CSotD: What is in a name, and other ponderables
Creative spelling, as seen in this Moderately Confused (AMS), is an editor’s nightmare, but one that fortunately has morphed out…
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CSotD: Phoney Concerns and Tales of Hell
I think today’s Deflocked (AMS) is largely an example of lead time. When the first cell phone bans in school…
CSotD: Comic Sands & Other Delights
Ben (MWAM) raises the issue of comic sands, albeit imperfectly. Assuming he dug holes deep enough so only the boys’…
CSotD: Humor, intelligent and otherwise
You’re showing your age, Barry Blitt. I, too, remember the horror we felt learning that the French considered Jerry Lewis…
CSotD: Good For What Ails You
Non Sequitur (AMS) manages to strike an appropriate note through serendipity, given Wiley’s lead time. Indeed, things could have gone…
CSotD: Monday Morning Mirth
Best way to shut me up is to draw the perfect cartoon. Too Much Coffee Man has done just that….
CSotD: Laughter in the Graveyard
David Ostow is right, and so was my professor, all those years ago. We were reading Hamlet and he led…
CSotD: According to somebody else’s research …
Pickles (AMS) offers a lovely example of tightrope walking, with a gag that its audience will get, even if they…
CSotD: Post-Holiday Humor
Yesterday was Factchecking Day, which makes me wish Steve Kelley (Creators)’s cartoon had run then, because it’s an easy one…
CSotD: Do They Know It’s Easter?
Bizarro (KFS) strikes a nostalgic note, intentionally or not. I don’t think of Easter eggs as empty shells, but then…
CSotD: Have yourself a merry little Monday
Indeed it is, They Can Talk. The bears got up a little early this year and started getting into the…
CSotD: I’ve Yelled at Clouds from Both Sides Now
Remember that graffito that read “We are the people our parents warned us about?” Well, as Non Sequitur (AMS) points…
CSotD: Laughing While We Await More Bad News
There are several major news stories going on, but they happened late in the week, so, since only a few…
CSotD: Love in the Time of Dog Biscuits
When I was in college, Notre Dame had a game against Tulane. I was in the reception area of a…
CSotD is XIV
I cobbled this photo together in the early days of Comic Strip of the Day, but, as the blog turns…