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CSotD: The Pardoner’s Tale
by Mike Peterson
December 3, 2024
Tough decision where to start today, but I think Ben Jennings has the best viewpoint, which is shame on the process and...
Dante Barbetta Joins The Senior Strippers
by D. D. Degg
December 2, 2024
Animator Dante Barbetta was born December 2, 1934 and so joins the Senior Strippers roll. “Friend Bob,” who Dante addresses in those...
Peter Maddocks – RIP
by D. D. Degg
December 2, 2024
English comic strip cartoonist Peter Maddocks has passed away. Peter Maddocks April 1, 1928 – November 20, 2024 From The Telegraph: Peter...
CSotD: Monday Merriment
by Mike Peterson
December 2, 2024
There are all sorts of important political issues to address, but there are also a lot of leftover Thanksgiving political cartoons, and...
The Alphabeticomical Sunday Funnies
by D. D. Degg
December 1, 2024
Barney and Clyde I like the slow creep of the color into the Sunday Funny partnered with the script. Of course it...
Comic Strip Rarities: Garfield
by D. D. Degg
December 1, 2024
Strangely, for such a popular comic strip that appears in thousands of newspapers and has scores of book collections published, previous little-known...
CSotD: Media Literacy on the Funny Pages
by Mike Peterson
December 1, 2024
Andertoons (AMS) takes a daring step, making a joke based on the reader having a good vocabulary, but which is funnier if...

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On April 2, cartoonist Liniers discussed his new book, “Macanudo: Optimism is for the Brave,” with English and Creative Writing…

Miss Cellany Clears the Queue

D. D. Degg8 months ago8 months ago010 mins

Before another Saturday comes around I’d best get this Wayno Blog from last month out of the way where Wayno…

Mike Peterson8 months ago8 months ago1511 mins

Tom the Dancing Bug offers a bit of commentary on the Trump defense that lying in contract negotiations ought not…

Sue on CSotD: The Pardoner’s TaleDecember 3, 2024
Given what we're facing from this vote, even schadenfreude will get pretty hollow as we watch the Trumpistas learning that…
Mike Peterson on CSotD: The Pardoner’s TaleDecember 3, 2024
Pretty sure you (and Mike, below) are right. And Blower is sharp, so he may not have been crystal clear…
Ben R on CSotD: The Pardoner’s TaleDecember 3, 2024
And it's not like Biden pardoned a relative and then nominated him as ambassador to France.
Mike Tiefenbacher on CSotD: The Pardoner’s TaleDecember 3, 2024
Blower's cartoon is based on Trump's Truth Social post which asked exactly that--will Joe now be pardoning the January 6th…
Ben R on CSotD: The Pardoner’s TaleDecember 3, 2024
This is a 15 minute story. Nobody will remember it in a few weeks. And if I had the power…
Fred on CSotD: The Pardoner’s TaleDecember 3, 2024
I read Blower's cartoon as calling Trump a hypocrite: "you've pardoned one [presumed] evildoer, are you going to pardon this…