Moms’ “You Too Can Be President” Speeches Now to Include Insufferable Little Assholes

Rochester, Minn. A gathering of American moms announced that they would be giving the “you too can be president” speech to children, regardless of rationality, temperament, or obvious mental deficiencies. “I used to tell my son, ‘Study hard, behave yourself, and you too can be president,’” says local mom, Margaret Van Margaritaville. “Jesus, I’m such …

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New News for February 2018!

Item! So…’twould appear that our cartoons are back in their original home, the READER WEEKLY in Duluth, MN. Item! Work has begun on the very first PEANUT GALLERY COMICS film! That is, we’ve finally found a place to film it. And Richard found a few props. Item! Coming soon…the first LUCIFER FOR CONGRESS ANTHOLOGY! Release …

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News July 2017

Only real news to share is something obvious to anyone who follows “Fool’s Paradise”: In order to give Klocke time to eat and sleep and perhaps shower and breathe, we’ve switched to a B&W, 4-panel format for the near future. More 8-panels are coming, but only after Klocke spends less time knitting.  Adelante!

News for May, 2017

New ditty by Richard Scott, the a capella “Swing.” Download it free on Soundcloud here: Interview with Jason Johnson on his latest book, “I Sure Hope This Book Gets Me Laid”:   And that’s it! That’s all we got!

At Last My Review of the 2016 Swimsuit Issue

Yeah, I know this review, like every book report I ever did, is several months late. The Sports Illustrated 2016 swimsuit issue came out in March; but hey, I still haven’t even finished Mrs. Dalloway, and I was assigned that in 1991. Besides, there were other things taking up my time, like the election and …

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The Lies About Lying

     I hear a lot of people waxing nostalgic abort the relative truthfulness of previous Republican presidents or candidates. Let’s not do that. Let’s not normalise the inveterate lying of their party by grading on a Trump curve. I know they like to point to Obama’s “keep your doctor” statement as a lie (yes, …

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News

Here’s some news! Item: Jason Johnson’s collection of essays I SURE HOPE THIS BOOK GETS ME LAID is out now, now, now! It’s funny, funny, funny! You should get it, it, it! Look for it online or ask your bookseller. Item: Jason Johnson has left Zenith News over let’s-call-it “creative differences”! His monthly column has …

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Sometimes I Still Want X-Ray Vision

            As a child, I procured myself a pack of novelty “onion gum,” and set out to unleash all sorts of evil on the world. My crimes against humanity hit a snag when no one would accept gum from a child not known from sharing anything other than his bodily fluids. …

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At Last, My Mother’s Day Column!

Astute readers may have noticed that, while I’ve written a lot about my father, I seldom reference my mother, other than her tendency to cry when people tell her they’ve read my column. That’s because there are only two kind of stories to tell about my mother. One is the mushy, decidedly unfunny kind, like …

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