Edison Lee (KFS) asks and answers the intriguing question, Why do they give rebates instead of discounts? The answer being that, if they offered a discount, they’d have to give it to everyone who bought the product. By framing the savings in the form of a rebate, they only have to give it to the […]
As I comment on today’s Ben (MWAM), it is minus-7 F (-22 C) outside, but the good news is that the massive snow will not arrive until Monday. The better news is that I don’t much care, because, like Ben and Olivia, I’m retired and don’t have to go out anyway. “Retired” being relative these […]
I don’t remember if I was in second or third grade, but just about the time this 1957 Buz Sawyer (KFS) strip ran, we had an assembly where a husband-and-wife team explained communism to us and why we didn’t want it to creep into our society. I suspect they were from the John Birch Society, […]
This Madam & Eve (Ind) isn’t the first I knew that Black Friday sales have become a global phenomenon, but it struck me that they’re not only in places like South Africa and Australia, but so well-known that you can reference them in puns. Which is bizarre, given that Black Friday is the Friday after […]
Jeff Koterba sets the mood today as America sorta kinda opens up again, maybe. This Patrick Chappatte cartoon was very well timed, because I didn’t feel like cooking last night and decided to toss a little money to my favorite Chinese restaurant. I didn’t intend to eat there; our restaurants are still closed except […]
Ann Telnaes salutes Press Freedom Day. And so do I: A lady asked Franklin: “Well, Doctor, what have we got—a Republic or a Monarchy?” Franklin replied: “A Republic, if you can keep it.” — Dr. James McHenry (for whom the fort was named) And a favorite quote from Jefferson: The basis of our governments being […]
(Joe Heller) (Darrin Bell) Back in the 1970s, when instant replay first emerged and there was discussion of using it to confirm penalties, legendary NFL referee Art Bell said it was fine with him, but he wanted the right to check the whole tape and call any holding he noticed. It was a wiseass comment, […]
Let’s at least start with something uplifting: Doc and Raider‘s lovely portrait of Montreal this time of year. Somebody was celebrating the resurgence of independent bookstores the other day and I made the point that, for all NYC types celebrate the original anchors, once Barnes & Noble and Borders went corporate, their big box stores did […]
Fast Company’s Matthew E. May profiles Scott McCloud and how some of his theories of comics apply to the business world. And as for the “invisible art,” we learned that the magic and mystery of comics does not live in what is drawn. Rather, it is the “gutter”–the white space between the frames–that holds the […]
The Success in Comics Seminar is now less than a month away. The Tundra guys, Chad Carpenter and Bill Kellogg, have produced a little promo video:
Babson College has partnered with Gaping Void creator Hugh MacLeod to create cartoons to inspire entrepreneurial students. “The cartoons make statements, spark conversations, and inspire action. They help us communicate our belief in the power of entrepreneurship in organizations of all shapes and sizes and our strategy to lead the advancement of Entrepreneurship of All […]