Humor & Cartoons
Shouts & Murmurs
A Brief History of Our Family-Owned Chip Company
It all started when Daddy bought too many potatoes.
By Brandon Follick and Rima Parikh
Shouts & Murmurs
Reading “The Power Broker” Has Changed My Life
I’ve also found that the book works great as a tofu press or a yoga block.
By Blythe Roberson
Shouts & Murmurs
Parents in a Chain
The great zucchini-bread disaster of 2024 and other mishaps, on a group text of moms and dads after the library bake sale.
By Jay Martel
Shouts & Murmurs
America!: Republican Vice-Presidential Candidates Compete for Trump’s Favor in the Thunderdome
It’s the same as the real world, but more steampunk—so, worse.
By Ali Fitzgerald
Shouts & Murmurs
Self-Help Books from Ancient Times
“The Ultimate Detox from Feudalism,” “Stop Overthinking and Start Impaling,” and other gems.
By Dahlia Gallin Ramirez
Cartoon Caption Contest
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Daily Cartoons
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Cartoon by Bob Eckstein
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“And then, for the last question, we’ll ask them to repeat the five words we gave them at the start.”
Cartoon by Robert Leighton
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“Let’s work it out on the remix.”
Cartoon by Jason Adam Katzenstein
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“You guys—I think we have the song of the summer!”
Cartoon by Ali Solomon
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Cartoon by Adam Douglas Thompson
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Cartoon by Brendan Loper
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Cartoon by Liam Francis Walsh
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Cartoon by Mort Gerberg
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Cartoon by Adam Douglas Thompson
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Cartoon by Ali Solomon
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“Would everybody please stop asking me if I have any crazy plans for Flag Day?!”
Cartoon by Adam Douglas Thompson
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“For Father’s Day, Daddy would like you to make that lasagna you cooked for us on Mother’s Day.”
Cartoon by Amanda Chung and Vincent Coca
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“Democratic hit job.”
Cartoon by Brendan Loper
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“Team Trump is up by thirty-one in felonies, but it’s still anyone’s game.”
Cartoon by Scott Dooley and Jason Chatfield
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“We’re looking for a rat, Jimmy, not a hot rodent man.”
Cartoon by Brendan Loper
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With Pride
Culture Desk
How to Draw a Horse
To learn to draw horses, you can’t just want to draw them; you must NEED to draw them.
By Emma Hunsinger
Shouts & Murmurs
Pride Celebrations for the Quietly Contemplative
Taking notes on RuPaul’s MasterClass as if there will be a quiz.
By Zach Zimmerman
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Things People Think My Girlfriend and I Are Before Realizing We’re Lesbians
Sisters who look nothing alike? Escaped nuns? Tina Fey and Amy Poehler?
By Taryn Englehart
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The Best Floats at the Straight-Pride Parade
Women Who Have Always Dreamed of Getting Married at Disney World, Guys Who Scream at Their Girlfriends in Various Chain Restaurants, and more.
By Sara Lautman and Rebecca Caplan
Comics
Sketchbook
Meet My TV Boyfriend
A wood-panelled cathode-ray television set that lived on my bed—not as much fun as it sounds!
By Emily Flake
Shouts & Murmurs
Rating Strangers in My Neighborhood
The overly friendly Trader Joe’s cashiers, the dogs in baby strollers, and more.
By Kat Tang
Sketchpad
The Best Scammy Self-Help Books of the Summer!
“Let’s Save Our Trees” (hardback edition!), the minimalist shopping guide, and other best-sellers by hypocrites.
By Liana Finck
More Humor
Shouts & Murmurs
Six Eerie Predictions That Early Sci-Fi Authors Got Completely Wrong
The Turbo Fridge, a shoe that does your taxes, and other future-tech that never came to be.
By Sean McGowan
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Middle-Age Fantasies
Which is hotter? Talking geopolitics with the sexy nurse, or finding that the alluring young babysitter likes your unpublished novel?
By Yoni Brenner
Culture Desk
When Dads Cry: A Memoir in Man Tears
My wife sees it as an expression of feelings-friendly masculinity to be modelled for our two still-impressionable boys.
By David Ostow
Culture Desk
Dry Ice and Rose Petals: An Entrance Fit for the Father of the Bride
And did I mention the fireworks? Lighting your way down the aisle!
By Sanika Phawde
Culture Desk
Lying to My Dad
I’d become everything to him—a fun-house mirror, constantly contorting to fit his needs.
By Bryn Durgin
Illustration by Navied Mahdavian
Blitt’s Kvetchbook
Alito, Roberts, and Thomas See the Sea
Summer recess for the Supremes.
By Barry Blitt
Shouts & Murmurs
It’s Time to Schedule Your Annual Friendship Checkup
What is your current employment status?
By Zoe Pearl
Shouts & Murmurs
What Are You Fond of, Samuel Alito?
My wife is fond of expensive men’s watches, Norwegian death metal, and private jets. I am not.
By Bruce Headlam and Stephen Sherrill