CSotD: Noncritical Errors, or Fun with Fiction

Mike Peterson4 years ago4 years ago810 mins

Having railed against inaccurate history the other day, let’s relax a bit and note humor that relies on either not…

CSotD: Go find your Sunday song

Mike Peterson4 years ago4 years ago310 mins

Sherman’s Lagoon provides one of the best pandemic cartoons yet seen on the funny pages. With lead times for strips…

Mike Peterson5 years ago5 years ago010 mins

Pros and Cons offers some math problems as well as questions of age. Samuel wants to be a kid, but…

Mike Peterson5 years ago5 years ago110 mins

I know, I know. Archduke Ferdinand and all that. A few cartoonists are already on it, but Prickly City is…

Mike Peterson5 years ago5 years ago510 mins

If you only pick up the funnies every once in awhile, you have no more idea of what the hell…

Mike Peterson5 years ago5 years ago310 mins

I think it cruel of Wayno, in this season of Fun Size Bars, to remind those of us old enough…

Mike Peterson5 years ago5 years ago110 mins

Start with an old man’s correction to a lot of Moon Landing cartoons. It was not the Moon landing that…

Mike Peterson5 years ago5 years ago710 mins

We’ll start on a relatively high intellectual plane today and then gradually glide on down to nothing at all. I…

Mike Peterson5 years ago5 years ago610 mins

Bizarro explains it all, or, at least, most of it. There are any number of directions you could go from…

Mike Peterson5 years ago5 years ago210 mins

I don’t do a lot with comic books, but I’ll happily refer you to this Comicsbeat article about the original…

Mike Peterson6 years ago6 years ago710 mins

Today’s “Pardon My Planet” falls under the “Funny As Cancer” category. I’m two-and-a-half years out, which means I’m only halfway…

Mike Peterson6 years ago6 years ago410 mins

Arlo resurrects an artifact of the 60s that, yes, I once owned, and Janis is fully justified in her frustration,…

Mike Peterson6 years ago6 years ago1615 mins

Arlo & Janis set the mood as I celebrate nine years of cartoon blogging with a collection of strips that…

Mike Peterson6 years ago6 years ago010 mins

So say we all, because we can simply enjoy a few giggles over things of no particular weight and import….

Mike Peterson6 years ago6 years ago210 mins

First, this note to editorial cartoonists: If Elizabeth Warren had — without claiming any advantage for it — said that…

Abby Normal on CSotD: One Day MoreNovember 5, 2024
It kind of looks like he got hacked or something—like a thumbnail for one of those clickbait articles wound up…
George Paczolt on CSotD: A Brake in the ActionNovember 5, 2024
Not only your life, but a lot of people directly around you. My first thought is the transgendered male I…
John Hines on CSotD: A Brake in the ActionNovember 5, 2024
"Vote like your life depends on it because it does."
Tawnya on CSotD: One Day MoreNovember 5, 2024
This isn't about the article (which as usual, was enlightening, well done). I was wondering if someone could explain why…
D. D. Degg on Unexpected ExpectationsNovember 5, 2024
It remains one of those mysteries of the Archieverse. From Wikipedia: "Montana's widow, Peg Bertholet, stated that high school friend…
Raymond Carbone on Unexpected ExpectationsNovember 4, 2024
BTW, has anyone ever figured out why Jughead had an "S" on his shirt? I mean, he's no Superman.