Category: Politics, Religion & Money
Spinning Out of Control
Trump thinks he’s superhuman, but he isn’t winning, he’s spinning, and all he’s succeeding in doing is trapping himself. I recall seeing something about that from a long time ago.
Batman’s right. Let’s not interfere with the process!
Taking a Drawing Break
Reading this book on my Kindle Paperwhite e-reader.
Old Ain’t What it Usedta Be
In 1934 nobody would have believed that a couple of doddering old men of 76 and 77 could be serious contenders running for their first terms as president. Ronald Reagan was 77, and obviously cognitively impaired, when he left office. FDR was my age when he died.
https://youtu.be/3S49vGonmVE
Print Editions
Gatehouse Media is buying Gannett, although at the moment there appears to be a potential snag in the deal. Not coincidentally, 7-day home delivery of my Gatehouse paper is suddenly increasing by almost 50%, from $53.20 to $78.21 per month. The safe assumption is the extra money will go towards financing the purchase, assuming it goes through. The question is, how many subscribers will cancel home delivery?
For now, the paper is still showing up on the driveway, and I’d like to share a scan from last Sunday’s comics, as modest as the single two-sided sheet is. This is one of the more celebrated of Sparky’s Peanuts installments.
Over in the Boston Globe’s comics section last week, The Family Circus was filled with wonderful visual details. Say what you will about this feature, I admire the professionalism of the art, which is something completely lacking in, say, Dilbert.
This 300-dpi scan can’t compensate for the too-small printing size. Compare it to this beach scene I scanned and posted — yikes! — nine years ago, and compare the building in the lower right corner to the one drawn by Jimmy Johnson that I pointed out last week.
Finally, the Boston Globe recently had this tribute to MAD Magazine by A.J.B. Lane, done in the manner of an Al Jaffee fold-in. I couldn’t find it online, and as I was already hot on the scanner…
O.B.I.T.uary
“The machines are everywhere! And they will demoralize you, break your spirits, create such rifts and tensions in your society that no one will be able to repair them!”