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 […]
Start off the non-political parade with a Bliss cartoon which is less humorous on its own than in tandem with the strangest conversation of the week.Charley horses and other cramps are a common side effect of taking statins, so it’s not hard to get a conversation on the topic going if you hang out with […]
Joy of Tech speaks for me and I’m grateful not only for the laff but for the assurance that I’m not the only one and that it has nothing to do with my being old and not a digital native. I’m convinced that Facebook has a system of showing you things you don’t give a damn […]
Pat Bagley brings the latest terrorist weapon into his commentary, with Trump driving over our allies by cancelling America’s participation in the multi-nation deal to control Iran’s nuclear program.Two things to note:He doesn’t include Russia and China in this line-up, though they were signatories to the deal and are likely as unhappy with the feckless, […]
Better to headline today’s blog with the hopeful words of Musa Kart than the more pragmatic words of HL Mencken: (T)he whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary.Not that Kart doesn’t […]
Heart of the City wanders into the new Nancy hubbub.For those who have been living under three rocks, the old strip was taken over a month ago, garnering a lot more attention than I would have expected, though GoComics did make a big deal out of it, and it coincided with publication of a book […]
“You must be looking through my windows!” is a common remark made to cartoonists, but mostly about domestic comedy strips. However, today’s Carpe Diem makes me suspect that Niklas Erikson was following me around at one newspaper I worked where, at the department head meetings, I made myself unpopular by, when someone mentioned an uptick or […]