Last week I wrote and asked for topic suggestions for my blog–and I got an enthusiastic response, including kazoo funerals, crochet bombing, star-nosed moles, Plutarch, medical indexing, and catfish noodling, which, as it turns out, is a real thing. It’s gross, but at least it’s not catfish canoodling, which would be an order of magnitude…
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Bob's Cartoon Lounge
We’ve Got a Cartoon for That: The Sequel
Dear Cartoonistas, Now, where were we? I’m self-isolating here in Briarcliff Manor, New York, image courtesy of Google Earth and Photoshop. Last time I wrote to you, I challenged you to stump the archive. There’s nothing we don’t have a cartoon for. Do we have a cartoon for Google Earth? Yep. Photoshop? Roger. Like I…
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There’s a Cartoon for That
I remember when “There’s an app for that” was an iPhone commercial tagline that spawned a million memes: and a slew of app-propriate cartoons, like those I’ve included here. Cartoons are like memes. Taking familiar situations and tweaking them to fit new events: new wine in an old bottle, so to speak. Nowhere is this…
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Dear Fellow Humans
My Fellow Humans, I’m casting a wide net here because now we’re all in the same boat, although, let’s face it, some of us have cabins much higher above the waterline than others. We should be really grateful for that. I know I am. There is humor to be found in this crisis, but sadly…
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