CSotD: Aftermath is Hard
Christopher Downes offers some laughs as the Trump administration begins to take shape, but his exaggerations are well grounded. Trump…
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CSotD: Fragments and asides
Matt Pritchett has a talent for reducing complexities to simple imagery. Journalistic neutrality is a polite fiction, but it works…
WPWG Comics Division *poof*
As of today the comics division of the Washington Post Writers Group (WPWG) no longer exists. The distribution of the…
CSotD: O Wad Some Pow’r
Patrick Chappatte calls the Trump election a wake-up call for Europe, which demands more analysis than a first reaction might…
CSotD: Election Returns
Michael deAdder Ben Garrison We won’t get through all the emerging political cartoons about the election today, but here are…
Nov 7, 1874: Th. Nast Draws an Elephant
From thomasnast.com, where the cartoon is explained: As mentioned in the above quote, while the first Thomas Nast Republican elephant…
Wayback Wednesday: Dahl, Davenport, Ding
… an item of interest in the humour section: a hardcover volume entitled Dahl’s Brave New World, published 1947. Spare…
CSotD: The Morning After
Oh well. Wiley anticipated the outcome of yesterday’s vote with a Non Sequitur (AMS) that didn’t try to predict the…
CSotD: A Brake in the Action
Guy Venables speaks for the world and most of us in America as well. I wasn’t even going to address…
Tim Jackson – RIP
Cartoonist and comics historian Tim Jackson has passed away. Timothy Lee (Tim) Jackson January 16, 1958 – November 3, 2024…
CSotD: One Day More
Even Edison Lee (KFS), though far too young to vote, understands what’s at stake tomorrow. I remember the anticipation and…
The CBC Inteviews Michael de Adder
Editorial cartoons are being seen by more people than ever, but the income that supports them is drying up. Fresh…
Graeme MacKay on The State of The Canary in the Coal Mine (Editorial Cartoonists)
The mission of editorial cartoons — afflicting the comfortable and comforting the afflicted — has been compromised. In recent years,…
CSotD: Unclear on the Concept
Mr. Boffo often uses the term “unclear on the concept” in portraying a character who genuinely just doesn’t get it….
An Afternoon with Pat Oliphant
Pat Oliphant lost his eyesight a few years ago, but his blue-green eyes still search my face when I sit…