A number of people have recently treated us to a number of old public domain comics. From the National Institutes of Health and their National Library of Medicine comes The Tooth-Ache by Horace Mayhew and illustrated by George Cruikshank ca. 1850, a comic book consisting of forty-four sequential panels. Still in the 19th […]
Jen Sorensen leads off today’s continuing coverage of the end of the war in Afghanistan, a war which, as we all know from current commentary, was entirely planned and carried out by Joe Biden. Or something. The Economist even solicited analysis from Henry Kissinger, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973 for having brought […]
A Florida editorial cartoonist was ripped as sexist and misogynistic on Wednesday for publishing a political cartoon that depicted Gov. Ron DeSantis’s press secretary Christina Pushaw as a Covergirl and a Twitter troll. From Fox News: Andy Marlette of the Pensacola News Journal produced an exaggerated drawing of Pushaw as a “COVID-19 Covergirl and taxpayer-funded […]
As a youngster and teenager I went camping and to summer camps and down through the river vegetation. I don’t remember going through cornfields, I grew up around orchards and vineyards. But I never got lost. I do realize children get lost on occasion, but reading the funny pages it seems to be a rite […]
The character watch is simple enough to define … It’s simply nothing more, nor less, than a watch with a cartoon or other character on the dial, and although I can’t look at any character watch that doesn’t have moving character hands without feeling disappointed, the truth is that there are millions of character […]
Joel Pett reflects a mood set by others. Today’s headline puns on a mystic 14th century text in which the writer contends that we can’t know God through intellectual striving and so must approach faith through a more contemplative route. It wasn’t new then and, of course, it isn’t new now, though it is kind […]
Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts has passed away. Charles Robert (Charlie) WattsJune 2, 1941 – August 24, 2021 From The Guardian: Despite becoming one of the greats of rock’n’roll, the dapper and deadpan Charlie Watts, who has died aged 80, spent more than 60 years doing his second-favourite job. Watts applied himself diligently to the […]
Editorial cartoonist Barry McWilliams has passed away. Barry Wayne McWilliamsFebruary 2, 1942 – August 14, 2021 From the obituary: America’s ‘best known, least famous’ cartoonist Barry Wayne McWilliams passed away on August 14, 2021, at his home outside Whitehall, Montana. He was 79 years old. Barry began drawing his weekly editorial cartoon, J.P. Doodles, […]
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists have set the dates for their 2021 Convention. October 8 & 9, 2021 will be the dates for the convention. Like last year it will be virtual. From the AAEC: Join the editorial cartoonists of the AAEC for our virtual convention Oct. 8-9, 2021. Like […]
Jimmy Margulies (KFS) is as much on the money as possible with this commentary. It’s a bit unclear how he feels about the situation, but that’s also on target, because Biden is behind the eight-ball and the question is why? This isn’t simply my question — It is being asked by a lot of knowledgeable […]
It has been a while since we last mentioned the cuts to the GoComics list. Now seems a good time to do an update since Paul Berge has brought up new additions. Paul noticed that GoComics added Lalo Alcaraz en Español to their main list. But it turns out that is only part of it. […]
Andy Marlette (Creators) offers a challenge that, IMHO, proves something though perhaps not what he intended. I’d be willing to bet that, indeed, most Americans couldn’t find Afghanistan on a map, which you could take as an indication of how little attention we paid to that war. I’d take it further and suggest that it’s […]
Sunday is Ron’s day but we’re here for Marcus, the week day Dennis the Menace cartoonist. From The Salisbury (North Carolina) Post: On Thursday, Aug. 26, at 12:30 p.m., Marcus Hamilton will illuminate visitors to his artistic collections named, “Two Dream Careers: From Illustrator to Cartoonist,” now showing as part of Waterworks’ summer exhibition, IMAGINE. […]
(Steve Breen – Creators) (Matt Weurker – Politico) While Steve and Matt work this one out, we will eschew (and esspit out) politics for the day. Tom Friedman’s November 2, 2001, analysis notwithstanding, this one ain’t going anywhere. And, as this Anne & God suggests, there’s enough social media debate on the topic right […]
Today’s Bottomliners as a juxtaposition to Mike’s Candorville take today. © Tribune Content Agency This week began a road trip and ended in the destination. © Mark Anderson; Bill Whitehead A political animal? (It’s funny ’cause its true dept.) © Tribune Content Agency Suspense isn’t just for continuity strips anymore. This week […]