We’ll warm up with this bit of gallows humor from On the Fastrack, which happens to coincide with a spate of layoffs from McClatchy papers in the West, primarily at the Sacramento Bee, where 15 newsroom employees and 8 production types are being cut.But, of course, it could have run any time and coincided with […]
I could start and end with this Tom Toles piece, which not only summarizes our incoherent, solipsistic foreign relations stance but also captures the same tendencies in Dear Leader.It’s no surprise that a man who lies incessantly about things a third-grader could prove were false — like claiming not to have spent the night in […]
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 […]
In his introduction to the event, Pat Bagley, president of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists, demonstrated both the theme of “The State of Our Satirical Union” symposium and the passion behind the mission of those cartoonists who attended it. The reason the gathering mattered, he said, was that “the American people decided to elect a […]
The one criticism of the “State of Our Satirical Union” symposium I heard from several people was that it was too short, that another half day would have helped spread out the vast amount of information, and, while I don’t intend to quote every word here, I think I’ll take the time we didn’t have […]
The two-day symposium on satire in political cartooning at the University of Minnesota began last night with a meet-and-greet and a short panel presentation, including local cartoonist Steve Sack, seen here with fellow panelists Ann Telnaes and comics historian and attorney Michael Kahn.The cartoons are fun, but the topic is serious and the occasion, the […]
Running late — first airport had no wifi but ran me late so the next one had wifi but no time. This one has a very little bit of both.A story even less interesting than it sounds. Here you go:I don’t know that “Friday Funnies” have to be — or even should be — newsworthy, […]
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 […]
Matt Bors really struck home for me with this one, both for the cartoon itself and within a context of his recent work.Bors has become an ardent champion of Millennials, of which he is at the leading edge, having been born in 1983, two years into the demographic. On my 33rd birthday, as it happens.We […]
Start here: All three finalists for the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in Editorial Cartooning did excellent work.And for those who come here often, there’s no need for me to disclose my general contempt for awards: I’ve frequently written how much I dislike them and how little stock I place in them.But, since I’m about to disrespect […]