Mahasen al-Khateeb – RIP
Palestinian artist/cartoonist Mahasen al-Khateeb died in an Israeli airstrike in Jabalia on October 18. She was 32. Mahasen was a…
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CSotD: Getting It Straight
I’m starting by disagreeing with Paul Berge, but I’ll soften it by linking to his essay on this cartoon where…
CSotD: The Void Gazas Back
Dr. MacLeod has consistently been a harsh opponent of US arming of Israel, and his response to the cutback of…
CSotD: Waiting for their dreams to die
Ah, if only it were as simple as this! David Horsey is being sarcastic, because, of course, the destruction of…
CSotD: Oh, what a lovely war!
Martyn Turner gets a gold star today, not for the intent of his cartoon, since I know nothing about David…
CSotD: Catching up with the news
Cartoonists: Don’t forget that tomorrow is Small Child Saluting Day. Be sure to submit your cartoons of small children saluting…
CSotD: Snapshots, cheap shots, straight shots
David Rowe, operating with the benefit of being a dozen or so time zones away, comments on last night’s debate,…
CSotD: Always winter but never Christmas
You can tell this is an old Arlo & Janis (AMS) — it’s from 2000 — because I don’t think…
CSotD: The Spin Cycle Continues
Jimmy Margulies (KFS) opens today’s conversation with the plain truth, in a situation in which truth seems anything but plain….
CSotD: Rant Mode On (and on and on)
Following 9/11, I used this Peter Schrank cartoon in my school presentations. It’s brilliant not simply because the world was,…
CSotD: Adventures in Subjective Reality
Cathy Wilcox cites a phenomenon as old as war itself, the need to objectify and make “other” our opponents in…
CSotD: Contextual Comix
Timing is part of context, at least to the extent that, had this Rubes (Creators) run in December, it wouldn’t…
CSotD: Recalculating
Ann Telnaes is hardly the only cartoonist to show people — particularly Republican politicians — wearing their covid masks over…
CSotD: Again and again and again
2 What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes,…
CSotD: Waiting for Shelleen
Political cartoons aren’t supposed to be funny except when they are, and I got a laugh out of Cathy Wilcox‘s…