Think back on all the tales that you
remember – of Camelot. As run by Republicans. Hah.
Have to admit, I
did not expect Harry Reid to forget about Sacred Senate
TraditionTM and care about about actual functioning
government, but there we are.
A frustrated Mitch McConnell says he
looks forward to President
Marco Rubio stacking the courts in 2016, but that's a bit like
waiting for the return of the Great
Prophet Zarquon.
And I'm going to keep a zip on it about
the fact that there are no Doctor Who toons this week, although I
know a lot of artists out
there are fans. Harumph!
Today's toons were derived from a fifty
year old commission report that no one – I'm serious, no
one – really belives, based on the week's offerings at
McClatchy DC,
Cartoon Movement, Go
Comics, Daryl
Cagle's Political Cartoons, About.com,
and other fine sources.
p3 Picks of the week: MikeLuckovich, Jack
Ohman, Clay
Bennett. Steve
Sack, Nick
Anderson, Signe
Wilkinson, Rob
Rogers, Steve
Breen, Tony
Auth, Pat
Oliphant, Pat
Bagley, Taylor
Jones, Mario
Piperni, Matt
Wuerker, Jen
Sorenson, and Monte
Wolverton.
p3 Best of Show: Jim
Morin.
p3 Legion of Merit: Joel
Pett.
p3 Award for Best Adaptation from
Another Medium: Keven
Kallaugher.
p3 World Toon Review: Patrick
Chappatte (Switzerland), Emilio
Agra (Venezuela), Osmani
Simanca (Brazil), and Petar
Pismestrovic (Austria).
Ann Telnaes reminds
us: Every happy family is pretty much the same, but every
unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
Mark Fiore brings a
message from the Health Insurers of America.
Taiwan's Next Media Animation
brings you the 50th
Anniversary JFK Assasination Theory roundup. And as a bonus,
here's their take on the forthcoming Amazing
Spider -Man 2.
Tom Tomorrow
is all about the
alternatives.
Keith Knight
has some shopping
tips for high-end stores.
Tom the Dancing Bug remembers
that
moment for which we're all thankful.
Red Meat's Ted Johnson and his
son review
the list.
The Comic Strip Curmudgeon
notices with some alarm the food
compromises we make this week.
Comic Strip of the Day considers
Broadway's
hunger for overproduced, overpriced, unlikely adaptations.
Just because: We're presenting
this not because it's classic animation. It's not even animation,
really. We're presenting it just because.
The Big, but Could Be Bigger, Oregon
Toon Block
Matt Bors looks the
Obama adminstration in the digital age.
Jesse Springer
isn't letting go of a
painful irony.
Test your toon captioning kung fu at
The New Yorker's weekly caption-the-cartoon
contest. (Rules here.)
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