Nick Anderson (Tribune) gently transitions us from two days of comedy to a day of politics. It’s appropriate, because RFK Jr, as it happens, seems to be a 2:1 mix of comedy and politics, in the same way that a (real) martini is a 2:1 mix of gin and vermouth, except that a lot of […]
There have been a number of chicken jokes about Trump backing out of his agreed-upon September 10 debate, but I like Adam Zyglis’s use of the “Cowardly Lyin’,” because he combines Trump’s unwillingness to step into the ring with a solid contender with his dishonesty in explaining his refusal. Trump claims that he won’t debate […]
It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so. — Things Mark Twain didn’t say Here’s a cartoon that Scott Stantis most likely regrets, though it did pop up on the Intertubes last week. But it’s gone now, most likely because Jimmy Carter […]
The woman in this Steve Kelley (Creators) cartoon asks an excellent question. I blame the Civil Rights Movement. Once Black people began to speak up and assert their right to a place in society, all sorts of people began wondering why they needed to keep their eyes downcast and accept being either ignored or bullied. […]
If we sing the praises of a comic strip that hits a news item on the moment despite its lead time, we should point out when one doesn’t, but today’s La Cucaracha (AMS) isn’t that simple a case. It’s not just that we haven’t seen “another Biden bank collapse,” and not just because there’s no […]
This Man Overboard is as close to political as I plan to get today, but I’m willing to stand by it. I like the idea that the bigot doesn’t think he’s a bigot, because we’re seeing a lot of that as people nail down their opinions and solidify whatever confirms what they thought before anything […]
There aren’t a lot of good cartoons about the Buffalo shootings, and I’m not sure it’s worth waiting, because what can anyone say that hasn’t been said? Yesterday, so many cartoonists reposted work from years past on social media that I had trouble sorting reactions to these murders from reactions to all those other […]
We’ll start our April Fool’s Day coverage at Rob Rogers’ website, where he either had a technical glitch or an absolutely brilliant take on both the topic and the day. If it’s a glitch, Rob, don’t fix it. It can’t be improved. (Too late: Here’s what he meant.) But today’s headline says “Hateful Fools […]
Let’s start a discouraging day with a bit of good news: A judge in Texas has rendered Nick Anderson’s cartoon moot, blocking Governor Abbott’s directive that the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services investigate parents of transgender children for abuse if they allow their kids to receive positive psychological and medical treatment. We shouldn’t […]
If you’ve never seen the 1944 classic “Gaslight,” it’s worth the $3.99 at Amazon Prime, if only for the cast. But watching it will also help you understand why people keep throwing the term around in political terms today. In the movie, Gregory Anton (Charles Boyer) marries Paula Alquest (Ingrid Bergman) and then attempts to […]
Here’s a snippet of a longer piece by Ann Telnaes, contrasting the sacrifices Americans made in WWII with the ones certain Americans refuse to make today. Click that link and see the rest. And here’s a reminder that she cut her teeth in the animation business, and also that she has little patience with […]
Matt Davies (AMS) decries the difficulty of getting on the list for vaccination, and it’s an even better metaphor if you know that claw machines are programmed to drop things. Sometimes the claw is set to grip well, sometimes it’s set to be loose, so skill is secondary to when you drop in your quarters. […]
The current level of toxicity on social media is depressing and probably bodes ill for the country, but, whatever is true about the Atlanta shootings, Joe Heller is right about the hate unleashed over the coronavirus. Which is to say, while I stand by what I said yesterday that this isn’t the case to hold […]
I’m glad Signe Wilkinson (AMS) got out in front of the pack on this one, because it’s a good take and there aren’t a lot of those right now on social media. The first take on the Atlanta murders was that he was a racist singling out Asian women, and there’s no doubt that bigotry […]
It’s hard to pick a starting point today, but Pat Bagley offers a good reflection on things, because we’ve sure seen a lot of talking heads and it’s up to you to sort out the ones who are offering honest analysis and the ones simply beating partisan drums, one way or t’other. But we’ve […]