Archive for August, 2008

Jerry Announces Running Mate

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

Jerry has selected his Vice President. It’s Papu, the “Inexplicable Force of Nature.” By selecting his Vice President now, Jerry has scooped both Barack Obama (D) and John McCain (R), who plan to reveal their running mates within a week. Key to Jerry’s selection is that “Papu can be the ultimate ‘hatchet man’ VP… more […]

The Original

Monday, August 18th, 2008

When I first stumbled upon the cartoon books of B. Kliban, it was a revelation. Kliban, who died in 1990,  revolutionized single-panel cartoons with his twisted, anti-social panels as well as his invention of the caption in third person. Gary Larson of “The Far Side” followed in his footsteps — some say too closely — as well as […]