I’m not in the mood for politics today and we’ll certainly get a heapin’ helpin’ whether I want it or not. But I will share Marty Two Bulls’ take on the anniversary because it cracked me up. I think it’s the trunk/snout, combined with the desperate expression and the obvious falsehood. If you want a […]
It doesn’t take much to make me laugh over a poke at Facebook, but the level of gallows humor in this Joy of Tech gibe makes it more thought-provoking than funny. Will future generations one day look back with the same sense of “What the hell were they thinking?” Of course, the Greeks and Romans […]
Mike Lester (AMS) offers a Yes-But-No take on the accidental shooting that has pushed poor little Gabby Petito off the top of the things we are obsessing over while Rome burns. It’s not unusual for people who have no idea what they’re talking about to pipe up with their analysis on social media, but we’re […]
Wiley Miller hits a truth in today’s Non Sequitur (AMS): We’ve reached a level of solipsism where not only is everything about me, but everything is a conspiracy against me. My sister expressed it as “Everybody always be’s mean to me,” a cute toddler phrase that was promptly hung on her for the rest of […]
Another hero bites the dust, and I’m assuming this Barry Blitt piece is based on Eric Clapton declaring that he won’t play in venues that require proof of vaccination. He was already on the record as an anti-vaxxer, along with — sigh — Van Morrison. I don’t get the “white” thing, but I’ve seen a […]
I’m going to start the day by taking Lalo Alcaraz (AMS) to task, though only on a linguistic point. “Misinformation” and “dysinformation” are separate things entirely. Misinformation is an innocent mistake. Dysinformation is purposeful, both in the sense of “deliberate” and in the sense of having a goal. Which is a good time to fly […]
Graeme MacKay celebrates the opening of barber shops as Ontario eases up on things. We haven’t been as strict as the Canadians, which is why they won’t let us up there yet. Our local mask mandate goes off Thursday, though some stores have already dropped masks for the double-vaccinated, which sounds a bit confusing but […]
Before we get into the Juxtapositions, a couple of cartoons that pinged me on a personal level. Macanudo (KFS) hits on a particular favorite, because we read “Great Expectations” in junior high and I didn’t get it, except, wow, a surprise ending. But, yes, I can put a peg in the ground to mark who […]
This Pearls Before Swine (AMS) starts us off with something silly. But silly isn’t stupid. After all, Isaac Asimov wrote silly limericks, and nobody would call him stupid. And speaking of limericks, Oliver St. John Gogarty, James Joyce’s roommate in that Martello Tower, wrote very clever, dirty limericks — including the one ending “they argued […]
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 […]
I hadn’t planned on doing politics today, but this topic won’t wait, because Biden has promised an announcement Monday on Saudi Arabia and the Khashoggi murder, but cartoonists and editorialists have already said he hasn’t done enough. I like Patrick Chappatte‘s cartoon, then, because he’s not jumping the gun, but rather stating the facts, which […]
Real Life Adventures (AMS) asks the question on all our minds: “What’s the deal with mattresses?” Well, there’s also the question of “Whatever happened to President’s Day?” or, another way, “Remember when we had Lincoln’s Birthday and Washington’s Birthday?” But let’s not bring those old guys up because then we’d get to talking about San […]
Maybe. If things settle down, I’d like to go back to an irregular schedule of politics some days and comedy others, rather than staking out Friday for a break in the tension. So I guess we’ll see. While we wait, Candorville (WPWG) offers social commentary that verges on the political, and if one party […]
Can’t accuse Tim Campbell (WPWG) of sugar-coating things. Granted, we’ve got vaccines now, but even if everyone got them, it would be late spring before we could safely unmask. And given the number of delusional nitwits amongst us, it probably won’t happen that quickly. I was looking around the grocery store the other day. We’re […]
Last night, a whole bunch of cartoons suddenly became, if not obsolete, at least blunted. For instance, Joe Heller (Ind) was absolutely right that, given the financial pressure on people impacted by the pandemic, a relief payment of $600 was ludicrous, if not insulting, but possibly both. He wasn’t the only cartoonist to say […]