A laugh from Mr. Boffo to start the day. Joe Martin’s sense of humor is based on the loveable loser, and a formula in which a sensible opening tumbles into bathos, and it certainly works for me, particularly since, before going through the day’s cartoons, I begin with a stroll through social media to catch […]
Graeme MacKay celebrates the opening of barber shops as Ontario eases up on things. We haven’t been as strict as the Canadians, which is why they won’t let us up there yet. Our local mask mandate goes off Thursday, though some stores have already dropped masks for the double-vaccinated, which sounds a bit confusing but […]
Before we get into the Juxtapositions, a couple of cartoons that pinged me on a personal level. Macanudo (KFS) hits on a particular favorite, because we read “Great Expectations” in junior high and I didn’t get it, except, wow, a surprise ending. But, yes, I can put a peg in the ground to mark who […]
By pure happenstance, Trout stumbles onto a shred of truth in today’s Agnes (Creators). Blue is the color of St. Patrick, based on its heraldic association with Ireland and its adoption by the Order of St. Patrick in 1783, though, as explained there, it’s all “Anglo-Irish” which is a polite term for things that are […]
I retired in June in a combination of newspaper cuts and my boss’s retirement, but before we shut things down we were facing the prospect of a spring workshop for our young reporters in the midst of the pandemic. Today’s Alex (Telegraph) is therefore particularly relevant, because I telecommuted the editing job except for two […]
I don’t necessarily like “Ain’t it the truth?” comics, because they tend to harp on worn-out topics that haven’t been the truth for a long time, or at least, have stopped being innovative and funny. The archetypal “Ain’t it the truth?” jokes start with “And what about airline food?” which might still be funny if […]
I’m going to wait another day for a few more Trump/Tax cartoons to hit, but Morten Morland (London Times) lays out the administration’s response, which is, of course, denial. Trump’s constant refrain about fake news brings up the line from Princess Bride: “You keep using that word. I am not sure it means what you […]
I woke up this morning and discovered that the new horror on social media was that, while small-business owners were describing their experiences during the lockdown, Dear Leader was goofing on his phone and paying no attention. Which you can see here but is it really that much of a shock? Granted we didn’t have […]
Rod Emmerson offers tips for the lockdown and it all looks good to me, mostly because he accurately mirrors what I’ve seen in social media. Mostly what I’ve seen is my cartooning compadres saying “I’ve been training for this my whole life!” because those of us who make a living with a computer at home […]