Perhaps it's because my father died
over forty years ago, and my mother only a few years later, that I
don't really zero in on Fathers Day and Mothers Day cartoons much.
Although I have a number of friends – and a nephew! – who are
celebrating the day, and I wish them well.
That being said, the clock continues to
tick down: Will the Slo-Mo Exploding Citrus get the nomination he so
richly (and I choose my words with care) deserves? Or will the
hapless GOP establishment make their situation worse by finding some
way in the next thirty days to hamstring him at the convention –
only to make their options for the general election even uglier in
the process? I mean, you know what I'm rooting for: seats in the
first turn at the Indy 500. Not proud of it, but there we are.
And I find it ridiculous to see gun
enthusiasts arguing
that the difference between an actual by-god AR-15 and a Sig Sauer
whatever matters. It's like arguing about the difference between
Death by Coke and Death by Pepsi.
Today's toons were selected from the
week's offerings at McClatchy
DC, Cartoon Movement,
Go Comics, Politico's
Cartoon Gallery, Daryl
Cagle's Political Cartoons, About.com,
and other fine sources of toony goodness.
p3 Picks of the week: Mike
Luckovich, Rob
Rogers, Gary
Varvel, Signe
Wilkinson, John
Deering, Darrin
Bell, Clay
Jones, Tim
Eagan, Stuart
Carlson, Nick
Anderson, Matt
Weurker, (see CSotD,
below, for the back-story of Weurker's toon), and Monte
Wolverton.
p3 Best of Show: Matt
Davies.
p3 Legion of Merit: Jeff
Danziger.
p3 "High Ground Of Language"
Medal: Tom
Toles.
p3 Animal Hero First Class Class:
Jim Morin.
p3 Level D Hazmat Suit Award:
Robert
Arial.
Ann Telnaes
follows the trail – and indirectly reminds us why Anthony
Kennedy is a sad joke of a Supreme Court Justice.
Mark Fiore figures correctly:
the day we decided the
Sandy Hook shooting was bearable, subsequent
mass shootings would just be a matter of quibbling over details.
Tom Tomorrow answers
a question I raised – in an internet vacuum – about
six months ago.
Keith Knight finds the pot o'
gold a
bit overrated.
Reuben Bolling salutes
a superhero with two powers – only one of which he gives
a shit about.
Red Meat's Johnny
Lemonhead is slow
on the pick-up.
The Comic Curmudgeon
acknowledges a venerable
tradition.
It's a Comic Strip of the Day
twofer: First, as a former Boy
Scout who had the flag-raising duty at my local school, I share his
dismay at the
degradation of flag etiquette until it's the equivalent of
standing ovations for every stage production (extra points for
writing "leaves open the question" instead of this).
Second, speaking of blasts from my personal past, I salute his
invocation of NIGYYSOB.
Organization – that's the ticket!
Directed in 1953 by Jack Kinney, "Father's Day Off"
features uncredited voice work by Pinto Colvig (who also voiced Bluto
for several years) and Alan Reed (who voiced Fred Flintstone).
Roger Rabbit was right – Goofy is a GEEN-ius!
The Right-Sized Oregon Toon Block:
Ex-Oregonian Jack Ohman gets
behind the lines. I
have political reasons why I don't want Warren to run as
Clinton's VP, but I
get his point.
Documented
Ex-Oregonian Jen Sorensen describes
one
of her least-favorite parts of being a political cartoonist.
Matt Bors makes it more
of a women's issue thing than I'd like, but my contempt for
"thoughts and prayers" at a time like this is already on
the record.
Jesse Springer takes notice of
the Pacific Northwest's latest boom.
Test your toon-captioning superpowers
with the New Yorker's weekly caption-the-cartoon
contest. (Rules here.)
And you can browse The New Yorker's cartoon gallery here.
The p3 Sunday Comics Read-Along:
Pearls
Before Swine, Doonesbury,
Rhymes with Orange, Zits,
Adam @ Home, Mutts,
Over the
Hedge, Get
Fuzzy, Prince
Valiant, Blondie,
Bizarro, Mother
Goose & Grimm, Rose
is Rose, Luann,
Hagar
the Horrible, Pickles,
Rubes, Grand
Avenue, Freshly
Squeezed, The Brilliant Mind
of Edison Lee, and Jumble.
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