My Missing Donald Trump Cartoon
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California Internet Sales Tax
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Independence Day Cartoons
Let freedom ring! What better way to celebrate the Fourth of July and our country’s independence that a cool cartoon collection by the nation’s best cartoonists?
Click here to view our Independence Day cartoon slideshow.
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Dems and GOP Will Not Move on Budget
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Blagojevich Cartoons
Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, who famously tried to sell the Senate seat vacated by Barack Obama, was found guilty on 17 of 20 federal corruption charges, and faces up to 300 years behind bars. Interestingly, Blagojevich becomes the second straight Illinois governor convicted of corruption. His predecessor, George Ryan, is now serving 6 1/2 years in federal prison.
Check out what cartoonists think of Blago in our new Blagojevich Convicted cartoon slideshow
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Apple and Syria
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Harville Retires From Cartooning
I just learned that Vic Harville, my buddy and a long-time contributor to Cagle.com, has officially reitred from his position as the staff cartoonist for the Stephens Media Group newspapers.
Vic’s planned retirement is different than many cartoonists in recent memory who have been scurried out of the office by security after receiving their corporate pink slips. Vic drew a farewell cartoon to his readers, which I’ve posted to the right.
Vic drew cartoons for the big Stephens Media Group’s entire chain of newspapers, which stretches from South Carolina to Hawaii; he was mostly known for his jabs at local Arkansas subjects, making a name for himself at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, the state’s largest newspaper, before he moved on to Stephens Media’s Little Rock bureau. Arkansas gave Vic some larger-than-live characters to poke and prod over his 25-year cartooning career, including two natural cartoon characters, governors Bill Clinton and Mike Huckabee.
Even though he’s retiring, it’s hard to keep a good cartoonist down. Vic says he’ll still freelance a bit, and continue tohis series of full-page Arkansas Razorback illustrations.
Here are some of Vic’s recent cartoons. We’ll keep his archives up on Cagle.com here, where he tells me he’ll keep posting new stuff every now and then, when he’s not fishing.
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War and Peace
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Cartoon Week in Review
The big news this week was President Obama’s plan to begin to drawdown troops from Afghanistan. In our big Week in Review cartoon slideshow, cartoonists also weigh in on the economy, the debt crisis in Greece, the Supreme Court’s Wal-Mart decision and much more.
Click here to view our Week in Political Cartoons slideshow.
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California Legislature Flowers
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Afghanistan Drawdown Cartoons
President Barack Obama is expected to announce tonight a start to a drawdown of troops in Afghanistan. Numbers are sketchy, but reports say it could be as much as 10,000 troops now, followed by 30,000 surge troops by the end of 2012. New presidential candidate Jon Huntsman says this is is “a little slow and a little cautious,” while opponents from both the right and left disagree with aspects of Obama’s plan.
Cartoonists have their own opinion about our war in Afghanistan, now in its 11th year. Check out their thoughts in our new Afghanistan Drawdown cartoon slideshow.
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Jon Huntsman Cartoons
Former Utah governor Jon Huntsman has entered the crowded field of Republicans seeking to oust President Obama, saying that America needs “more than hope” as he formally announced his candidacy today.
No cartoonist knows Huntsman better than our man in Utah, Pat Bagley, the brilliant long-time staffer at the Salt Lake Tribune. Bagley is a lefty cartoonist fighting against all odds in a heavily-conservative state where the Mormon church holds sway.
With Huntsman entering the race, now the GOP has two Morman candidates to chose from. Will it hurt him among conservative voters?
Certainly Huntsman won’t be winning a Tony Award for his announcement…
For a Republican party interested in the best possible candidate, the future can be a bit uncertain…
Will Huntsman’s role as President Obama’s ambassador to China hurt his conservative street cred?
If not that, maybe his support of Civil Unions might upset conservative voters…
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Taliban Peace Talks
