Al Goodwyn (Creators) sets the tone for today’s conversation with what seems a damp squib — that is, a firecracker that fizzles. Contrast it to this Lisa Benson cartoon: Benson’s cartoon misfires rather that fizzles: She’s simply wrong that crime and inflation are increasing, and the polls on Biden are argumentative rather than definite. Still, […]
The issue of Steve Bell‘s spiked cartoon of Netanyahu continues to roil social media, at least in editorial cartooning circles, and the topic was recently amplified when the Aspen Times apologized for running a Dave Granlund cartoon that some readers misinterpreted. The problem isn’t new, and this Sean Delonas cartoon went famously off the rails […]
Dave Whamond leads off our coverage of cartoons about the purchase of the PGA by the Saudi government’s LIV as part of an extensive sportswashing effort to hide the affronts to human decency listed on those half-masted flags. I’ll add that the bonesaw in the golf bag is the only one you’ll see here today, […]
Steve Bell starts today’s discussion with a demand, backed with a depiction of the atrocities left in the streets of Bucha by the retreating Russian army. A simple depiction, for which he is to be commended, but not at all a simple demand, though it’s hard to disagree with on principle, even in Bell’s British […]
We’ll start this review of things that shouldn’t shake the firmaments with a Peter Brookes commentary on Dear Ex-Leader’s latest foray into the Intertubes. The main point of featuring this is that it was once flattering when the greater world took notice of our leaders, but lately perhaps not so much. It’s hard to tell […]
Baby Blues (KFS) sets the stage today, because we’re going to look beyond the cover, much as we might rather not. BTW, Baby Blues seems, of late, less focused on the humorous oddities of raising a family and more centered on how much Zoey and Hammy hate each other. This doesn’t make for many laughs […]
2 What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge? — Ezekiel 18 David Horsey’s 2002 cartoon applies as well 19 years later, though today we speak of missiles, not individual terrorists or tanks. Details change, the […]
Bill Bramhall (NYDN) captures the moment by contrasting FDR’s first inaugural call for national unity with the current GOPs determination to maintain division. First of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is…fear itself — nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into […]
“All you need to start an asylum is an empty room and the right kind of people.” — Alexander Bullock (My Man Godfrey) Ed Hall‘s cartoon has gone so viral that it would be a little pointless to feature it here, except that it’s a good example of combining a pop culture reference — always […]