Author: John Kovalic

Dewey Defeats Truman. Gore Defeats Bush. Bush Defeats Gore. Katerina misses New Orleans. No, no, says the media. We won’t rush to print stories ever again, trying to scoop the competition before all the facts are in. Ever. Really. Honest. No, no, said the mining company, beside them. We’ll fix those two-hundred plus safety violations. […]

Re: the last Unspeakable Oaf cartoon…the “Holy Grail” one. The monster features was a Grell, an old D&D creature that’s not so popular these days, apparently. Can you say “Fiend Folio”? Anyway, it was a darn fine drawing of a Grell, if I do say so myself. But I decided to put up the editorial […]

The lovely and talented Judith and I spent Christmas Up North, with my in-laws. As a result of leaving Madison early to avoid a snowstorm that never materialized, and a friend’s birthday on Boxing Day, we never actually got to open our presents to each other, which are still under the tree. We’re trying to […]

From my childhood in England: Good King Wenceslas looked out On the Feast of Stephen; When a snowball hit his snout, And made it look uneven. Brightly shone his conk that night Though the pain was cruel, Til a doctor came in sight, Riding on a mule! Exciting conclusion to the “It’s a Wonderful Strife” […]