My Favorite Ukraine Flag Cartoons

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date April 25, 2022

Here are my favorite Ukraine Flag cartoons, starting with three of my own. The first is my memorial cartoon for Ukraine’s civilian deaths.

This one is on America’s support for Ukraine …

This is my first Ukraine flag cartoon, drawn 28 years ago in 1984 for the Muppets and Hasbro/Playskool. I claim this as the first Ukraine flag cartoon! (Considering that Ukraine was founded as an independent nation in 1991, 21 years ago.)

Here are more favorites by the CagleCartoonists …

This Picasso inspired cartoon is by Emad Hajjaj, from Jordan.

This Van Gogh inspired cartoon is by Emad’s brother, Osama Hajjaj, from Jordan.

This one is by Ed Wexler, from Los Angeles.

This one is by Kap, from Barcelona, Spain.

This one is by Hajo, from the Netherlands.

… and this one is by Jeff Koterba, from Nebraska.

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Tags Bila Tserkva, Borodyanka, Bucha, candles, civilians, death, DOGS, flag, genocide, invasion, Kharkiv, Mariupol, mass graves, memorial, military, nazi, Picasso, putin, Russia, Smoke, soldiers, Soviet, ukraine, Ukrainian flag, Van Gogh, war, war crimes, Zhytomyr

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EASTER EXTRAVAGANZA: Top Ten Cartoons of the Week!

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date April 17, 2022

Easter was certainly on the minds of editors across the country this week, with four of our top ten most reprinted cartoons giving a nod to the religious holiday. Generally, editors and readers seem to enjoy holiday cartoons, while cartoonists typically hate drawing them.

Inflation was also a big story last week, with prices on just about everything continuing to rise. And editors remain uninterested in running cartoons about the war in Ukraine.

And here are the Top Ten …

#1

Bruce Plante took the #1 most reprinted spot, by a wide margin.

#2

John Darkow took second place with his first of two in the Top Ten.

#3

Dave Granlund took third place.

#4

Dave Granlund took 4th place too!

#5

Dick Wright claims the five-spot.

#6

Dave Whamond came in sixth.

#7

John Darkow nabs seventh place with his second cartoon in the Top Ten.

#8

Rick McKee took 8th place.

#9

Jeff Koterba takes 9th place.

#10

Dave Granlund wraps it up at number ten with his third cartoon in the Top Ten.

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Top Ten Cartoons of the Week – March 25th, 2022

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date March 26, 2022

We’ve made a few changes to the Top Ten of the Week. It turns out that our subscribing editors like the Top Ten and some have been using it as a weekly cartoon round-up, so I decided to make this into a column which ran for the first time last week. It now counts the stats from Wednesday to Wednesday. Look here and you can see what this looks like as a column.

TOP TEN CARTOONS OF THE WEEK

Editors prefer cartoons about high gas prices and inflation, but a few more cartoons about the war in Ukraine crept into our Top Ten list of the most reprinted cartoons of the week.

The most popular is actually No. 2, a rearview mirror COVID cartoon by Jeff Koterba, which straddled two weeks so it didn’t hit No. 1, but it was reprinted in over 250 newspapers – that’s a lot.

At Cagle.com, we’ve been syndicating editorial cartoons for over twenty years, and we’ve amassed an archive of over 250,000 cartoons. Every few years there’s a spike in gas prices and these are the cartoons editors want to publish, so I looked back over two decades for some oldies that might look fresh today.

I found some great high gas price cartoons by Tab, a great, retired, Canadian cartoonist who used to draw for the Calgary Sun. I sent these to newspapers looking as fresh and new as they did 17 years ago. That’s one of Tab’s gas price cartoons at No. 9, and editors liked all of Tab’s cartoons.

High gas prices never get old.

#1. Dave Granlund, Cagle.com

#2. Jeff Koterba, Cagle.com

#3. Dave Whamond, Cagle.com

#4. Jeff Koterba, Cagle.com

#5. Christopher Weyant, Boston Globe

#6. Adam Zyglis, Buffalo News

#7. Dick Wright, Cagle.com

#8. John Darkow, Columbia Missourian

#9. Tab, Cagle.com

#10 . Guy Parsons, Cagle.com

Tags covid, energy, food, Fox News, gas prices, gasoline, inflation, pandemic, Pinocchio, Russia, Tucker Carlson, ukraine, Vladimir Putin, Zelensky

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Top Ten Cartoons of the Week – March 5th, 2022

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date March 5, 2022

This was another frustrating week for editorial cartoonists as editors preferred light cartoons to the many, hard hitting cartoons about about Russia’s evil invasion of Ukraine.

Here are the cartoons that editors chose to print – for the seven days ending March 5th, 2022. Congratulations to Dave Whamond who took the #1 spot this week and was also the most reprinted cartoonist of the week. And kudos to Jeff Koterba who has two cartoons in the Top Ten.

Just about half of America’s daily, paid circulation newspapers (around 700 papers) subscribe to CagleCartoons.com. These are the cartoons that editors picked last week.

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#1

Dave Whamond took the #1 most reprinted spot, by a wide margin.

#2

Jeff Koterba took second place with his first of two in the Top Ten.

#3

John Cole took third place.

#4

Daryl Cagle (that’s me) nabbed 4th place.

#5

John Darkow claims the five-spot.

#6

Randy Enos came in sixth.

#7

RJ Matson nabs seventh place.

#8

Bob Englehart took 8th place.

#9

Bruce Plante takes 9th place.

#10

Jeff Koterba wraps it up at number ten with his second cartoon in the Top Ten.

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Top Ten Cartoons of the Week – February 26th, 2022

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date February 26, 2022

The cartoons that editors prefer are sometimes frustrating for cartoonists. This week the TV news was 24 hours of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and we had a flood of great Putin and Ukraine cartoons — but the newspaper editors didn’t want that.

Our syndicate package at CagleCartoons.com offers a wide selection of cartoons and viewpoints so that any editor can find something they want; in practice, this allows the cartoonists to draw important cartoons on important topics, and there are always some editors, not a lot, but some, who will print these cartoons. In order to support the substantive cartoons that cartoonists want to draw, we need to sweeten our cartoon flow with the light, funny cartoons about domestic concerns that American editors want to print. Frustrating.

As our coffers are brimming with great cartoons bashing Russia’s brutal invasion of peaceful Ukraine, here are our most reprinted cartoons – the cartoons editors chose to print – for the seven days ending February 26th, 2022. Congratulations to Dave Granlund who took the #1 spot this week, by a healthy margin, and was also the most reprinted cartoonist of the week. And Kudos to John Darkow who has two cartoons in the Top Ten and managed to sneak in a softball about Russia.

Just about half of America’s daily, paid circulation newspapers (around 700 papers) subscribe to CagleCartoons.com. These are the cartoons that editors picked last week.

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#1

Dave Granlund took the #1 most reprinted spot, by a wide margin.

#2

Bob Englehart took second place.

#3

Dick Wright took third place.

#4

John Darkow nabs 4th place with his first of two cartoons in the Top Ten.

#5

Jeff Koterba claims the five-spot.

#6

Rick McKee came in sixth.

#7

Bruce Plante nabs seventh place.

#8

Peter Kuper took 8th place.

#9

John Cole takes 9th place.

#10

John Darkow wraps it up at number ten.

Tags cell phones, dinner, Gas Price, Home Prices, Russia, stock market, tv remote, ukraine, world order

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Top Ten Cartoons of the Week – January 22nd, 2022

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date January 22, 2022

Here are our most reprinted cartoons of the week ending January 22nd, 2022. Congratulations to John Darkow who drew the #1 cartoon and has two cartoons in the Top Ten. And kudos to Dave Whamond who has two cartoons in the Top Ten and was our most reprinted cartoonist of the week.

Just about half of America’s daily, paid circulation newspapers (around 700 papers) subscribe to CagleCartoons.com. These are the cartoons that editors picked last week.

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#1

John Darkow took the #1 spot with the first of two cartoons in the Top Ten.

#2

Dave Whamond takes second place, also with his first of two cartoons in the Top Ten.

#3

Dave Granlund took third place.

#4

Steve Sack took 4th place with his second cartoon on the Top Ten..

#5

Guy Parsons also claims the five-spot.

#6

Dave Whamond came in sixth with his second cartoon in the Top Ten.

#7

Jeff Koterba nabs seventh place.

#8

Dick Wright took 8th place.

#9

John Darkow takes 9th place with his second cartoon in the Top Ten.

#10

Kevin Siers wraps it up at number ten.

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Top Ten Cartoons of the Week – June 12, 2021

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date June 12, 2021

Here are our most reprinted cartoons of the week ending June 12th, 2021.

Congratulations to Jeff Koterba for drawing the #1 most reprinted cartoon of the week! And Congrats to Randy Enos, who was the most reprinted overall last week, and who has two cartoons in the Top Ten at #2 and #4.

Kudos to the other CagleCartoons in the Top Ten this week: Bruce Plante, Steve Sack, Dave Whamond, Monte Wolverton, John Cole, David Fitzsimmons, Bruce Plante and Dave Granlund.

Just about half of America’s daily, paid circulation newspapers (around 700 papers) subscribe to CagleCartoons.com. These are the cartoons that editors picked last week.

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#1

Jeff Koterba‘s cartoon was most popular with editors last week!

#2

Randy Enos takes second place.

#3

Bruce Plante wins third place.

#4

Randy Enos claims fourth place with his second cartoon in the Top Ten.

#5

Steve Sack takes the five spot.

#6

Dave Whamond takes sixth place.

#7

Monte Wolverton nabs seventh place.

#8

John Cole takes eighth place.

#9

David Fitzsimmons takes ninth place.

#10

Dave Granlund rounds out the list at number ten.

Tags 17 years, booster, cicada, covid, COVID-19, COVID19, DOGS, herd immunity, latte, lifeguard shortage, pandemic, plastic shields, Russia, shark, Starbucks, UFO, unemployment, vaccination, zoom background

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USA vs World Vaccines

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date April 9, 2021

Vaccines are just now becoming available to all age groups in the USA, and we’re well on track to getting enough people vaccinated by this Summer. In the rest of the world the pandemic grows much worse. China and Russia are doling their dubious vaccines out to desperate nations to curry foreign favor, without revealing the testing data and background research for their vaccines that appear to be less effective than the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines in the USA. The AstraZeneca vaccine hasn’t been approved in America, but is the only choice in Europe, where health scares have led to bans and distrust. After an ugly year, the privileged USA is taking care of itself while the rest of the globe suffers, begging for vaccine scraps.

I thought about labeling the Jim Crow drinking fountains “USA” and “World” – maybe I should have since it isn’t a race disparity, rather it is the privileged compared to the needy; I’m still not sure that was a good editorial choice.

Here are some cartoons from the CagleCartoonists about the lousy vaccines the world is stuck with.

Petar Pismetrovic, Austria

Rick McKee, USA

Tom Janssen, The Netherlands

Bart van Leeuwen, The Netherland

Patrick Chappatte, Switzerland

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Top Ten Cartoons of the Week – December 26, 2020

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date December 26, 2020

Here are our most reprinted cartoons of last week (December 19th through December 26th 2020).

There were no big, dominating hit cartoons this week, with all of the Top Ten cartoons performing moderately well and tightly bunched. We saw a transition from Christmas themed cartoons to New Years cartoons. Seven of the ten cartoons allude to the pandemic and stay-at-home orders.

The Top Ten cartoons are what most readers see since only 20% of the cartoons get 80% of the reprints.

John Cole won the week with a snowy/COVID/remote-learning cartoon. Rick McKee and Jeff Koterba are impressive with two cartoons each on the Top Ten list.

Congratulations to the other cartoonists with the most reprinted cartoons of the week: Bill Day, Dave Whamond, Dave Granlund, John Darkow, and Dave Fitzsimmons.

Our Top Ten is a measure of how many editors choose to reprint each of our cartoons, from the 62 cartoonists in our CagleCartoons.com syndication package. Just about half of America’s daily, paid circulation newspapers (around 700 papers) subscribe to CagleCartoons.com.

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#1

John Cole wins the week.

#2

Bill Day wins second place with a Christmas Pandemic cartoon.

#3

Dave Fitzsimmons takes third place with this Christmas/COVID combo cartoon.

#4

Jeff Koterba takes 4th place, drawing the Russia hack.

#5

Rick McKee claims 5th place with this COVID/Christmas cartoon.

#7

Rick McKee wins again, with this 7th place, New Years cartoon.

#8

John Darkow snags 8th place with a COVID/Crhistmas combo cartoon, which is clearly what editors wanted this holiday week.

#8

Dave Granlund claims 8th place.

#9

Dave Whamond takes 9th place with New Years/COVID combo cartoon.

#10

Jeff Koterba takes tenth place with his second cartoon on the Top Ten list, another nice Christmas/COVID cartoon.

Tags 2020, 2021, Christmas, cmputer, COVID-COVID-19, hacking, if only in my dreams, masks, New Year's, remote learning, Russia, Social Distancing, stocking, Times Square ball, wise men, Xmas, Zoom

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Top Ten Cartoons of the Week – September 5, 2020

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date September 5, 2020

Here are the ten most widely published cartoons of the week (August 29th through September 5th, 2020). As usual, no drawings of president Trump were among the most popular with newspaper editors. Seven of the cartoons are light, life during the pandemic cartoons. Three are “back to school during the pandemic” cartoons, which is still the most popular topic with editors.

Rick McKee runs away with the week, claiming the #1, #4 and #10 spots! I’m impressed! Dave Granlund also had a great week taking #2 and #7. Congrats to Rick and Dave!

Kudos to the other cartoonists who made the Top Ten most reprinted list this week, Kevin Siers, Ed Wexler, Dave Whamond, Bruce Plante, and Jeff Koterba.

Our reader supported site, Cagle.com, still needs you! Journalism is threatened with the pandemic that has shuttered newspaper advertisers. Some pundits predict that a large percentage of newspapers won’t survive the pandemic economic slump, and as newspapers sink, so do editorial cartoonists who depend on newspapers, and along with them, our Cagle.com site, that our small, sinking syndicate largely supports, along with our fans.

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#1

Rick McKee dominated the week with this very popular #1 cartoon, along with two more in the Top Ten.

#2

This second place cartoon by Dave Granlund also stood out from the pack with well more reprints than the rest. Dave has two cartoons in the Top Ten this week.

#3

Kevin Siers takes 3rd place with a “back to school” during the pandemic cartoon, a topic that remains the most popular with newspaper editors.

#4

Rick McKee also takes 4th place, with his second of three cartoons in the Top Ten this week.

#5

Ed Wexler takes 5th place – editors crave “everyday life during the pandemic” cartoons.

#6

Dave Whamond takes 6th place with a “back to school during the pandemic” cartoon.

#7

Dave Granlund nabs 7th place with his second cartoon in the Top Ten.

#8

Bruce Plante takes 8th place with a “back to school during the pandemic” cartoon.

#9

Jeff Koterba is tied for 9th place.

#9

Rick McKee shares a tie for 9th place, rounding out the Top Ten with his third cartoon. Quite a week for Rick!

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Tags back to school, burning cities, college, COVID-19, COVID19, Democrats, digital divide, education, election meddling, facebook, Labor Day, nancy pelosi, pandemic, remote learning, Russia, vote tampering

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N.R.A. CROOKS

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date August 8, 2020

This week we heard the news that the Attorney General in New York is filing a suit to have the National Rifle Association (NRA) dissolved because of massive self-dealing by the people who ran the non-profit, who lived crazy, lavish lifestyles on the money they stole from the organization. Here’s my cartoon …

You’re getting a special, advance look at this one. I finished it late on Friday afternoon. They way newspapers work, posting a new cartoon late on Friday means it will be old by the time that editors come back to work after the weekend on Monday, and it is unlikely to get printed. I’ll be posting this one on Sunday for the editors who come in early to put together their Monday editions, and it won’t be too old for the editors who don’t come in to work until Monday for the Tuesday editions. (I know – boring cartoonist wonk talk. Thanks to my brilliant, cartoonist son, Michael, for this excellent gag.)

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Here are some of my favorite cartoons by the other CagleCartoonists about the thieves who run the N.R.A.

Our reader supported site, Cagle.com, still needs you! Journalism is threatened with the pandemic that has shuttered newspaper advertisers. Some pundits predict that a large percentage of newspapers won’t survive the pandemic economic slump, and as newspapers sink, so do editorial cartoonists who depend on newspapers, and along with them, our Cagle.com site, that our small, sinking syndicate largely supports, along with our fans.

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Koterba Decade!

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date December 21, 2019

Here are Jeff Koterba’s favorite cartoons of the past decade! Jeff has been the staff cartoonist for The Omaha World-Herald in Nebraska for many years. See Jeff’s favorite cartoons of the decade on USA Today, where you can click on each cartoon and see it blown up to fill the screen with a pretty, high-resolution image. See the complete archive of Jeff’s syndicated cartoons here.

Look at our other, great collections of Cartoon Favorites of the Decade, selected by the artists.
Pat Bagley Decade!
Nate Beeler Decade!
Daryl Cagle Decade!
Patrick Chappatte Decade!
John Cole Decade!
John Darkow Decade!
Bill Day Decade!
Sean Delonas Decade!
Bob Englehart Decade!
Randall Enos Decade!
Dave Granlund Decade!
Taylor Jones Decade!
Mike Keefe Decade!
Peter Kuper Decade!
Jeff Koterba Decade!
RJ Matson Decade!
Gary McCoy Decade!
Rick McKee Decade!
Milt Priggee Decade!
Bruce Plante Decade!
Steve Sack Decade!

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