Joel Pett (Tribune) both announces the upcoming presidential debates and does a good job of defining the stakes in the coming election. A major issue over the past several years has been that the explosion of media has not simply offered people a variety of approaches to the news but has allowed them to avoid […]
David Rowe, operating with the benefit of being a dozen or so time zones away, comments on last night’s debate, in which five candidates vied for the title of Miss/Mister Congeniality, the main prize having been given away long since. Or perhaps he drew it earlier. Jen Rubin had it pegged several hours before it […]
Good to see that Barry Blitt is as confused as I am. I didn’t stay up to watch the debate, figuring I could pick up the analysis the next morning, but all I got from the analysis the next morning was a reassurance that going to bed was the right choice, since nobody seemed to […]
Confession: I didn’t watch last night’s debate. There were several reasons: One was that it didn’t appear to be on television here. The listings showed some baking contest and it occurred to me that I could record that and see if it turned out to be the debates, or if it turned out to be […]
Al Goodwyn (Creators) brings up, somewhat indirectly, the Stupid Angry People factor in current coverage. At least he singles out a flaw in how things work, though not specifically citing the Stupid Angry People themselves. Back in the Olden Days, someone might ask a reporter how a particular public forum had gone, and, in our […]
I love Jeff Danziger (Counterpoint)‘s dream of an attorney who would come explain the news to those who sit and stare, and I particularly like that he depicts them, not as idiots or yokels, but as regular folks who simply don’t get it. It’s easy enough to look down your nose at people who don’t […]
Jen Sorensen describes the lack of actual, principled ideas in our current world, an example of sarcasm in defense of freedom, which should be the purpose of editorial cartooning, though we also see it used for just the opposite purpose: To reinforce prejudice and paranoia. Drew Sheneman (Tribune) echoes her argument, but is more […]
A little politics on a nonpolitical day, and BTW, while this is a Friday and we’ll be having Funnies, it’s purely coincidental. I start each morning with a wander through Facebook and Twitter and this felt like a good day not to engage. But then I got to the comics and Candorville (WPWG) stopped me […]
Chris Riddell (The Guardian) lays down the reality facing Donald Trump, though it also explains in part why Republicans will no doubt put in an extra effort to find flaws in mail-in ballots in order to exclude them. Which brings to mind this David Horsey (Seattle Times) cartoon from the hanging chad debacle in […]
It’s gonna take some explanation to get to why I’m opening today with Pia Guerra (the Nib)‘s depiction of Dear Leader and Leslie Stahl. Yesterday, I began reading a fascinating takedown of the Foxxconn con-job at the Verge (h/t to the Bulwark), and I found it absolutely hilarious, because I spent enough of my career […]
Tank McNamara (AMS) dips a toe into troubled waters this morning, with the joking suggestion that an NFL team that has finally abandoned its offensive name might consider a politically correct but absurdly clumsy one instead. By which I mean that I can’t imagine sportscasters saying “The Indigenous People” in place of the still awkward […]
It’s not often I find myself agreeing with Steve Kelley (Creators), but I sure like this one. Now, let’s not start planning a wedding or anything: I suspect his opinion is tinged with an urge to defend Mike Pence against foolish criticism, while mine is more of an urge to defend political cartooning against foolishness […]
Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. — Matthew 23:24 This pair of tweets appeared together in my feed. Rob is a friend and a good guy and he’s right about the number, but he’s wrong about “great.” There have already been several fly jokes, and I say “joke” […]
We’ll start our look at cartoons from overseas with one from over the river: Bruce MacKinnon (Halifax Chronicle-Herald) cracked me up with this reversal, in which, rather than Trump exploiting racists, it’s the racists taking advantage of his accommodating-one-might-almost-say-submissive nature. Which is to say, if he were any more delighted with praise, he’d pee on […]
Thank you for coming. Don’t forget to tip your waitress. Drive safely! No, wait — though Hamill said it all, there was a bit more more reaction, including a fundraising appeal that the Trump/Pence campaign sent out on Facebook, boasting of the President’s convincing victory over Biden. Which might have been more convincing if someone […]