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today: ‘If you really hate someone… ‘

Randall Munroe of the web comic xkcd today covers the bane of existence for all type geeks: Randall was all over the death of Steve Jobs and the great East Coast earthquake, as well. xkcd updates three times a week. Find the strip’s home page here.

Feb. 9: Three interesting page-one visuals

Here are three interesting items I found in my daily romp through the Newseum… — STANDARD-EXAMINER Ogden, Utah Circulation: 62,603 You’re looking at a picture of a python. Playing with the owner’s ten grandkids. His name was Monty (I know, I know). Monty died last week at age 30. He spent 27 years in a classroom at Plain City Elementary [...]

Feb. 8: Cartoon characters invade page one in Hartford, Conn.

It’s rather low on the page. But there is an amazing assortment of cartoon characters on page one of today’s Hartford Courant. The story, of course, is a new advertising campaign by MetLife Insurance — the first commercial of which you may have seen during the Super Bowl. Here’s a closer look at the illustration, which is presumably a handout [...]

Feb. 4: Cartoonists for the New Yorker need a copy editor. And they have one.

Robert Mankoff — cartoon editor of the New Yorker — wrote a fascinating piece this week about the fact-checking that goes on with cartoons in his magazine. For example, this one never ran. Why? Because Interstate highway 95 doesn’t separate New York from Connecticut. This one was sent back to the cartoonist for alterations. Why? Bob writes: Not because dogs [...]

Feb. 3: Doonesbury takes on QR codes

Doonesbury took on QR codes Thursday: Doonesbury of course, is by Garry Trudeau. Find the strip’s online home here. Previous mentions of Doonesbury here in the blog: Sept. 17, 2008: “You’re being offered a buyout. You’re one of the lucky ones.” March 2, 2009: “About to scratch myself, stand by.” June 29, 2009: “No, thanks. I hear they’re dying.” Jan. [...]

Jan. 28: Your weekend belly laugh

The San Francisco Chronicle‘s Don Asmussen just keeps getting funnier and funnier. Brilliant stuff. Find Don’s online comic archive here. Previous times I’ve blogged about Don’s work: Various headlines Katy Perry and Sesame Street Chilean miners and a new logo for al-Qaeda The Tucson shootings Bankruptcy of Borders bookstores Charlie Sheen‘s nutty behavior The Osama bin Laden story Fake pictures [...]

Jan. 27: The final word on premature Joe Paterno death reports

You’ll recall the big story last weekend, when several web sites announced the death of former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno. John Cole — editorial cartoonist of the Scranton Times-Tribune — presents the final word on that topic: Brilliant. I wrote John up two weeks ago for a great Mitt Romney cartoon. And then the next day, I wrote [...]

Jan. 26: For your consideration… (2)

I like it. I’m just not quite sure I get the cover of Thursday’s Libération of Paris, France. Click for a larger look: The headline for the main story — superimposted on that blimp-looking airplane in the foreground — says: The U.S. president launches campaign Obama 2 I can’t get a decent translation out of Google for the bit across [...]

Jan. 24: Indy Star kicks off Super Bowl countdown with a fun page-one cartoon

The Super Bowl won’t be played until Sunday, Feb. 5. Which might seem like an eternity for Giants fans, Patriots fans or anyone living in the host city of Indianapolis. I doubt Indy is getting much tourism traffic for the game just yet — given that we didn’t even know who would be playing until two days ago. Just the [...]

Jan. 21: Don Asmussen’s take on the GOP primary and the cruise liner wreck

Funny stuff as usual from the San Francisco Chronicle‘s Don Asmussen: With just the Republican primary alone, Don’s had plenty to work with over the past few weeks: Find Don’s online comic archive here. Previous times I’ve blogged about Don’s work: Various headlines Katy Perry and Sesame Street Chilean miners and a new logo for al-Qaeda The Tucson shootings Bankruptcy [...]

Jan. 21: A field guide to Canadians in winter (1)

In her sketch blog today, Tonia Cowan of the Toronto Globe and Mail presents a field guide on how to identify Canadians during winter. Click for a larger view: Cute. Tonia has a lot of fun in her sketch blog. Some of her entries are gags like you might see in a high-class magazine. Others are simply doodles she makes [...]

Jan. 14: Superhero-style illustrations of Green Bay Packers stars by Press-Gazette cartoonist Joe Heller

Green Bay Press-Gazette editorial cartoonist Joe Heller produced a series of full-page posters this week commemorating the Packers’ run at a second consecutive Super Bowl trophy. The series of pull-out posters began on Monday with receiver Greg Jennings, at upper left.       The poster starring Clay Matthews — bottom right — ran today. The motif is kind of [...]

Jan. 12: The future of advertising and media (1)

Forget everything you’ve read about the future of media and advertising. I saw this brilliant, brilliant cartoon today by Zach Weiner of Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal. I can just about see this really happening… You saw it here first. Zach’s work is terrific. He posts daily. Find SMBC here.

Jan. 12: Best take yet on the Mitt Romney “I like to fire people” comment

Politicians are always screaming that their comments have been taken out of context. They say that especially when they get in trouble for saying something stupid. Many times with folks like Sarah Palin and Herman Cain, the comments were not, in fact, edited or taken out of context. Mitt Romney took a lot of heat recently for his “I like [...]

Dec. 12, 2011: Behind the Indiana Daily Student’s coverage of a huge basketball win (2)

Indiana University’s huge, last-second 73-72 win over No. 1-ranked Kentucky Saturday couldn’t have come at a better time for the Indiana Daily Student newspaper. The IDS — which publishes only on weekdays — had all day Sunday to work on the final edition before students bolted for home. So, what did they do? Not to mix metaphors, but they knocked [...]

Dec. 9, 2011: Your Geekazoid Friday laugh for the day

Comic book writer and artist Kerry Callen shows us what easily could have happened when baby Kal-El’s rocket crash-landed near Smallville, Kansas: Yep. Could have happened. In fact, that might have made for a much better Smallville TV series. I mean, John Schneider? Really? Kerry also has a fabulously warped take on the origin of the Batman as well: Coming [...]

Nov. 23, 2011: Calling all comic strip fans: Soon, you, too, can go Pogo (1)

Hitting bookstores right about… now… is a new collection of classic Pogo comic strips by Walt Kelly. Published by Fantagraphics books, this book collects the very first of Kelly’s syndicated Pogo strips, starting in May 1949 and running through the end of 1950. Also included are Sunday strips from that same period and Pogo strips from the New York Star [...]

Nov. 15, 2011: Brilliant ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ parody in the Boston Globe

Cartoonist Ward Sutton created a full page commentary piece for Sunday’s Boston Globe, comparing the administration of President Barack Obama to the to the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series of children’s books by Jeff Kinney. The “news peg”: The latest book in the series is released today. Click for a larger view: This is a downright brilliant observation. It [...]

Nov. 14, 2011: A look at two controversial magazine covers

Let’s take a quick look at two magazine covers that have stirred up a bit of controversy. One ran and one did not. — CHARLIE HEBDO First up: Charlie Hebdo, a satirical left-wing weekly based in Paris, France. You may have heard about this a couple of weeks ago. Charlie Hebdo announced that its Nov. 2 issue would be guest-edited [...]

Nov. 13, 2011: A look at Sunday’s Penn State football front pages (3)

Saturday marked the first Penn State University football game since 1949 that Joe Paterno wasn’t on the sidelines and the first since 1966 in which he wasn’t head coach for the Nittany Lions. This was traumatic to players and Penn State fans. Others, of course, were quick to point out that this wasn’t nearly as traumatic as what happened to [...]

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