Laugh Tracks

Hunger Games + Insane Racism

This is a really good Tom the Dancing Bug today. (click to see full comic) Not "good"in that it'll make you laugh, but good that it will make you think. AND I've long been a proponent of more people "thinking" before they open their big stinking mouths. 

http://bit.ly/HsQi1P 

The Grand Myopie Awards

The elaborately entertaining toonist-organized Comics Sherpa project known as Myopic Topics wraps up its post-game action today with the awarding of "The Grand Myopie Awards." The MT project, which ran on Sherpa from March 12th through March 18th, involved over 30 cartoonists addressing an assigned topic each day for a week.

 

Beginning March 20th the organizers awarded prizes in each of the seven topic categories, then invited readers to vote for the ultimate winners. The results were announced this morning with as much fanfare as can be mustered on a silent comic strip page. To go back and see the first category award click here, then go forward day by day and read them all (along with several good jokes). For the big finish click this: The Grand Myopie Awards.  Well and thoroughly done, cartoonists and judge-bots:

 

Note: Despite what it says in the panel above, voting is now closed.

Toles Takes it to Heart

http://www.gocomics.com/tomtoles/2012/03/29/

Keith Knight is/was/could be again Michael Jackson

http://kck.st/GXxerg

Keith's almost to his goal, but time is running out. Wouldn't you like to see the glove live again? 

Were we just being testy?

http://bit.ly/HdtMtF 

We rejected this Dilbert today. Do we lack cajones? 

Was it most excellent?

Just makes you longer how long we'll have to wait for Get Fuzzy-O's.

Kliban's Cats Now On GoComics!

If you have been waiting for another Kliban to drop, your wait is over. Last week we announced KLIBAN. Today it is joined by a second feature, KLIBAN'S CATS.

If by some strange series of events you have never before seen a Kliban cat drawing, you will instantly recognize that each and every one of them captures the essence of…. cat. A well-established illustrator and cartoonist (Playboy, The New Yorker, Never Eat Anything Bigger Than Your Head, et al) B. Kliban used to devote off-moments in his studio to drawing his felines Nitty, Norton, Burton Rustle and Noko Marie the Snake.

 

An editor friend saw this work and convinced Kliban to let her take it to publishers, and in 1975 Workman published CAT, a huge bestseller which inspired an outbreak of cat love that has not abated to this day. That groundbreaking book was followed by more books, and more drawings, which manifested on calendars, cards, mugs, ceramics, clothing -- almost 9,000 unique items to date. And the book that started it all is still in print.

 

Cat people of the world, rejoice -- and savor the Tuesday-and-Thursday pleasure of KLIBAN’S CATS.

 

And since the feature KLIBAN appears on the other three weekdays, you can start every day off with some Kliban.

©Judith K. Kliban - All rights reserved.

This made me giggle like a little giggling fool

it's the back cover of Stephan's new upcoming book "Because Sometimes You Just Gotta Draw a Cover with Your Left Hand." http://bit.ly/Ha8yYm 

 

Celebrate Big Nate at Hooray for Books!

http://www.hooray4books.com/

Lincoln Peirce will be in Alexandria, Va., on the 29th of March to delight you with stories and drawings and maybe even some spirited talk about pre-1974 country music ... Lincoln happens to be an expert. Just try and stump him! Try it! 

http://www.wmpg.org/shows/monfolk.htm

 

 



Richard Thompson is back! And he's not alone!

http://bit.ly/H67kPa