Cartoon Saturday

And we come down to the last Cartoon Saturday for May, 2014 ...

Actor Brad Pitt was punched in the face by a defrocked reporter as he signed autographs at the premiere of his wife's film Maleficent in Los Angeles; a Pakistani woman was stoned to death for refusing to participate in an arranged marriage; two teenaged girls were gang-raped and hanged in northern India; legendary author and poet Maya Angelou passed away at the age of 86; and if you're looking for a fixer-upper in a gentrifying Transylvanian neighborhood, Bran Castle, the inspiration for Castle Dracula, is up for sale.

So long, May ... let's hope June will be better.

This week's collection of cartoons features everyone's favorite barnyard fowl ... the chicken.

When chickens rebel ...

Some questions just need a mystic to answer ...

There's free-range and there's free-range ...

And there's not quite free-range ...

And there's really free-range ...

Even chickens need to play by the rules ...

  

Turning to other topics, evidently the desire to bring deadly weapons everywhere was not limited historically to Second Amendment enthusiasts ...

Memories of my time in the dating pool ...

I think someone has cracked the Wall Street code ...

And finally, check out this cartoon and then this song by Mason Williams* ...

And that's it for another edition of Cartoon Saturday ... I hope you enjoyed my little game of chicken.

Have a good day and a great weekend. Come back tomorrow for Poetry Sunday.

Bilbo

* I tried to find a video clip of the live performance of this song on the old Smothers Brothers television show, but couldn't. If you can find it, be sure to watch it - it's wonderful.