A bargain at twice the price. Attempted Bloggery has found a New Yorker 2010 Day to Day Calendar for $7,794.01. That’s the Amazon price, AbeBooks has a few copies ranging from $4,000 to $11,206. And you tore off the pages and threw them away as the days of 2010 went by. Check it out […]
Creating good Trump cartoons is so hard it’s not even funny. The ironic thing is, drawing him is easy. The pursed lips, the puff of golden hair, the iconic hand gestures – they beckon the pencil. A cartoonist might chortle to himself, This is going to be huge! HUGE! We’re going to draw tremendous cartoons. […]
The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle has issued an apology for an Elizabeth Warren-related editorial cartoon by Rick McKee. From the column: The best and strongest opinions are expressed without retreating to the weak territory of racially charged expressions. This page will strive to avoid them. You can see the cartoon in question here.
A very basic premise of humor is that it must contain truth. Even a premise as shopworn as the desert island, the psychiatrist’s couch, or, as in this Speed Bump, the mountain-climbing wisdom seeker, can be funny if there is a twist that makes you say, “Yes.” First you see the absurd setup, then you […]