Viernes = Friday

I have 2 book reviews to post, well more like to write, and a series of meetings to attend, so in lieu of posting any prose, a wonderful cartoon:

Editorial Cartoons

Yesterday reading El Pais, I stumbled upon this cartoon ... priceless



Have a terrific weekend everyone !!

The magic of editorial cartoons

I have always been a great admirer of editorial cartoonist, they have one of the toughest jobs out there, take a commentary and transpose it from words to a drawing. The picture needs to be clear, concise, and tell the opinion that is being given, with no arguments, no supporting paragraphs, no quotations, nothing, but a set of lines and sometimes some color to represent an idea. It is something that to me takes the outmost humor and skill. Why am I saying this, today in El Pais (where else I know) I found the following cartoon, and it is perfect. Take a look:



It manages to sum up ideas about the after life, God, humanity, hope, and everything.

Politcs and Knitting part II + a dash of the economy

On the subject if the election, and as a mirror to the one posted here, about Hillary, this one is about Obama.



On the subject of the Economy, in Spanish, the word Accion means action (as in to do something, but is the word used for stock, as in the stock market and a piece of a company) hence the play in words, with the frog offers an action, which really means Stock, and then asks for payback:






Source: El Pais

Politics and Knitting

A cartoon in a Spanish newspaper that I thought would make e y'all laugh




Courtesy of El Pais.

Something funny

Two cute cartoons to make you laugh



The follow up ...



Both are courtesy of the Washington Post