I think I’ve seen just about enough cartoons that play upon the I.C.E./ice coincidence. We’re having an exceptionally tough winter and facing an exceptionally draconian private army. But neither will be resolved by a pun. But here’s an exception to my word-weariness: Wolterink gets excellent mileage out of the two meanings, since the US announced […]
It happens, and I’m leading off with Clay Jones’ version because he acknowledged what is known in the trade as a “Yahtzee.” I hate it when another cartoonist does the same idea that I draw, but honestly, this one doesn’t surprise me, as this might be an obvious joke. Oh well. If similar cartoons drop within […]
An(n) AwardAs reported earlier this month Ann Telnaes was to receive the 2025 William Randolph Hearst Award. And so she did. Ward Sutton posted a picture with Ann holding the award, with Mark Fiore also in attendance.Wuerker Related Also this month Mike Rhode visited editorial cartoonist Matt Wuerker and took a baker’s dozen of pics. […]
From rubbercat (“the world’s #1 Simpsons fansite”) In The News: [A]t San Diego Comic-Con, Simpsons producers announced the opening segment of this Halloween’s annual “Treehouse of Horror” episode will be guest animated by The Onion‘s legendary editorial cartoonist Stan Kelly. A recent South Park episode making fun of President Trump caused a quite a stir, […]
This is one of those “where do we start?” days, but we might as well begin with the massive element of self-deception that makes everything possible. Part of it is embodied in the way so many people seem to be accepting both the inevitability and the desirability of our heading off to yet another war […]
The doctor is correct: There’s a lot of bad news going on and not a lot of good news, and all sorts of mostly depressing things to cartoon about. The problem is that the political cartoons don’t have much impact if you don’t pause once in awhile.So here we are, and I’d remind you that […]
Jeremy Banx’s old couple welcomes in the New Year with the same attitude I did, having seen it several times. I just went to bed at my usual time and the calendar managed to do its thing without my assistance, as it often has.So no cartoons today about people falling asleep before the ball drops, […]
Matt Golding offers the only Dead OJ cartoon you will ever need, but it sure isn’t the only Dead OJ cartoon you’re being offered.I suppose it’s because a lot of cartoonists are around 50 years old. My first memory of OJ was that he ruined the homecoming game my freshman year in college, and I […]
Kal Kallaugher offers an antidote of sorts to all the polling and panic, pointing out that party members barely make up half of voters. (Gallup says 27% Democrat, 25% Republican, 45% independent, presumably with some rounding.)He emphasizes his point not just by having the fellow bang on the ceiling, but by referring to “the rest […]
Today will be a combination of the absurd and the frightening, so we’ll start somewhere in the middle with Graeme MacKay’s commentary on the price of Christmas trees. The scout troop in our town square is selling them for $65, about the same price as the local co-op, but I haven’t checked prices elsewhere because, […]
This morning’s news of a potential American-negotiated pause in the fighting in Gaza, plus a release of prisoners, puts a lot of current political cartoons on shaky grounds, but adds some punch to Ward Sutton‘s mashup of the Biden campaign and the Golden Bachelor TV show.Which is to say that he hasn’t brought peace to […]
Pat Bagley reached the same conclusion just before it apparently dawned on Congress that Tommy Tuberville’s precious stunt was providing aid and comfort to our opponents, who could become our enemies.Fortunately, even the lockstep Republicans have begun breaking ranks to begin approving the promotions Tuberville has been blocking in his one-man crusade to deny full […]
Ann Telnaes sent me scrambling for the Googles with this one, because she’d apparently picked up on a NYTimes story I hadn’t: Clarence wants to overturn NYTimes v Sullivan so he can sue people who say mean things about him.That he wants to do it isn’t news; he’s brought that up earlier, along with his […]
The last minute continuing resolution renders a lot of this past week’s political cartoons obsolete, but Paul Noth’s panel is not only worthy of inclusion anyway but can serve as a reminder that, while the immediate crisis may have (mostly) passed, the overall problem remains.As others have observed, the Constitution was written with the presumption […]
Ward Sutton sums up the hypocrisy and chaos of our current situation, and he’s right without offering much of an argument, because, while certainly the mood has changed, the only thing that is really different is who’s on top.More specifically, what has changed is that the whiners have gained power, so that, instead of complaining […]