Out Of Line: Greed Out!

Mort Gerberg, 10.31.2009

Cartoonist and Author

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Out Of Line: Most Frightening

Mort Gerberg, 10.31.2009

Cartoonist and Author

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WATCH: The Scariest White House Halloween Costume

Matthew Filipowicz, 10.29.2009

Comedian, Cartoonist, Satirist

With Halloween just around the corner, some folks in the White House are getting into the spooky spirit. Namely, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs.

Cartoon: Nattering Naybobs and Noxious Nutballs

Shan Wells, 10.29.2009

Political cartoonist, "Durango Telegraph," toonblogger, political illustrator

With a few notable exception, broadcast news is a very scary place these days. What Edward R. Murrow would think of the current zeitgeist is unknowable, but we might hazard a guess.

Cartoon: Joe Uncool

Shan Wells, 10.28.2009

Political cartoonist, "Durango Telegraph," toonblogger, political illustrator

What do Joe Lieberman and Lucy from Peanuts have in common?

Cartoon: Lemmings of the Fall

Shan Wells, 10.22.2009

Political cartoonist, "Durango Telegraph," toonblogger, political illustrator

Watching the current slide of the GOP in to nutballdom is similar to I Love Lucy -- I'm cringing, but fascinated and ... highly entertained.

Cartoon: The Balloon Goes ... Down

Shan Wells, 10.21.2009

Political cartoonist, "Durango Telegraph," toonblogger, political illustrator

Climate change, health care, multiple wars, the economy, and we are treated to 24/7 coverage of ... this.

Ailes, Dobbs

Jeff Danziger, 10.15.2009

Jeff Danziger is a political cartoonist syndicated by the NYTimes worldwide

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Free David Letterman! Newswitness News Cartoon Ep 2

Marc Singer, 10.12.2009

Marc Singer writes TV, comedy, and webisodes including Newswitness News.

The point is we gotta stop constantly judging other people's sex lives. Unless they produce an amateur sex tape. Then it's fair game. Until then leave Letterman alone!

Super Poems: Other Comic Books Inspired by Verse

Sophie Pollitt-Cohen, 10.13.2009

Author

In a plot line inspired by Robert Frost's poem "Road Not Taken," fictional character Archie Andrews has already proposed to Veronica and will propose to Betty next month. I wonder what it would be like if other comics were inspired by poems...

Who Reads Doonesbury (Anymore)?

William Klein, 10.04.2009

Political strategist, writer, humorist in Washington, D.C.

In recent years, the punch lines have grown less crisp and the "rolling naturalism" has tumbled away from the satire that made Doonesbury the only comic strip I once made a point of reading.

Why Is the Government the Health Care Boogeyman?

Andy Myer, 10.03.2009

Writer and illustrator

In the health care reform debate, it's baffling why it's the Federal government -- and not our New-Age Robber Barons -- that keeps getting accused of ineptitude, chicanery, and self-aggrandizement.

My "Surrie" With the Fringe on Top

Jared Gardner, 10.01.2009

Associate Professor of English, Film, and Popular Culture at Ohio State University

I love opening weekend for new comics movies like Surrogates. For brief but increasingly frequent moments in the course of a year I have a perfect excuse to evangelize about comics.

Free Speech and Funeral Picketing:

Eugene Volokh, 09.24.2009

Professor of Law, UCLA

The Fourth Circuit has just reversed the $5 million intentional infliction of emotional distress and invasion of privacy verdict against the group who picketed the funeral of a slain soldier.

Joe Wilson, South Carolina

Jeff Danziger, 10.12.2009

Jeff Danziger is a political cartoonist syndicated by the NYTimes worldwide

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Let's Ban Smoking Outside Too!

Carolita Johnson, 09.15.2009

cartoonista, etc.

I'm all for any kind of smoking ban, anywhere, anytime. Even my smoking friends complain about walking in the wake of someone's smoke outside. That's telling, isn't it?

Joe Wilson, Republicans

Jeff Danziger, 11.11.2009

Jeff Danziger is a political cartoonist syndicated by the NYTimes worldwide

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It Works!

Jonathan Richards, 11.08.2009

www.jonrichardsplace.com

The Daily Szep: In the Back Pocket

Paul Szep, 11.08.2009

Pulitzer-Prize Winning Cartoonist

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Obama's Zombification Of Our Children

Carolita Johnson, 11.08.2009

cartoonista, etc.

Stephen Colbert to Play The Riddler? The Momentum Builds!

2morrowknight, 10.19.2009

Author, blogger, internet strategist

Deep in your heart, you know Colbert's got the complete package of comic timing, creativity, audacity, and that indefinable "it" to pull off a portrayal of such a multi-layered villain.