leave the dog on his own, which meant adding 5 hours drive time each direction to the total time he would have to maintain.It didn’t leave nearly as much time in […]
The first order of business on this delightfully non-eventful day — unless you’re reading this after Stormy’s been on 60 Minutes — is to offer belated congrats to Clay Bennett for winning the Overseas Press Club’s Nast Award, which he did several days ago while I was obsessed with other issues.The above is a cartoon […]
I’m gonna start today with a Non Sequitur that made me say, “Do they still do that?”My granddaughter called with a tax question the other day and, since it was a minor change that didn’t affect the final total and she’d already filed, I told her to forget it, because we’ve stripped the IRS budget […]
So Barack Obama went to the mall to get his picture taken and he chose the pull-down ivy backdrop instead of the country one with the section of rail fence to lean on or the wall fulla books one. Then, on the way out, he stopped at the art shop and got this dry-mounted poster […]