Category: Cartoon

A couple of Daily Cartoons that seem to capture me all too well.

What?!

Again?!

How can this be?

Some (many?) of those who come to this blog may not believe me, but I don’t really think everything in the world is about me.

I do, however, keep finding bits of evidence that at least some fairly common things on this planet – like newspaper cartoons – continue to invade my awareness and sum me up better than I ever will be able to.

It happens more and more as I get older. Maybe because the demographic for newspaper readers is becoming not larger – oh no, the stats assure us that’s out of the question – but smaller and older because why would anyone young ever allow themselves to be caught paying attention to anything but the latest media?

Anyway, for better and worse, here I sort of am:

Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson

And here as well, although this at least is a situation affecting (as the host of one of my childhood favorite TV shows, Super Circus, was wont to say), “boys and girls of all ages:”

Reality Check by by Dave Whamond

Oh dear, sorry. I forgot to tell you not to look at the one immediately above. If the world really is all about me, we’ll soon be reading about the alarming drop in sales of everything bagels, don’t you suppose?

LYMI,

LB

Cartoon: The Creative Process

Speaking of creativity, as we were (well, I was) the other day, here’s a lovely and insightful look into the process by cartoonist/poet/orthodontist Grant Snider, a “creative” who exceeds my expectations every time out. (And his work already has set the bar pretty damn high).

More genius from Grant Snider can be found at Incidental Comics – HERE

LYMI,

LB

Speaking of the Unexpected…

First appearance of quicksand on the interwebs in 2023:

Sorry, but I couldn’t resist. I am, of course, referring to this reference in a post here from a couple of weeks ago:

“When I was a kid, quicksand was everywhere, in all segments of reality and unreality also. Then one day, poof! it was gone. And no one’s even mentioned it since. Except the oh so observant [Michael] Peck.”

LYMI
LB

4 Daily Cartoons that describe a certain LB – PERFECTLY

More comics from the pages of yours/mine/our daily newspapers demonstrating the kind of wisdom that’s still available via an art form (“pop art form?”) that many people mistakenly refer to as dying, or at the very least, obsolete.

These particular recent examples have one thing in common. Even though I had absolutely nothing to do with their creation, each seems to present a side of myself that I’ve been trying to hide/improve for as long as I can remember.

Let’s keep these little bits of insight just between us, okay?

Lola by Todd Clark
(with a punchline that could’ve been written by – ulp – Ms. G the B)

Another Lola by Todd Clark
(with a punchline that explains why I haven’t done quite as well, business wise, as I always thought I should)

The Elderberries by Corey Pandolph, Phil Frank, & Joe Troise
(with a punchline everyone in my neighborhood greets with an “Amen!”)

Pardon My Planet by Vic Lee)
(With an all too true punchline I’ve been hiding from my readers/viewers for 60 years)

LYMI,

LB