CSotD: Preparing the Excuses
There are enough cartoons about Trump falling asleep in court, and, while they say nothing about his guilt or innocence,…
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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: Fair Points and Foul
The Internets are full of cartoons marking the planned retirement of Mitch McConnell as Republican Senate Leader, many of them…
CSotD: Forked Tongues and Empty Chatter
The big news this morning is about Tucker Carlson’s interview with Vladimir Putin last night. It was so predictable that…
CSotD: Fun with the Franchises
So this happened yesterday. You might have seen something about it on TV. They don’t really ask that question, but…
CSotD: A Second Front in our Second Civil War
“(N)o plagiarist can excuse the wrong by showing how much of his work he did not pirate.” — Judge Learned Hand…
CSotD: Corrections, Clarifications & Road Apples
This could have been a short day for me, because Jen Sorensen has said everything I have on my mind….
CSotD: Dark Days, metaphorical and real
The whole world is watching, and, as Cathy Wilcox notes, they’ve stopped laughing. I can’t speak for Australians, but, from…
CSotD: Commentary in Context
Humor specifically and cartoon commentary in general require context. The context of Paul Fell‘s cartoon is immediately clear to anyone…
CSotD: Leftovers
Thanksgiving was lovely, and Steve Kelley (Creators) even provided an early Christmas present for his critics, saving them from needing…
CSotD: Hobbes, Rousseau and Benedict
Existential Comics, which just celebrated its tenth year, continues the birthday festivities with this contrast of Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Thomas…
CSotD: The Way We Live Now
I’ve long since stopped featuring Santos/Pinocchio cartoons, since there were too many of them and they’d lost all impact. But…
CSotD: What the heck happened to this country?
The woman in this Steve Kelley (Creators) cartoon asks an excellent question. I blame the Civil Rights Movement. Once Black…
CSotD: Monday Mental Workout
This is going to be a grumpy day, but let’s start with Jimmy Margulies (KFS)‘s commentary on Mike Johnson’s ascension…
CSotD: Adventures in Subjective Reality
Cathy Wilcox cites a phenomenon as old as war itself, the need to objectify and make “other” our opponents in…