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The magazine has, at times, loudly defended the Muslim faith

A pipeline protest, a really bad cartoon & black cats

The influential artist had a rocky relationship with Canada, his adopted country

Transformed into a Broadway musical, the kooky characters turn introspective

Have you ever wondered if there’s life outside of the classroom?

What should you do when you have a hard time understanding your professor?

What happens when test tubes get testy?

A new cartoon blog by Scott-Dobson Mitchell that’s all about education. Except when it’s not.

A 25-year-old’s comics feature characters like John Diefenbaker and Margaret Trudeau

There seems to be quite a bit of demand for levity these days, judging by the interest in my previous post about humour amidst the financial crisis. So here are some more jokes and cartoons to help ease the pain.

From the Seattle-Post Intelligencer: An insult to John McCain? Or to old people married to people who have abused prescription drugs and who want to bomb Iran while burning the U.S. Constitution? Or just an insult to people who believe that describes John McCain?

Good news: Popeye the Sailor vol. 3 will be released on DVD in September (the second volume comes out next week). This will give us all the Popeye cartoons made by the Fleischer studio, plus many of the WWII cartoons when Popeye beat up on the Axis powers. It’ll probably have a disclaimer about the racially-insensitive material, but the cartoons will be uncut, except for the titles — Warners has a habit of reconstructing the titles by affixing a Paramount logo to the old syndication prints.