CSotD: Don’t Know Much About History
Today’s Rubes (Creators) brings back memories of being a reporter at a paper in a city on Lake Champlain, which…
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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: Standing Behind The Hippo, and other foolish acts
I believe comics can be educational without being educational comics, and today’s Rubes (Creators) brought to mind a visit to…
CSotD: Of Marshmallows and Monotremes
Frazz (AMS) starts us off with a head-scratcher. I think the observation is right, but it comes from a direction…
CSotD: Let’s Take a Little Funny Space
The world is full of weighty matters, but we’re going to, in the words of Eddy Arnold, make the world…
CSotD: We move on to further action
Paul Noth having summed up the Nov 24 election, we move on to further action, later in the game. That…
CSotD: In which I get to say ‘Dadgummit’ a lot
Let’s start with Daddy’s Home (Creators) and no, I haven’t finished doing my taxes yet, but I’m finished dealing with…
CSotD: Non-Christian Charity
Francis (AMS) combines the dread news of the new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change with the beginning…
CSotD: A Catachresis Crisis
It’s National Grammar Day, and Day By Dave (AMS) celebrates it by dragging fingernails across a blackboard. Using “should of”…
CSotD: Hold the Paranoia
Good thinking, Willie. I’m gonna throttle back a little myself. It’s not that there’s no news to analyze, but much…
CSotD: I’m Your Comic Weekly Man!
If you’re old enough to remember The Comic Weekly Man, you’re also old enough to make the connection between Big…
CSotD: A Break in the Inaction
Macanudo (KFS) offers an uplifting thought, and we could all use one about now. There is a kind of conceptual…
CSotD: The Curse of Certainty
In Agnes (Creators), Trout is only pretending to be obsessed with uncertainty, but she’d do well on social media, where…
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: National Juxtaposition Day
Before we get into the Juxtapositions, a couple of cartoons that pinged me on a personal level. Macanudo (KFS) hits…