COMMENTARY
turkey trouble, Thanksgiving
(Mike Allen)

So Thanksgiving week is here already. As much as I think this year has been one of the longest of my life, normal things like holidays have managed to sneak up on me. Perhaps that is to be expected with everything that has happened, but I’ve come to largely ignore my expectations over the past eight or nine months. I guess what I’m saying is: I don’t really know what to think anymore, and my perception of what was “normal” has been demolished and replaced with an attitude of “Oh, OK, now this.”

What are we thankful for this year? I’ve been fortunate in many ways, so my mind naturally goes there, but thinking about the broader societal picture, I’m not so sure what to say. This past week, Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt implored the people of OKC to take extra precautions for the next 10 days to get our COVID case numbers down. Maybe we can use that time to focus on the positive in our lives as well.

Past Sundaze comics

Mixed messaging on masks still makes no sense
Power problems lead to weird rituals after 2020 storm
Halloween 2020 more of a trick than a treat?
No ICU beds: The spooky movie of the season
Students surely making most of extra screen time
Epic fail? Audit yields more questions on public money
Rough Saturday for Sooners fans
Budget blockbusters from the Cox Convention Center?
College football fun dampened by COVID-19 risks
It wasn’t Neese: An allegory for owning your audio
You’re doing fine in the red zone, Oklahoma
Snail mail: Slugging it out at the U.S. Postal Service
Norman elections always cause a flood of headlines
School 2020: Arts and crafts more like arts and masks
Ready for basketball from the Disney bubble
Kevin Stitt quarantine: Rest up, governor
PPP helps keep the proverbial pizza cooking
Imagine masks: Stitt starts fashion fad to emphasize eyebrows
Mike Gundy has shirt problems
Coronavirus spike: There’s still a pandemic out there
Safety and cleanliness are priorities for Election Day
Remember to put yourself in someone else’s shoes
Them boys from Oklahoma roll their joints all wrong
Pour yourself an age and wisdom on the rocks
All the government Oklahoma could ever want
Open sesame: Kevin Stitt and the 40 mayors
Parents agree: The Easter bunny is an essential worker
Bad news for Cheetos: Our behaviors are changing
Quarantine quandary: Are your pets sick of you yet?
Quarantine: A rear window into our worried minds

  • Mike Allen

    Mike Allen is a graphic designer, painter, printer and tailor. He has a fine art degree from the University of Oklahoma.

  • Mike Allen

    Mike Allen is a graphic designer, painter, printer and tailor. He has a fine art degree from the University of Oklahoma.