Cartoon Saturday

If ever there was a week we needed Cartoon Saturday, it was this one ...

A heavily-armed man wearing body armor murdered 12 people and injured 58 in a hail of gunfire* in an Aurora, Colorado theater; two young girls in Iowa disappeared while riding their bicycles, and are feared to have been abducted; twelve people were killed in a helicopter crash in Brunei; more people were killed in fierce fighting in Syria, as Russia and China continued to veto efforts by the United Nations to end the carnage; and in Bulgaria, at least six persons were murdered and another 38 injured by a bomb planted on a bus filled with Israeli tourists.

Yep. We need Cartoon Saturday, stat!

Leading off with the usual gawd-awful pun cartoon ...

You don't see too many cartoons dealing with baked goods, but this turned out to be a good week for them ...

And ...

The rest of this week's cartoons turn to the subject of communication, taking off on the Western film cliche of the Indian smoke signal.

Sometimes, the message can be difficult to hear ...

And sometimes, it can be difficult to understand ...

Advanced communication technology in the era of the traditional smoke signal ...

And ...

And ...

There's just no escaping from the spam ...

Or from "the cloud" ...

And that's Cartoon Saturday for this week, the third week in July of a hot, dry, politically depressing year. You can always let ol' Bilbo help you get your laughs where you can.

Have a good day and a safe, relaxing weekend. Think. More thoughts tomorrow.

Bilbo

* The National Rifle Association would like to remind you that guns don't kill people, people kill people ... of course, people with guns kill people in large numbers, quickly.