Sometimes you need a dose of silliness, and Jimmy Craig is just the one to deliver. This gag requires a little cultural literacy, because, first of all, you have to know who Jackson Pollock was, which isn’t all that esoteric though his paintings are. Plus it adds another chuckle to know that the story of […]
Grand Avenue (AMS) marks a cultural change that has often sent me digging through the memory banks. I suppose the sign might have been when the streetlights came on, and it’s possible, since they were more likely set to a specific time rather than light actuated, which would have sent us straight home from the […]
Macanudo often gets philosophical, and here, Henrietta echoes Heraclitus, who famously said “No man ever steps in the same river twice.” Forests really do change, and quite quickly, despite how long specific trees themselves can last. Some of those old trees die, new trees spring up and the ground cover is in constant flux. The […]
Dave Granlund points out that Thanksgiving, as a national holiday, was not about Pilgrims. It would be nice to say that it was instituted to give thanks that the Civil War was over, but, in fact, it was declared in the midst of the conflict. Note that Sarah Josepha Hale, when she asked the president […]
“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans,” Lennon wrote, but today’s Pearls Before Swine (AMS) suggests that so does pizza. I had a life plan not so different from Neighbor Ned’s though not quite as grandiose. I wanted the novel published sooner, but then only to be a successful novelist […]
Macanudo (KFS) gets it right. Since the election, inauguration and attempted coup, there’s been very little of any importance to complain about, but it hasn’t stopped anyone, and social media has, in lieu of people arguing over things that matter, become a torrent of people bitching and moaning over things that don’t. Wiley has […]
Dog Eats Doug (Creators) has a sweet story arc just starting on weekdays. Since the death of the original Sophie who inspired the cartoon version (but was much older), I understand Brian Anderson has been fostering adoptable dogs, and, even if he hasn’t, the family in the strip has. “Fostering” means giving a dog a […]
Alex adds a caution to the cheerful notion of leaving the city to telecommute from rural splendor. Which isn’t happening. But, then again, is. That first article is based on the logic that just because people are looking at houses on realtor.com and Zillow, it doesn’t mean they’re actually bidding and buying and serious. The […]
We’ll start today with an “I told you so,” illustrated by Wiley Miller, because I had been telling people to get up here and look at the leaves by Columbus Day Weekend. It was a very good, not quite spectacular year, with a lot of color though a little bit muted. Dr. Johnson said […]
There are a lot of environmental cartoons out there and perhaps there is some shift in public perception. However, I’m not prepared to say “Now they get it!” until I see more proof. But Pat Bagley lays out the situation without predicting what will happen next, and he’s on firm ground. Let’s begin with the […]
ICYMI, President Blutarsky gave a speech last night that has been compared to the memorable call to action that he delivered in college. Proving that, while we walk away from politics each Friday, well, sometimes politics just won’t be walked away from. Anyway, let’s see what the people who were actually […]