Let’s start with John Deering’s commentary, because the drek-to-brilliance balance on this topic has been way off, perhaps because all the good ideas were used on previous mass murders.Well, not all of them, because Deering hits a poignant note with an understated piece that works on a couple of levels. The first, most obvious and probably […]
A well-named cartoon strip this morning, “The Buckets,” given that the most of the stuff I drink is shipped in them. I share the inability to find hints of blackberry and essences of chocolate in wine made from grapes, and I suspect that I share Greg Cravens’ apparent suspicion of those who claim to.Mind you, I […]
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 […]
Friday Funnies is supposed to be a refuge from ponderous significance, but we’ll start and end with wisdom today and I hope sprinkle in a little more throughout. After all, humor is derived from wisdom, in that you have to know how things work before you can appreciate seeing them twisted.This includes understanding that wisdom is, […]
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 […]
Yesterday, I asked for a quiet day when we could just enjoy cartoons and now here we are, mostly because the editorial cartoonists who didn’t have Gaza commentary ready to roll then are posting it today.Their timing was perhaps constrained but it still could have been better.However, the barrier they now face is not the […]
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 […]
This is a difficult time for cartoonists, because school calendars vary so much that it’s impossible to riff on end-of-year and be at all accurate.However, Zits makes the best guess with the assumption of Memorial Day as the end of the year, and the gag itself brings back memories of one of those things divorced […]
Nick Anderson draws a parallel I certainly thought of, when I heard people were being evacuated from their homes on the slopes of Kilaeua, but my views on the matter have moderated a bit.A large part of that came after I read this explainer from the Atlantic, which not only goes into some fascinating detail […]
Generally, Saturday is the day for burying weak gags and inconsequential “group hug” story arc endings. For some reason, a whole lot of people ignored that pattern today, including Olivia Jaimes, who broke out of the New, Improved Nancy’s dadaist pattern for this more insightful piece. Not her first. A few more in the mix and […]