CSotD: Blood and Sand
A confession: Ella Baron’s artwork appeals to me on such a level that I’m inclined to feature her cartoons even…
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CSotD: They’re funny ’cause they’re true!
I got a chuckle out of John Auchter’s cartoon, though he’s being a bit of an Upper Peninsula snob, if…
CSotD: Free speech, free kicks & dubious justice
We’ll start with the easy one. Adam Zyglis explains the gist of the matter: Kansas City Chiefs placekicker Harrison Butker…
CSotD: Political cartoonists take debate
Joel Pett (Tribune) both announces the upcoming presidential debates and does a good job of defining the stakes in the…
CSotD: Picture Imperfect
Let’s start with some technical history, to explain today’s Mother Goose & Grimm (AMS) for readers under 50: Half a…
CSotD: Standing Behind The Hippo, and other foolish acts
I believe comics can be educational without being educational comics, and today’s Rubes (Creators) brought to mind a visit to…
CSotD: The Emperor
Michael Ramirez (Creators) offers a magnificent spoof of Jacques-Louis David’s Coronation of Napoleon. Napoleon had himself crowned in the presence…
CSotD: Bits and Pieces
Tom Tomorrow and I seem to be on the same page. I don’t mean on the same ideological page, though…
CSotD: Humor, from the personal to the global
I’ll have a couple of dissents in a moment, so we’ll start with a compliment: Check out the final panel…
CSotD: The Void Gazas Back
Dr. MacLeod has consistently been a harsh opponent of US arming of Israel, and his response to the cutback of…
CSotD: Graduation Day in the Committee Room
The second Saturday in May would be graduation on a lot of campuses, and it probably still is, since the…
CSotD: Timing, repetition, redemption, etc.
Barbara Smaller’s cartoon is hardly breakthrough humor, subconsciously echoing as it does a Tom Toro piece that has become a…
CSotD: Sez who?
I’ve often quoted a frustrated exclamation that pops up in commedia dell’arte plays, “I cannot tell if he is a…
CSotD: How to Suck Eggs, Explained
By the time George Cruickshank (1792 – 1878) penned this cartoon, “teaching your grandmother to suck eggs” was an established…
CSotD: Silence is Golden (But my eyes still see)
Rob Rogers (Tinyview) sets up today’s topic: If nobody knows that it happened, did it? And, if it didn’t happen,…