Dec 30, 2011
Only Store Credit Without a Receipt
Bruce Plante, 12/27/11:
Speaker Boehner has utter control of his caucus -- House Republicans move in lock-step to do whatever he demands at every turn, so that he can crush the rest of the US government to his will.
Dec 27, 2011
Unexpected Subtext
Terry Wise, 12/26/11:
...and if you can't trust someone who draws himself as a cartoon rat, who can you trust?
Dec 26, 2011
Missing, Presumed Mallbound
Dick Locher, 12/22/11:
So many questions, so little time:
1) Is that guy supposed to be Locher himself? If not, who is he?
2) Is this cartoon supposed to be a comment on renewed consumer economic activity? Or is just another old sexist "those girls, you know they love to shop!" wheeze?
3) Is there any reason why we should care that this guy calls them "stealth shoppers"?
4) Come to think of it, why on earth would he call them stealth shoppers?
1) Is that guy supposed to be Locher himself? If not, who is he?
2) Is this cartoon supposed to be a comment on renewed consumer economic activity? Or is just another old sexist "those girls, you know they love to shop!" wheeze?
3) Is there any reason why we should care that this guy calls them "stealth shoppers"?
4) Come to think of it, why on earth would he call them stealth shoppers?
Yes, Virginia, There WAS a Santa Claus
Clay Bennett, 12/23/11:
Santa Claus was burned to death in this fireplace -- and, as we can clearly see, this happened before the current log went on the fire, since the ashes are entirely underneath it.
So the timeline is at least slightly muddy, and the connection to the stockings -- which demand "jobs," and apparently this now-dead Santa was able to deliver worthwhile employment as well as physical objects -- is not as clear as it could be, either.
So the timeline is at least slightly muddy, and the connection to the stockings -- which demand "jobs," and apparently this now-dead Santa was able to deliver worthwhile employment as well as physical objects -- is not as clear as it could be, either.
Dec 23, 2011
You'll Shoot Your Eye Out, Kid!
Gary Varvel, 12/22/11:
Of all the people that aren't going to get to be President next year, is there any reason -- besides pure hometown pride -- for Varvel, or anyone, to focus on Mitch Daniels, who didn't even bother to run?
News Flash: Christmas is Not a Holiday to the Entire World
Ross Gosse, 12/21/11:
Kim Jong Il is the grinchiest Grinch of all because...he's dead, and the Grinch can't steal his Christmas presents?
Because he was a dirty atheist Commie to begin with, and so didn't celebrate Christmas?
Because he's Korean, and so would have been more likely to be a Buddhist in the first place?
I'm so confused....
Because he was a dirty atheist Commie to begin with, and so didn't celebrate Christmas?
Because he's Korean, and so would have been more likely to be a Buddhist in the first place?
I'm so confused....
Dec 22, 2011
Facile Comparisons, #2741
Chuck Asay, 12/20/11:
The lesson is clear: make sure those lesser races are really conquered, and never, ever bring troops home.
Because those WWII soldiers are all still in Berlin and Tokyo, right? And we didn't conquer Iraq and Afghanistan?
Because those WWII soldiers are all still in Berlin and Tokyo, right? And we didn't conquer Iraq and Afghanistan?
Slip and Fall Injury
V.C. Rogers, 12/21/11:
In this week's aggressively local story, Durham, NC novelist Michael Peterson has just gotten a new trial in the 2001 death of his wife, due to the evidence-tampering of state investigator Duane Deaver.
And I bet at least half of the locals wouldn't be able to puzzle that out from this confusing cartoon with teeny-tiny, enigmatic labels, so plus ten points to Rogers for obscurity.
And I bet at least half of the locals wouldn't be able to puzzle that out from this confusing cartoon with teeny-tiny, enigmatic labels, so plus ten points to Rogers for obscurity.
Dec 21, 2011
On the Road Again
Terry Wise, 12/20/11:
Actually, as of this summer, Obama had taken 61 vacation days in his first 31 months in office. His predecessor, GW Bush, had spent 180 days at his ranch by the same point his his administration, and Reagan had spent 112 vacation days.
So, actually, Obama does have a vacation deficit -- he's nearly half a year behind Bush at this point. But Wise does not seem to be in favor of having Obama catch up.
Which leads to a meta-question: why do cartoonists who hate everything someone does also desperately want that person to work harder?
So, actually, Obama does have a vacation deficit -- he's nearly half a year behind Bush at this point. But Wise does not seem to be in favor of having Obama catch up.
Which leads to a meta-question: why do cartoonists who hate everything someone does also desperately want that person to work harder?
Not to Be Confused with the Terror DOME
Deb Milbrath, 12/20/11:
So...Santa has his elves working on a toy called a "terror globe," and it came out a little too realistic? Is that what this cartoon is about?
May I possibly ask what that has to do with anything, and how, in any way, this cartoon could remotely be construed as a commentary on any thing in the real world -- even a strained metaphor comparing the "war on Christmas" to the war on terror would be welcome.
Because I got nothing.
May I possibly ask what that has to do with anything, and how, in any way, this cartoon could remotely be construed as a commentary on any thing in the real world -- even a strained metaphor comparing the "war on Christmas" to the war on terror would be welcome.
Because I got nothing.
The Cultural Imperialism of Laziness
Jeff Danzinger, 12/20/11:
So Muammar Gaddafi -- a Muslim -- and Kim Jong-Il -- an atheist -- are rooming together in the Christian Hell?
Every nice dead person must meet someone who vaguely resembles Saint Peter, and every naughty dead person must be welcomed by Old Scratch. It's one of the rules of editorial cartooning. Don't bother to consider the religious -- or any other -- beliefs of the dead people; just shove 'em into that same old cartoon you always do!
Every nice dead person must meet someone who vaguely resembles Saint Peter, and every naughty dead person must be welcomed by Old Scratch. It's one of the rules of editorial cartooning. Don't bother to consider the religious -- or any other -- beliefs of the dead people; just shove 'em into that same old cartoon you always do!
Dec 20, 2011
Things Are Tough All Over
Paul Fell, 12/19/11:
No, actually there are 50 million Americans below the official poverty line -- about 1/6th of the population -- and another 100 million that are above it, but don't make more than 200% of poverty-level income.
Those people are "near poor," or "not very well off," or "struggling," or "one paycheck away from disaster", or whatever else you'd like to call them -- but, by the definition of the term, they're not "poor" in the same way the 50 million people below the line are.
Those people are "near poor," or "not very well off," or "struggling," or "one paycheck away from disaster", or whatever else you'd like to call them -- but, by the definition of the term, they're not "poor" in the same way the 50 million people below the line are.
When the Last Editor Is Fired...
Deb Milbrath, 12/19/11:
I'm desperately hoping Milbrath is deliberately making a point about the importance of education -- and knocking the Republicans for not supporting it as she would prefer -- with the shaky grammar of "stop anything Obama" and the pure error of "heros."
Will you join me in that hope, or cynically make a different explanation?
Will you join me in that hope, or cynically make a different explanation?
Dec 19, 2011
Gee Our Old LaSalle Ran Great
Joel Pett, 12/17/11:
Pett was vastly more satisfied with his job when he utterly loathed the current President, and still yearns for those simpler, more carefree days.
Dec 18, 2011
Paging Francis Fukuyama
J.D. Crowe, 12/16/11:
Premise: The soldier is handing over "Iraq" -- the entire country -- to Father Time, implying that the US has done all it can to end history there.
Stipulated: History is the record of what human beings do.
Conclusion: The US did its best to kill every person in Iraq, and is leaving now that it has ended several thousand years of local history.
Crowe didn't mean to say that...did he?
Stipulated: History is the record of what human beings do.
Conclusion: The US did its best to kill every person in Iraq, and is leaving now that it has ended several thousand years of local history.
Crowe didn't mean to say that...did he?
Dec 17, 2011
Take Off and Nuke the Site from Orbit
Ted Rall, 12/16/11:
Rall is suggesting that people unhappy with the American military should become suicide bombers, and take as many soldiers as possible with them into death.
No, literally, that's what he's suggesting in the last pane.
No, literally, that's what he's suggesting in the last pane.
You Can Have My Cellphone When You Pry It From My Cold Dead Hands
John R. Rose, 12/16/11:
It is every American's god-given right to do whatever the hell he wants while in his own personal automobile, and don't you forget it!
Dec 16, 2011
Call Him George!
Eric Allie, 12/14/11:
One might think that unchecked big business would be more likely to inadvertently kill people -- through lax safety standards, or lackadaisical treatment of toxic waste, or just plain unwillingness to spend an extra couple of pennies -- but Allie wants you to know you are completely wrong.
Big government kills bunnies just by existing -- so drown it in a bathtub today, to save the bunnies!
Big government kills bunnies just by existing -- so drown it in a bathtub today, to save the bunnies!
Locking Horns
Clay Bennett, 12/15/11:
Obama is exactly like Santa Claus: if only he could get Congress to just do what he says, he'd shower us with whatever we want for absolutely free.
He Is Large; He Contains Multitudes
Jeff Koterba, 12/15/11:
Putin actually contains -- like some kind of H.R. Giger alien -- the forces of revolution that will tear him, and possibly Russia, apart.
Also, matryoshka dolls don't work like that.
Also, matryoshka dolls don't work like that.
Dec 15, 2011
In MY Day, We Used Smoke Signals And LIKED It!
Dick Locher, 12/14/11:
I know, I know. But if cellphones had been invented in the 1950s, there totally would have been a company named Text Messaging Corp., and their boardroom would have looked exactly like this.
(Though that woman would have been a secretary, of course.)
(Though that woman would have been a secretary, of course.)
Monkeybone, Monkeyphone
Dick Locher, 12/13/11:
Never would've thought of Locher as an Android man, did you?
Also, all you lousy kids need to pull up your pants, stop listening to that damn rap music, and get a job shining shoes for a nickel.
Also, all you lousy kids need to pull up your pants, stop listening to that damn rap music, and get a job shining shoes for a nickel.
Compare and Contrast
Chuck Asay, 12/13/11:
If only there were a strong government oversight agency that could impose adequate working conditions and fair pay scales for underage drug runners, Asay would be completely happy.
(Potentially related: farm death rates jump in 2010; "The 40 percent of agricultural work-related fatalities accounted for by minors far outweighs the small percentage of minors in agriculture, 8 percent.")
(Potentially related: farm death rates jump in 2010; "The 40 percent of agricultural work-related fatalities accounted for by minors far outweighs the small percentage of minors in agriculture, 8 percent.")
Carolling, Kvetching
Tim Campbell, 12/13/11:
Campbell has two points here, corresponding to the two verses of his tune:
- First, that there's no reason why wives of politicians should ever get any security -- they're just girls, right? Nothing ever happens to girls.
- Second, that "he'd rather play golf" is not just an insult but a universal one -- that everyone in the world is shocked and appalled by the idea of someone having free time and using it to whack a little white ball with a club.
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