CSotD: Unclear on the Concept
Mr. Boffo often uses the term “unclear on the concept” in portraying a character who genuinely just doesn’t get it….
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CSotD: Picking up the pieces
My usual rule is to not feature a cartoon more than a week after it runs, but I’ve recently wound…
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: Explanations, Excuses and Clarity
Joel Pett gets a laugh and helps lower our expectations of each other this morning, given how very little of…
CSotD: July 4 in the Free-Fire Zone
Bill Bramhall depicts the Fourth of July in the New Normal, in which we can’t always distinguish the traditional fireworks…
CSotD: Thinking things through
It would be too easy to say “The jokes tell themselves,” but, yes, Kayleigh MagaNinny really did explain to reporters…
CSotD: Nasty Times
Ann Telnaes marks the 100th Anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment at a propitious moment, as nasty women…
CSotD: Friday Funnies Droning On About the Past
I know I was supposed to laugh at today’s Arctic Circle, but my response was “That would have been so…
CSotD: Expanding the Rooney Rule Beyond Football
I really puzzled over where to start today, but settled on Tank McNamara not because of the gag itself, though…
CSotD: Juxtapositions of Despair
This will be a day of juxtapositions, so let’s start with a string of non-political thematic coincidences: (Red and Rover)…
CSotD: I Talk To The Trees
(Non Sequitur) (Brian Adcock) Wiley Miller unintentionally creates a Juxtaposition of the Day when he was simply commenting on a…
Female characters in superhero movies nothing more than accessories?
The BBC is wondering why there are no female superhero movies despite woman making up 52% of all movie ticket…
Disney’s Planes: a model of sexist attitudes in animation movies
I haven’t seen Disney’s Planes movie, but as a consumer of family animation movies, it’s not hard to grasp what…