The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics

The above is an old cartoon I thought of the other day.  Enjoy.

does the world ever get you down?

as opposed to the last cartoon I posted, this one is not mine. But I do know 'em personally, if that counts for anything.....................If there are more I'll see about posting them...........................

An Awkward Conversation at a Dallas Office After the Cowboys' Opening Game Loss

Weird Children's Show Stuff From Years Past, #5

Looney Tunes, of course, has to be included.  Here's Bugs Bunny introducing kids to a great piece of music, while at the same time you have the extreme violence (remember again, Elmer Fudd is trying to KILL Bugs Bunny) and cross dressing:

Weird Children's Show Stuff From Years Past, #4

Tom and Jerry.  Itchy and Scratchy have nothing on them except Itchy and Scratchy cartoons show what the actual outcome of the violence would be.  Violence galore.  Some drunnkeness.  Oh, and throw in some racist stereotyping just for good measure:

Check Out "Scott Meets Family Circus"

Here's an example. Funny.

Go to ScottMeetsFamilyCircus.tumblr.com for more and the most recent.

Separated At Birth?

Which of these two people, pictured above, once got busy in a Burger King bathroom? Or, have you ever seen Greg "Shock G" Jacobs, aka, Humpty Hump, and Michael Steele in the same room at the same time? I know I have not.

 

One of the above is a confused, blind, stubborn, elderly man. The other is Mr. Magoo.

The Opening of the Cheney Center for International Students is Like the Hypothetical Opening of...(part 5)

The above image of Opus (drawn by me) is used without permission. I sure hope it's OK. Apologies and thanks to Berkeley Breathed (for creating Opus).


Click here to begin the next toon series Dick Cheney: Soul Reaper.

The Opening of the Cheney Center for International Students is Like the Hypothetical Opening of...(part 4)

Click here for part 5.

The above image of Garfield (drawn by me) is used without permission but I sure hope it's OK. Apologies and thanks to Jim Davis (for creating Garfield).

My Favorite Print/Traditional Comic Strips

These are strips that either I still follow or used to follow. Needless to say, I enjoy or have enjoyed these strips immensely. Also, all of these, with the exception of "The Far Side", can be found online.

"Garfield" - It was the first comic strip I started reading in the the newspaper at a fairly young age. I know some don't like it but, trust me, to me, as a kid just learning to read, it was simple and great.

"Pearls Before Swine" - It mixes anthropomorphic characters with funny and strange word play, funny. Talking animals that are are funny, so guess what, I like it.

"Non Sequitur" - A mix of weird, political and always funny. Plus it mixes formats from single panel to traditional with ongoing characters.

"Brewster Rockit" - It combines the comic strip medium with scifi satirical story lines. I like comic strips, scifi and satire, not surprisingly, I like it.

"Red Meat" - As far as I'm concerned this is the undisputed champion of the weekly-alternative-free-newspaper comic strips. Off the wall crazy. Greatness.

"Doonesberry" - The first, as far as I know, ongoing comic strip focusing on political and social issues exclusively. Still great.

"Boondocks" - Where Doonesberry couldn't/wouldn't go, it did. Sadly, its run was relatively short.

"Dilbert" - It's hard to believe no one had taken on the task of making fun of the mundane corporate life of cubicle dwellers. Well, this strip did it. And Dogbert is awesome.

"Get Fuzzy" - We have 2 cats and 2 dogs. The "hero" in this strip has 1 cat and 1 dog. So, I connect to it. As far as I'm concerned the best comic strip today.

"Peanuts" - I know some folks think it's old-fashioned and not relevant anymore. But, I think if you go back and read the strip sequentially back in its heyday from the 1950's till the 1980's (when strips inspired by Peanuts rivaled or surpassed it) you'll find it deft and socially relevant on many levels.

"The Far Side" - It's The Far Side. Nothing was quite like it before or after. One panel of absurd hilarity. Brilliant.

"Calvin & Hobbes" - For many this is their favorite strip. For me it's a close second. It reminded me that there are serious issues and things out there but you have keep them in perspective and remember to be silly.

"Bloom County" - My favorite hands down. It had everything, a talking penguin and his friends including a drugged out cat, a Vietnam vet, a politically aware kid and his friends and boatload of other characters. It was alternately socially relevant, weird, irreverent, political, immature and serious. I loved it. When the final incarnation of this strip "Opus" ended I was truly saddened.

Peanuts crossed with Marvel, DC, Star Wars, ect.

There are 6 pages worth after you click the link below

http://www.statueforum.com/showthread.php?t=10151

Here one of my favorites: