I wasn’t planning to revisit the topic of civility so quickly, but here we are and I like Joe Heller’s commentary for a number of reasons, the first one being that the owner of the Red Hen is its owner, not its caretaker. So there’s a contrast right there.Another is that Heller distinguishes between denying […]
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 […]
Modesty insists I begin today’s exposé of nitwits with Maria Scrivan’s relevant diagram of how I use reusable bags.I’d do better if I could get them to the car, because both my co-op and my (usual) grocery store have signs at the door reminding you, which is okay if the bags are 50 feet away […]
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 […]
The Facebook thing isn’t going away, and it’s probably less a testament to the harm done than a testament to Facebook’s ubiquity and how we all love a pile-on.Tom the Dancing Bug has a nice roundup of complaints, though I’d argue with him, or at least with them, on the one at the upper right, […]
Tom the Dancing Bug steps forward to stop me from deleting from my bookmarks an entire category of editorial cartoons. I’ve said before that I am losing patience with “bland restatement,” those altie cartoons in which people simply restate in simple terms the things people in power are really saying.It may be an age thing: I’ve […]
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 […]
This isn’t the best morning to be running this blog. The politics are coming hot and heavy enough that I can’t in good conscience simply feature funny comic strips, but everything remains so ill-defined that it’s hard to offer more than, as Winslow does in today’s Prickly City, a cookie.Well, there’s nothing wrong with Fig […]
I’m starting with Gary Clement’s commentary on the Trump administration’s apparent decision to finish the GOP’s efforts under George W. to screw up the entire Middle East.Emphasis on “apparent,” which is why I like the joyous, childish cannonball image he uses. As Kevin pointed out in the comments yesterday, Trump’s Evangelical base sees the move as […]
Pros and Cons puts a spin on the idea of parallel universes, and it’s actually helpful, though I think most people prefer to think of utopian alternatives. I think the first time I encountered this concept — and I’m not calling it a “theory” because I don’t want to confuse fantasy with science — was either […]
Betty puts a thoughtful spin on the usual men-and-housework cliche. Cartoonists have moved away, for the most part, from endlessly bashing women for overdrawing their checking accounts and smashing up their cars, with only a few old dinosaurs hanging on to those condescending gags.But the incompetent, uncooperative hubby remains at the center of a lot of […]
Ruben Bolling has been awarded the Herblock Prize for 2017.I’m strongly on record as saying “Plaques are for Haques” and that awards are for people who need awards. I’ve also pointed out that Pulitzer winners get RIFed just like any other newsroom denizen who has been around long enough to have become expensive.But the Herblock […]
(Sheldon, 2006) (Cleats, 2005)Start with a juxtaposition of strips that kind of had to run when they did because since then, it’s the grandparents who know who the Beatles were. The parents are starting to get a little shaky on the topic.Of course, the good thing is that they waited so long to do the […]
For a comic strip that appears to be written by a law firm (Weingarten, Weingarten and Clark), Barney & Clyde has really been on a roll lately.And my mind is more like a sieve in the traditional sense of the phrase, so don’t look for any extended rants today, but I’m keeping this definition and […]
Jack Ohman leads off with a list of broken campaign promises that didn’t even make it to Inauguration Day. Aren’t you supposed to kind of trickle out the disappointment, so that, a year or two into your administration, your supporters begin to wonder if they’ve been hornswoggled?Never mind. Someone noted during the campaign, and I […]