This is a “where to start” day, but we’ll lead off with Non Sequitur (AMS), because, while I don’t blame it all on the media, I agree with Wiley that the states that were so important a few weeks ago are no longer on anyone’s mind. Election promises are famous for being empty, but I […]
Probably should have run this Jen Sorensen piece yesterday with Bob Englehart’s commentary on silos, but her point is more nuanced, because she addresses the issue of the rightwing silo in connection with attempts to explain why the left’s message wasn’t heard. That first panel echoes the transformation in The Brainwashing of My Dad, which […]
I suspect Biden’s decision to let Ukraine fire US-supplied missiles over its border, and his decision to supply the Ukrainians with anti-personnel mines, were an effort to shore up their defenses before Trump comes into office and begins catering to his great good friend Putin. He may well choke off their aid, but it would […]
Kevin Kallaugher points out something you should already know, which is that Dear Leader is celebrating his return to power but wearing blinders to avoid facing a major crisis that he has dismissed as a hoax. It’s certainly not because any reputable scientists have assured him that it isn’t real, but perhaps it’s somehow linked […]
Even Edison Lee (KFS), though far too young to vote, understands what’s at stake tomorrow. I remember the anticipation and sense of helplessness in 1968, when we were, as the song said, “old enough to kill, but not for voting.” Lowering the voting age to match the draft age made sense, though — technical point […]
Jen Sorensen skips the clever rhetoric and metaphors and gets right to the point: Tuesday is going to tell the story. There are any number of cartoons out there about how sick everyone is of political advertisements and arguments, and I’m sympathetic, but that’s how the system works, or at least that’s how it’s supposed […]
Jack Ohman (Tribune) had this cartoon up before Jeff Bezos broke a pair of rules: Bezos has written a too-long piece for his newspaper explaining why he decided not to publish a presidential endorsement but not explaining why they earlier published congressional endorsements or why he waited until eleven days before the election to make […]
I don’t know the lead time for Prickly City (AMS), but it’s been a very long time since Harris began a whirlwind of appearances and interviews. There was a fair amount of whining from the Usual Suspects that she wasn’t sitting for interviews with them, but she’s hardly been invisible. What I will grant is […]
Day Two of the AAEC/ACC Conference in Montreal began with the Americans conducting a business meeting while the Canadians held a panel on digitization and conservation, apparently in both languages, unless the Billy Ireland’s Jenny Robb is fluent en francais, since she was one of the presenters. After lunch, we were reunited and began a […]
I promised more coverage if there were more cartoons about the VP Debate, so we’ll start with Walt Handelsman’s contribution, because the buried joke here is that the undecideds didn’t likely watch the debate but he’s right that they are likely still peddling the same-old-same-old excuse. It’s so much better than admitting that you can’t […]
“In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can’t build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery, and death. I see the world gradually being turned into a wilderness, I hear the ever approaching thunder, which will destroy us too, I can feel the […]
A timely message from Mike Luckovich, who as I write this is likely hunkered down in Georgia as Helene passes over. There’s probably some kind of wisecrack available about how, if Trump is elected, he’ll protect us by diverting hurricanes with his magic Sharpie, but the more serious point is that NOAA was born out […]
David Cohen is one of several cartoonists calling out Trump for his refusal to schedule a second debate, but I like his take because it captures the arrogance of a badly defeated Trump declining to admit his loss. As I’ve noted before, I’m not convinced Trump knows when he is lying or making excuses or […]
There isn’t much doubt as to how the debate went: See Ann Telnaes’ animated original here as Donald Trump self-destructed while Kamala Harris looked on. The blame continues to be discussed, however, in a flood of cartoons and memes and wisecracks and serious commentary. RJ Matson poses it as a disaster for the Republican Party, […]
Ann Telnaes combines her anguish over the crackdown on women’s rights under the reconstituted Afghan government with her fury over the assault on women’s rights and dignity by JD Vance and his misogynistic followers. Don’t say “It can’t happen here,” because it’s already happening here with the overturning of Roe v Wade, cutbacks to freedom […]