Matt Wuerker suggests what we have to fear, though not only do we have to fear fear itself, but we also have to fear not fearing enough.It’s a particular challenge for cartoonists because commenting on the fear shouldn’t negate the need to be reasonably and sensibly cautious. It doesn’t help that Dear Leader has chosen not […]
Before I forget: We’ve had a couple of additions to our list of Patreon and similar fundraisers for cartoonists. If there’s someone whose work you appreciate, here’s where you can find out how to show that appreciation.Now, on with the show:I mentioned recently that it’s hard to produce a multi-panel political cartoon that doesn’t include […]
We’ll start with a couple of story arcs you should simply go read: Off the Mark has been exploring the Aging App. I don’t recall Mark Parisi doing a lot of story arcs in the past, and, in fact, I don’t recall this feature being anything but one-offs.However, this is well-done, fun stuff and you should […]
When I was a lad of 16, I trained to earn the Red Cross’s Junior Life Saver designation. It required passing a variety of swim tests, with the finale being a simulated rescue of a drowning swimmer.My “victim” was a camp counselor who, during the school year, played lacrosse at Cornell and, while lacrosse players […]
From a strictly artistic point of view, the father-and-daughter image has been done enough.From a political point of view, it can’t be, and Tom Toles offers an effective, if somewhat didactic, variation.But he’s right: They were killed by heartless, feckless bureaucracy.They had gone to a port of entry to apply for amnesty as the law […]
Willie is not unlike Ralph Kramden, in that he is a fool in the classic sense and thus, no matter how ridiculous his antics, you can’t help identifying with him.And the classic fool often speaks truth, as in today’s Willie & Ethel, because much of what we know about the CIA, we know from Tom […]
Arlo & Janis set the mood as I celebrate nine years of cartoon blogging with a collection of strips that predate CSotD, only a few of which I’ve slipped in over the years.Arlo isn’t so much morbid as realistic with a tendency to brood, and there are any number of strips I might have chosen […]
I’ve seen about half a dozen Carol Channing obituary cartoons, which sent me to IMBD to find out the last time she worked. Turns out it’s not quite as long ago as this TV Guide cover, which was in 1966.She did some voice work a quarter century ago and a couple of cameo appearances a […]
Let’s set a bit of a holiday mood with Barney & Clyde, which has always had a bit of a Frank Capra tone. The difference is that the cartoon strip appears every day and Capra worked in an era in which most movies were self-contained and had finite endings.There was no “It’s Still A Wonderful […]
There have been a raft of cartoons using the Statue of Liberty to comment on the tear-gassing at the border, some quite good, others quite predictable, but I like Jim Morin‘s because it is unapologetic in admitting that we’ve left our values behind.That is, I get a nice emotional surge from the idea that the […]
I don’t often argue with Frazz, but I’d take a spoonful of the candied yams and several of the green bean casserole, neither of which I would ever want on any day but this. (Well, on Christmas, but that’s a culinary instant replay.)Eldest son is scaling down the feast this year, but I hope he’ll […]
The flow of inspiration from the Trump firehose has been such that I just want to flush it out now, hit Friday Funnies tomorrow, and hope for new things by Saturday.But, before that, Tom the Dancing Bug deserves praise for being able to bundle so much fraud and stupidity into a single, inventive, multi-panel cartoon, […]
So here we are, and, as Jim Morin notes, we’ve even had an FBI investigation of the latest charges against Brett Kavanaugh, which was conducted along the same lines as the administration uses in exploring environmental science: Round up the stuff that supports your position and avoid the parts that don’t.Which would just be liberal […]
Kevin Siers proves that you can breathe life into any tired trope if you are clever and the facts align.The Pinocchio gag may, like Hitler references, have been rolled out too early and used too often, beaten into cliche before we realized how much we were going to need it. Or maybe it’s just that […]
Deflocked sure won the Serendipitous Timing Award this morning.I was at the park yesterday with about a dozen dogowners and our pooches.Somebody had brought ice cream to celebrate a birthday and we were having a lot of fun until a woman showed up who had just heard the news of Kennedy’s retirement as she pulled […]