Recently, I read an article about how stone age women actually did more than we had previously thought. They didn’t just gather plants, poop out babies, and cook, they also hunted, built things, and fought in battles. Anyone surprised by this?

Can you spot the two British spelling conventions I used in this cartoon?

Lots of readers have asked me to do another one of my step-by-step progress posts and since I’m a guy who thrives on the approval of strangers I’ll likely never meet, here’s another one!

I’m a couple of days late posting this week because I’ve been traveling in the DSA (Divided States of America.)

I could use this comic as a springboard to talk about the recent stories of world-class athletes and their responses to the COVID vaccine—Aaron Rogers and that excellent tennis player whose name I would have to look up to come within five letters of the correct spelling—but I’ve heard quite enough about that virus and am tired of it. Let’s talk about creativity and sex instead.

Today’s Sunday cartoon about the snowman in the life raft (above) brings to mind for me the American holiday TV classic from the 1960s, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Have you seen it lately?

Many people are inclined to complain that last year sucked (through a mask) and that this year had better be an improvement. But I say look at the bright side: Of the nearly 8 billion people on the planet—some of them dumb enough to think…

Today’s Sunday cartoon isn’t the sort of “joke” that one typically finds in newspaper comics. I pride myself in that difference but I also sometimes shoot myself in the foot with it by creating something most people don’t get.

Many people assume that because I have an unusual job that my day-to-day routine must also be unusual. The following is a fairly complete rundown so you can judge for yourself.

Welcome, Jazz Pickles, to my ear-splitting Sunday morning. I’ll explain that in a moment, but first, here’s something to think about regarding the seance cartoon above.

Throughout my improbably-long career, I’ve enjoyed doing cartoons that take more than a glance to understand.

But enough about my rapidly declining looks, this is a holiday newsletter so let me start by saying the Piraro family has had a stellar year and I can’t wait to tell you all about it!

If you are not already of a certain age and you live long enough, you will eventually be strongly encouraged by strangers to let them go spelunking in your ass.

Something in the above cartoon brings me back to my own toddlerhood in the very early 1960s in a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri called Ruskin Heights. It’s that little, blonde…

Forget about furniture for a minute, let’s talk about sexual orientation. This is a topic near to my heart because I have one. A sexual orientation. And if there’s one thing I’m completely sure of about…

Happy ‘ween, Jazz Pickles! Have fun, be safe, and if you’re wearing a mask tonight, do not use Crazy Glue to hold it in place.

Aloha, Jazz Pickles and other musical condiments. I’m happy you could join us. Today’s comics are in the form of puzzles again, which some readers have praised and others have cursed because they can’t figure them out.

As you likely know, William Shatner, the original Captain Kirk, went to the edge of space last week in some rich guy’s rocket. That’s gotta be the coolest perk that landing a role on a low-budget TV show in the mid-nineteen-hundreds ever provided for an actor.

It’s another post about how I draw things. Step by step, even!

Most people don’t know this because I kept it a secret by not getting famous for it, but I used to do a bit of stand-up comedy.