News-y Stuff, Nonsense, and Whatnot
Let’s start with some nonsense. The Walt Disney Company is about to do the unthinkable: retire Mickey Mouse. Inside the…
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CSotD: While Making Other Plans
As is so often the case, I find myself reluctantly agreeing with Clyde’s dubious street smarts in today’s Candorville (KFS)…
Baseless inflammatory ad hominem attacks – RL Crabb, Clay Bennett, and Jack Ohman
Northern California freelance cartoonist R. L. Crabb notes the recent actions of McClatchy newspapers, headquartered in nearby Sacramento: The editorial…
Foreign Not-So-Funnies: Cartoonist Apology
In April British editorial cartoonist Martin Rowson drew a cartoon that was deemed antisemitic. Since that time Rowson has not…
Foreign Funnies: Solon Razes Cartoonists
A Kenyan politician underwent surgery dealing a blow to the country’s cartoonists and caricaturists. From Nairobi Wire: Former Kenya National…
Robert Arial Takes 2023 AAN Award
The Association of Alternative Newsmedia (AAN) announced the winner of their 2023 awards. Celebrating excellence in local journalism, these awards…
CSotD: Pantsing For Peace
Might as well start with a laugh, or as close as we can get to one. RJ Matson steps back…
Steve Breen Departs The Union-Tribune
Another Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist has lost his position with his newspaper. Steve Breen, cartoonist for The San Diego Union-Tribune,…
CSotD: Regrets and the Regrettable
(Scott Stantis) (Bill Bramhall) When I heard Tony Bennett had died, I thought it was too bad, but, then again,…
“Say it ain’t so, McClatchy!” Readers React
Editor’s Note: As part of the continued evolution of our business and due to changing reader habits, McClatchy will no…
CSotD: Strange Days Have Found Us
Alex offers a grim prediction for writers, or at least those who don’t go to the right cocktail parties in…
CSotD: In Lieu of Politics
The political scene is incredibly toxic, with Ron DeSantis and his merry band of supremacists creating an astonishing false reality…
CSotD: Partisan outrage and critical wake-up calls
Tom Tomorrow poses an interesting question: Should the mainstream media give coverage to foolish, hateful propaganda? Nobody would likely care…
CSotD: Where nobody knows your name
(photo: NBC) With all due respect, they got it wrong. When Cheers was taken over by a corporation, they brought…
“a crisis of newspapers failing to connect”
The Associated Press drops the story of McClatchy ridding themselves of political cartoons and cartoonists. Here, via the Voice of…