Saturday, April 11, 2009

Cartoon Saturday

Somali pirates are still standing off two powerful warships and holding hostage the American captain of the ship they unsuccessfully tried to hijack earlier this week; a Sunday school teacher has been arrested for the murder of an 8 year-old girl; a mysterious fungus is killing off local bats, threatening an explosion of the insect population; graft and corruption in China is contributing to a series of deadly mine accidents; and a car driven by a retired priest plowed into a crowd of Good Friday worshipers, killing one and injuring several.

If there was ever a time for Cartoon Saturday, it's now.

From my unique perspective laboring away in a cubicle in the shadowy depths of the Pentagon, I can relate to this one...

Another in the ongoing series of cartoons featuring crash-test dummies ...

You all know the old joke about the dyslexic, apathetic, agonstic insomniac - you know, the guy who lies awake nights wondering whether or not Dog exists, but in the end doesn't really care. I love this cartoon that riffs on that joke as only Mike Peters can ...

This is the first cartoon I've seen that takes off on an obvious theme ...

Some cartoons, like this one, cleverly update old themes ...

And in the ongoing series of cartoons about the awful economy, cutbacks, reductions, and related bad news, comes this absolute classic (click it to enlarge and get the full effect) ...

Here in Northern Virginia it's a chilly, rainy, gloomy day. It looks as if I'll spend it housecleaning and catching up on paperwork, instead of planting my garden. Oh, well ... there's always tomorrow.

Have a good day. More thoughts tomorrow.

Bilbo

7 comments:

Mike said...

St. Louis had that weather for the past two days. The sun is out today.

Jean-Luc Picard said...

Love the elf with the shoes.

fiona said...

I love your cartoon Saturdays!

Melissa B. said...

Thanks for brightening up my chilly, rainy, gloomy day. Although I did get out and spread 8 bags of mulch, with more planned for tomorrow. And don't forget to tune into tomorrow's Sx3. This seasonal salute even involves a REAL prize!

KKTSews said...

It was gorgeous here today, so hopefully your Easter will be nice.

I didn't find the last one funny....nor was it funny when it ran in the papers here. This is because we almost lost our symphony orchestra due to buget cuts last year. They ended up cutting full time muscians and their pay. I worry we'll lose this fine orchestra. Central Ohio can get 100,000 fans to an OSU football game, but can't find corporate donors for an orchestra. Sigh.

Bilbo said...

Mike - it's Sunday morning, and it looks like it finally got here. Thanks for finishing up and sending it along.

Jean-Luc - I think that one was my favorite, too.

Fiona - awww....

Melissa - let's hear it for gardening!

Katherine - cartoons aren't always meant to be funny. I found this one more sad than funny, but a perfect illustration of where we've gone with willy-nilly budget slashing.

Hale McKay said...

That's a great collection of cartoons for this (last?) week.

Hope you and your had a nice holiday.