Today’s Cartoon Brew pick is the otherworldly stop-motion short Baloney Beacon, featuring characters and special effects made using balloons.. The short’s director, Max Landman, has been a ...

The Feb. 1 Tom Toles cartoon reminded me of the 1984 song “99 Red Balloons” by the band Nena. In the song, the release of 99 helium balloons by a girl is erroneously viewed by the country’s ...