Attack of the 50-Foot Mikhaela T-shirts and tank tops!
Friday, August 25th, 2006 by Mikhaela ReidA whole bunch of new products in the shop, get them while they’re hot!
Archive for August, 2006
More Family Circus!
Friday, August 25th, 2006 by Matt BorsI’ve written a few words on Cagle’s blog about Editorial Cartooning and the New York Times. Check it out.
CWA T-shirts
Friday, August 25th, 2006 by Mikhaela ReidThe design in progress (click this one to enlarge)!
What it might look like on a woman’s shirt:
Idea courtesy of Matt Bors, design by Mikhaela Reid.
Delightful Euphemisms for Civil War
Friday, August 25th, 2006 by Kevin Moore
If I had any balls, I would’ve done this months ago instead of waiting until everyone but neocon assholes agreed Iraq is in the midst of civil war. But alas, I am ball-less.
Rumsfeld’s baseball metaphor would be equally ridiculous if he was talking about the Red Sox. Christ, this is the worst baseball season for Boston since Joe Kerrigan piloted the good ship Fuck Up a couple years ago.
On a more fun note, here’s a SpaghettiOs commercial in case the last panel confuses you:
“I met her on the LiveJournal… the Monarch has been BLOGGING!”
Thursday, August 24th, 2006 by August J. PollakSome site update stuff:
1. I completely blame Matt Bors for convincing me to do this. But yes, XQUZYPHYR & Overboard is now on the MySpace. Apparently, this is somehow good for my career.
2. I’ve updated the portfolio pages, with a few of my more recent favorite Right-Wing Speaker caricatures, as well as graphics for some freelance jobs I’ve done in the last few months. As always, if you or someone you know needs some logo or graphic work done, by all means,
3. SPX is less than two months away. I’m hoping to have a new book ready by then. Plus, tune in next week for another really exciting update… that’s all I can say for now.
Order Signed Copies of SILK ROAD TO RUIN Once aga…
Thursday, August 24th, 2006 by Ted RallOrder Signed Copies of SILK ROAD TO RUIN
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“Partisan” = “Progressive”
Thursday, August 24th, 2006 by Abell SmithVia Cursor, the Diocese of Duluth, MN has cancelled an appearance by Sister Helen Prejean because of her prior support for an advertisement criticizing the policies of the Bush Administration:
The problem wasn’t the political nature of the issues raised in the ad, [Kyle Eller, communications director for the diocese] said, noting that the church and Prejean often take stands on political issues. But the ad’s partisan attack of Bush crossed the line, Eller said.“When it gets into attacking (a political figure), that becomes partisan,” Eller said…
But in a letter on her Web site, Prejean said the ad properly criticizes Bush’s “reckless pursuit of war in Iraq, which has helped to destabilize the entire middle East; his approval of torture; his zealous promotion of imprisonment and executions; his fiscal policies which make the wealthy people more wealthy and poor people poorer.”
Funny how Sister Helen’s entirely legitimate criticisms of Bush’s disastrous policies can be considered “partisan,” and something like this is not:
One of the most blatant examples of [Pope Benedict XVI, fka Cardinal Joseph] Ratzinger’s intervention into the political affairs of a country was his role in the 2004 US presidential election. A number of American Catholic bishops publicly declared in the run-up to the election that they would deny Holy Communion to Democratic candidate John Kerry, a Catholic, because of his pro-choice stance on abortion rights. Their intervention, a brazen violation of the secular foundations of the US Constitution, was tantamount to a religious injunction to Catholics to vote for George W. Bush.In June 2004, Ratzinger issued a statement of guidance to US bishops that, in effect, gave the Vatican’s seal of approval to Church officials who were using the abortion issue to discourage a vote for the Democratic candidate. In his missive to the bishop of Washington DC, Ratzinger wrote: “A Catholic would be guilty of formal cooperation in evil, and so unworthy to present himself for Holy Communion, if he were to deliberately vote for a candidate precisely because of the candidate’s permissive stand on abortion and/or euthanasia.�
I’m not sure how Sister Helen’s political leanings could come as a surprise to anyone… she’s been a well-known social activist for years. I had a few friends during law school that worked with her at the Moratorium Campaign, and they all said that she is quite an impressive person…
Slowpoke Cartoon to Run in L.A. Times
Thursday, August 24th, 2006 by Jen SorensenWest Coasters, take note: A recent cartoon of mine will appear in the weekly roundup this Sunday (UPDATE: here’s the link. True to the Toon-op theme “Goofs of Summer” about cartoonists taking a vacation from hard-hitting political commentary, I really was on vacation when I inked this).
Usually doomed to Plutoesque obscurity, we alternative cartoonists seem to have momentarily intersected with Earth’s orbit.
Usually doomed to Plutoesque obscurity, we alternative cartoonists seem to have momentarily intersected with Earth’s orbit.
200th Strip: No Queers, Please!
Thursday, August 24th, 2006 by Matt Bors
We are an Army of One….sexual orientation. The 726 number is real, as reported in the New York Times. Meanwhile, we are relaxing standards for white supremacists. I imagine a scenario where some codebreakers are sitting in a room, deciphering transmissions from the enemy. One is found to be gay. A General walks over and orders him to stop working, telling him his will be discharged from the military. “But why?” the man asks. “I’d rather leave America open to an attack than have a fucking gay guy help the country out,” the General says “Get out! We’ll deal with our troop shortage some other way.”
At least when soldiers rape 14 year old Iraqi girls and burn their bodies we know they aren’t sick fags.
On a lighter note, this strip is #200 for me. On this momentous day, I’d like to take a look back at some Idiot Box milestones.
the first strip:
The first few were retroactively titled Idiot Box when I launched my first website. Here is the seventh, but actually the first, Idiot Box strip ever:
#50 old Joe Mentum. How appropriate.
All about the Benjamins.
#150. Before they were outing secret terror-fighting programs, a reporter actually outed a secret Gulag of ours. How appalling!
That’s all for now. I plan on keeping this whole thing going well into the thousands, so stick around. And pick up my collections in the store so you can read the rest!
