Sherman’s Lagoon, the comic strip created by Jim Toomey in 1991, is beginning its fourth decade by switching to its fourth syndicate. Sherman’s Lagoon started in Jim’s local newspaper The Escondido Times-Advocate on May 13, 1991, and was self-syndicated by Jim’s Pacific Press Features. The comic picked up a few more papers by the time […]
Philadelphia cartoonist Stu Goldman has passed away. Stuart Wilk (Stu) Goldman March 26, 1947 – March 3, 2022 From the Jewish Exponent obituary: Stuart “Stu” Goldman, the former editorial cartoonist and art director/graphics editor for the Jewish Exponent, died on March 3 at his home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He was 74. Goldman worked for […]
Drew Sheneman shows the broken promise upon which the Republican members of the Senate Judicial Committee based their approach to the confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. It raises the classic question noted in Goldoni’s 1743 commedia, “The Servant of Two Masters”: Pantalone:. What are we to make of this fellow? Is he a […]