Friday’s editorial cartoon in the Chicago Sun-Times by Jack Higgins is trenchant. I knew the word worked, but had to look up its meaning: “vigorously effective and articulate.” He shows traffic leaving Wisconsin. The sign says, “”Leaving Wisconsin, Scott Walker, … Continue reading
Category Archives: Cartoonist
The Sunday before, the Tribune syndicated Dick Tracy comic strip’s current creators Joe Staton and Mike Curtis honored Dick Locher for his time as chief cartoonist. Locher has retired and been honored with a statue of Dick Tracy in his … Continue reading
The following press release arrived from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago: CHICAGO MAN CHARGED WITH PROVIDING MATERIAL SUPPORT TO AL QAEDA BY ATTEMPTING TO SEND FUNDS OVERSEAS CHICAGO — A Chicago man who claims to be acquainted with an … Continue reading
Last December 7th David Coleman Headley was indicted for his role in the Thanksgiving Week, 2008, terrorism in Mumbai, India. The Skinner family sat in their Disney World Pop Century hotel room watching developments. Now just a little over three … Continue reading
McHenry County Blog doesn’t usually look at terrorist plots unless they are in Illinois. In this case, for the Skinner family, it’s a two-for. We were in Disney World for Thanksgiving week when the western hotel in Mumbai, India (know … Continue reading
The Northwest Herald has decided to drop Rubes, one of its more popular cartoons. “The cartoon has no central character so it relies on the strength of its humor each day,” cartoonist Leigh Ruibin says. “For me that is the … Continue reading
The Northwest Herald has decided to drop Rubes, one of its more popular cartoons. “The cartoon has no central character so it relies on the strength of its humor each day,” cartoonist Leigh Ruibin says. “For me that is the … Continue reading
I’ve never met Cook County Commissioner William Beavers, but the Chicago Sun-Times editorial cartoon of him on Thursday as a warthog. In the cartoon, warthog Beavers looks really dangerous. Downright mean. One might be tempted to say he invited the … Continue reading
I’ve never met Cook County Commissioner William Beavers, but the Chicago Sun-Times editorial cartoon of him on Thursday as a warthog. In the cartoon, warthog Beavers looks really dangerous. Downright mean. One might be tempted to say he invited the … Continue reading
Have you noticed that the Northwest Herald doesn’t have as many cartoons as it did before? I did as I clicked periodically on the cartoons icon and noticed that new ones were not being posted too often. The Chicago Reader … Continue reading
Have you noticed that the Northwest Herald doesn’t have as many cartoons as it did before? I did as I clicked periodically on the cartoons icon and noticed that new ones were not being posted too often. The Chicago Reader … Continue reading
I don’t remember the Northwest Herald’s having quoted negative portions of the various opinion surveys that Carpentersville School District 300 took this past spring, but cartoonist Wallace portrayed District 300 as a very overweight woman beginning to ask the mirror … Continue reading
I don’t remember the Northwest Herald’s having quoted negative portions of the various opinion surveys that Carpentersville School District 300 took this past spring, but cartoonist Wallace portrayed District 300 as a very overweight woman beginning to ask the mirror … Continue reading