Maria Scrivan is a pretty upbeat person, which makes today’s Half Full (AMS) particularly striking, because behind those lovely doughnuts she packs an exasperated punch. Having worked in both advertising and commentary, I’m aware that there is nothing you can say, however plain, however obvious, that someone won’t misinterpret or, as in her cartoon, completely […]
This Steve Kelley (Creators) comic provoked some back-and-forth on Facebook, and let me start off by giving Kelley props for responding. Too many cartoonists set up Facebook and Twitter pages and then leave them untended. Either join the conversation or, if all you want is publicity, buy an ad. But here’s what matters, and it […]
Here’s a snippet of a longer piece by Ann Telnaes, contrasting the sacrifices Americans made in WWII with the ones certain Americans refuse to make today. Click that link and see the rest. And here’s a reminder that she cut her teeth in the animation business, and also that she has little patience with […]
I usually begin my day by checking Google News to make sure I haven’t missed any important changes in the world, because I don’t want to feature a political cartoon that’s been overtaken by developments. For instance, Delta and Coke breaking their silence on Georgia’s repressive election laws made a couple of cartoons obsolete, though […]
Timing is everything, and while this Kevin Siers cartoon references something happening in his hometown of Charlotte, it comes as the apartment house next door to me is on the verge of being converted to an independent living home for special needs people. Which is a worthy cause and they’ll be good neighbors, but […]
In the fury of reactions to last night’s outrage, Pia Guerra responds with such quiet eloquence that there’s a temptation to simply run her piece and call it a day. Here we are, and the pickup truck behind her might be that of the murderer, judging from what we see on the bumper and what […]