P.S. Ok, ok.. so I realize daylight savings was last week, but maybe this is still in keeping with the theme of it throwing off all life as one knows it. Also, I left the sketch on lined paper, thinking that if Savage Chickens can publish on post-it notes, why not… That said, I won’t be doing that again anytime soon, as the resolution didn’t work out so well. Whoops.
P.S. I had a lot of trouble with the punchline of this one. All I knew is I wanted to do something around the phrase ‘horns of dilemma’. I toyed with the the following phrasing as well…
In retrospect I’m not sure if the triceratops angle was a bit too out there. Oh well. I suppose there is irony in my little dilemma of punchlines.
P.S. Some of you might think this one seems familiar.. and you would be right! I have repurposed an old joke. I should be ashamed.. but, I wanted to use this for something else and improve the punchline and drawing. Hopefully I succeeded. The original one can be seen here in case you’d like to disagree and/or play spot the differences! And, an old oil sands rant that – alas – still holds true can be read here.
P.S. This week’s cartoon was inspired by a visit to the art treasures at the Royal Ontario Museum. A simultaneously inspiring and humbling experience. 🙂
The following cartoon accompanied the print version of Moral Laws of the Jungle, published in the 100th edition of Philosophy Now! The piece, written by Iain King, discusses the role of empathy in human ethics.
Those of you who know Finn well might guess where this will go. 🙂
Happy 2014! The following cartoon accompanied the print version of Thoughts On Oughts, a piece reflecting on Hume’s argument that we can’t derive a moral argument from facts alone (Philosophy Now, Dec/2013). Finn, of course, sees the immediate opportunity here.
This piece was published in the Camus issue of Philosophy Now.
Bonus for S&F followers! The Easter Egg in the strip (where easter egg refers to the gamer term for a hidden message or joke) is that the song they are singing at the end is the refrain for.. click here to find out! 🙂
This cartoon was published in the August issue of Philosophy Now. This issue focused on how we define the idea of ‘self’, which was an interesting question to think about.
So, how would you define self? 🙂
P.S. The sighting of five butterflies this year refers to particular regions where monarchs are typically expected – “in regions where more than 100 monarchs were spotted in the province last year, fewer than five have been observed this year.” For more on this, please visit Vidya Kauri’s recent piece in G&M.
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