Oz Cartoon Round-Up (Kansas Election Edition)

With the surprising vote in Kansas last week to keep the right to an abortion in the state constitution, editorial cartoonists had a field day. And since it was in Kansas, you can guess what the topic of many of the cartoons was!

• The vote was on August 2. Dave Whamond appears to be the first out the gate, with a cartoon that very day. (Well the results were pretty clear early on, as it was nowhere near as close as most pundits thought it would be.) Two days later, Nick Anderson seems to have had a similar idea.
• The day after the vote, Clay Jones had this cartoon and blog post.
• Also the day after the vote, David Cohen had this comment from the Supreme Court.
• That same day in The New Yorker, David Ostow took a different approach, but definitely got the point across.
• And finally, Bill Bramhall did this little number for us.

I wonder what the cartoons would have been like if this had all happened in some other state. The cartoonists would probably have to get more creative, as few states can give us this ind of easy shorthand.

Oz Cartoon Round-Up (Non-Kansas Election Edition)

I've been very busy, but now I have a chance to breathe and catch up on stuff. Here are a few recent Oz comics:

• On August 3, Rubes had this edition of the comic where the boys point out Nick's shortcomings.
• Perhaps, in retaliation, Nick pulls this prank on the Scarecrow, recorded in a cartoon by Joe Lennon.

I have a lot more cartoons to present, but as they all have to do with the results of last week's election in Kansas, and I'm running out of time and energy tonight, they'll have to wait until, I hope, tomorrow.

This Week's Oz Political Cartoon, No Video

Marshall Ramsey has an Ozzy take on what Donald Trump was doing on January 6, 2021.

This Week's Oz Political Cartoons, With Video

In case you haven't heard, Dr. Mehmet Oz is runnnig for the Senate in Pennsylvania. Well, here's an ad his opponent put out:

To celebrate, we have a historical cavalcade of Dr. Oz cartoons!

• Let's start with this very recent one from Drew Sheneman.
• And here's a recent one from Jeff Darcy.
• Going back to last year, Sheneman may have borrowed the idea for his cartoon from John Cole.
• But that's hardly the first time John Cole has commented on Dr. Oz.
• Cole may, in fact, have been inspired by his own 2015 cartoon.
• Going even further back, Mike Peters had a few things to say about Dr. Oz even before he entered politics.
• Peters' history with Dr. Oz goes back even further, as evidenced by this 2012 edition of Mother Goose and Grimm.

Last Week's Oz-ish Comics Storyline

I started talking about the Over the Hedge storyline with Ozzily named off-brand snack cakes earlier in the week, but then I got distracted by heading to California for this year's abbreviated, post-COVID OzCon International. (Hey, I went to the previous thirty-nine iterations of this convention, I'm not going to let a little old thing like a deadly plague break my streak!) But this has also meant that I haven't been keeping you up to date. So, here is the entire week's worth of the story of Winkies!

• Day 1: Monday, July 11
• Day 2: Tuesday, July 12
• Day 3: Wednesday, July 13
• Day 4: Thursday, July 14
• Day 5: Friday, July 15

Okay, we're good? You're all caught up? Excellent!

Today's Oz Comic

Today in Eek!, we learn a lot more about the Lollipop Guild than you may have ever expected!

Today's Oz-ish Comic

The saga of the off-brand snack cakes continues in today's Over the Hedge.

Today's Oz Comics

A double dip today:

• First up, here's today's Over the Hedge. Why is this Ozzy? Do you know what the name of the western country of Oz is? Do you know the name of the Wicked Witch's guards in the famous film version? I'll give you a hint, it's the same as the off-brand name in that last panel. This is especially appropriate since I'm off to OzCon International (the first in-person con in three years!) this week. Maybe I can blog about it from the road. Of course, before it was rebranded, this convention used to be called the Winkie Convention.
• Also today, the website for The Far Side had this classic look at what happened on the Yellow Brick Road.

Today's Oz Political Cartoon

Okay, technically not from today, but I can't quite pin down when Gary Varvel put out this cartoon about the current oil situation. Like a lot of us, however, I suspect Varvel doesn't quite understand how the world market for petroleum actually works.

Today's Oz Political Cartoon, International Edition

Kevin Siers of the Charlotte Observer has this cogent, timely, and Ozzy comment on the differences between the Tories in the UK and their American brethren, the Republicans. Ouch!

Today's Oz Political Cartoon

Gary Markstein has a terrific, very Ozzy comment on what the Congressional January 6 Commision is doing right now.

Today's Oz Comics

Yes, these both appeared today. This is not a round up of the week, but of just today!

• First, today's edition of The Argyle Sweater shows what an Oz story might look like in the community of Rith Matic from Kabumpo in Oz.
• Skin Horse is wrapping up, which means they're running a campaign to fund the final two paperback collections. Let's just say that the cover of volume 12 looks mighty familiar, especially if you know the original illustrations from Ozma of Oz.

Today's Very Appropriate Comic

Technically, there's no Oz in this one, but today TrivQuiz remembers what happened on this day a century ago with this tribute to Judy Garland. (This one does need to be updated, however, as there was a fourth version of A Star Is Born back in 2018.)

Today's Oz-ish Comic

After several weeks where I've had to do weekend roundups, it's been pretty quiet of late. The only oneI have is this rerun of PreTeena that barely touches on a phrase that, although now strongly associated with Oz, didn't originate there.

Oz Comics Roundup

Yikes! With the end of the school year coming up, I've been pretty busy, so now I have two week's worth of comics to update here — and thank goodness today's a holiday, or it might be at least another week!

• The May 16 edition of The Argyle Sweater isn't particularly Ozzy, but that woman on the far left sure looks familiar!
• The Far Side website ran this old classic on May 20.
• The Hungry Tiger has been an ongoing character in Skin Horse for some time, but he's particularly prominent and in character in the May 26 edition.
• The May 26 edition of Eek! seems to deal with machinations among the witches of Oz. (Could they be talking about Mombi?)
• The political cartoonists have also been busy. Joey Weatherford on May 18 seems to misunderstand what "Over the Rainbow" is about. I think this might work better (for what I think he's trying to say) with Annie singing "Tomorrow".
• And finally (for now), Joey Wright on May 11 has some thoughts about President Biden's comments about the MAGA crowd.

This Week's Oz Comic

Yeah, only one this week, but it's fun. Take a look at yesterday's edition of Brevity and tell me you wouldn't play that game! (But why limit it to just two of Judy's movies? Why not also A Star Is Born, Summer Stock, In the Good Old Summertime, Words and Music, Easter Parade, or all the other musicals she's done?)

Oz Comics Roundup

Yup, it's been another long stretch without many Oz comics, until this week.

• First, Sheldon has been doing a humorous series about the anatomy of dinosaurs. Yes, they managed to slip in a Wizard of Oz referance.
• Second, in Strange Brew, the Wizard gets a surprise visitor.

Today's Oz Comics

Hey, with two today and a little extra time tonight, I thought, why wait for a weekend roundup?

• In today's Rhymes with Orange, Toto has an unexpected but not unanticipated interaction with another character.
• Meanwhile, the kids in Grand Avenue are thinking about how to tell their stories in musical form. (Boy, does that take a dark turn fast!)

Oz Comics Round-Up

No, really, I have other Ozzy things to talk about. I'm on spring break this week, so I may even get to some of them. But let's get the comics round-up out of the way tonight:

• In political comics, John Darkow had this to say about Clarence and Ginni Thomas and her role in the January 6 coup attempt.
• Poor Nick Chopper, only getting practical birthday presents in this edition of Close to Home.
• Modern technology comes to the rescue in today's edition of Eek!
• And in vintage comics, this extremely early edition showed up today on thefarside.com.

Oz Comics Roundup

Another week, another handful of Oz cmoics!

• On Monday, One Big Happy ran this edition involving a beloved Oz character. This is not the firsttime OBH has used this joke, and I think this may even be a rerun.
• On Wednesday, this rather twisted comic appeared in The Argyle Sweater. Well, this could explani why Liir is an orphan in Son of a Witch.
• And finally, on Saturday, the gang heads to a bar in this edition of Half Full. I'm not really sure I get this one, but it may have to do with the Witch's sister ending up in the opposite situation.