The tradition is to mark history in round numbers, and 54 years ago is hardly that, but March 31, 1968 was a pretty interesting moment in time and, besides, I have a doctor’s appointment this morning, so had to put something together in advance. So here was a historic moment for the date, and let […]
Jeff Stahler (AMS) wins the day for dissenting from the fulsome praise being ladled out for Colin Powell without going too far in the other direction. There is an absolute flood of cartoons mourning his death, and it is a death to be mourned. But let’s not be guilty of reversing Marc Antony’s dictum (okay, […]
Thirty years ago, cartoonist reactions to Anita Hill’s testimony in Clarence Thomas’s confirmation hearings began to fill the editorial pages, and Tony Auth begins our flashback with this scene-setter. It was a different world, at least in Congress, where the vibe of the rest of the nation hadn’t quite arrived yet. As Jeff MacNelly […]
As we’re discussing, debating and dissecting the current state and potential future of cartooning, Will Henry is going off in his own direction with Wallace the Brave (AMS), in which he has created a distinctive cast of characters but is not content to have them do setups and punchlines every day. Today’s strip is a […]
On the 20th Anniversary of the attacks of 9/11, Steve Breen (Creators) demonstrates that less is more. I’m surprised more cartoonists didn’t feel compelled to mark the day, but perhaps they realized how little they had to add to the conversation. It was hardly a banner day for the art form then, and the proportion […]
The AAEC alerted members to an exhibit of Pat Oliphant cartoons at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge the other day. I’d already known about it, but the hassles of traveling in the pandemic had let me procrastinate, so I jumped in the car yesterday and drove down to catch the second-to-the-last day. The museum […]
Paul Fell offers what I consider the most thoughtful take on the Pope’s declaration that the Church cannot bless same-sex marriages. I capitalize “the Church” because there used to only be one and that’s at the heart of our discussion today. I don’t know that there are a lot of RC churches in America […]
It used to be a tradition this time of year to break the fourth wall and wish readers a Merry Christmas, these being some examples by classic strips back in 1925. I didn’t see many examples today, though it may be that, come next Friday, more cartoonists will do that. It’s a clumsy situation […]
I got a laugh out of this Ed Stein cartoon last night. It’s from 1994. I’d given up on contemporary cartoons for the moment, because the treatment of Biden/Reade went so far out of whack that it’s like when you shut down the washing machine because you can take a little banging, but now it’s […]
The idea that everyone was glued to the hearings is a bit fanciful, though somebody posted a photo taken on an airplane where all the screens were playing the same thing despite the choices available, including the choice of nothing at all. However, the laundromat TV was tuned to a comedy when I put in […]