Student Loan Relief: Top Ten Cartoons

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date September 1, 2022

This week, the subject of college debt was pushed front and center by President Joe Biden, who announced he would be canceling $10,000 in federal student loans per borrower. Not surprisingly, several of our most reprinted cartoons tackled the subject – both in support and critical of the administration’s plan.

Our most reprinted cartoon this week was on the start of football season, a funny one involving death drawn by Rick McKee.

Here are our top ten most reprinted cartoons of the week:

#1. Rick McKee, Cagle.com

#2. Monte Wolverton, Cagle.com

#3. John Darkow, Columbia Missourian

#4. John Darkow, Columbia Missourian

#5. Bob Englehart, Cagle.com

#6. Kevin Siers, Charlotte Observer

#7. Rick McKee, Cagle.com

#8. Dick Wright, Cagle.com

#9. Dave Granlund, Cagle.com

#10. Dick Wright, Cagle.com

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Tags death, debates, FBI, football season, graduates, Grim Reaper, IRS Agents, Joe Biden, Mar-a-lago, Midterm Elections, Student Debt, Tax Cuts, thousand year rain event, White House

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Trump’s Top Secret Boxes

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date August 19, 2022

Here is my cartoon about Trump with his collection of twelve boxes of Top Secret documents. When I finished this and sent it out to newspapers I counted the boxes again and noticed that I had drawn thirteen boxes. So much for my attempt at accuracy. It looks like I made Trump’s problem look worse than it really is.

Here are some of my favorite cartoons about Trump’s secret documents stash from the Cagle Cartoonists.

By Chris Weyant

By Peter Kuper

By Dave Whamond

By Pat Bagley

By Rivers

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Top Ten Cartoons of the Week – October 30th, 2021

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date October 30, 2021

Here are our most reprinted cartoons of the week ending October 30th, 2021. Congratulations to Rick McKee who was our most reprinted cartoonist of the week, on the strength of four great Halloween cartoons from earlier in the week.

Rick and I tied for the #1 most reprinted cartoon of the week, with each of our cartoons appearing in approximately 112 newspapers. Rick also has an impressive three cartoons in the Top Ten. I have two.

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

Rick McKee took the #1 spot and has three cartoons in the Top Ten.

#1

Daryl Cagle (that’s me) placed second.

#3

Rick McKee nabbed third place with another Halloween cartoon.

#4

Dave Whamond took 4th place.

#5

Gary McCoy claims the five-spot.

#6

Pat Byrnes came in sixth.

#7

RJ Matson nabs seventh place!

#8

Dave Granlund took 8th place.

#9

Rick McKee takes 9th place with his third Halloween cartoon in the Top Ten.

#10

Daryl Cagle (me again) rounds it out at 10th place!

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Pat Byrnes 2020 Top Ten

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date January 4, 2021

Here are Pat Byrnes’ Top Ten cartoons of the year that were most reprinted in newspapers. Pat is a great cartoon illustrator, a prolific gag cartoonist and a regular in The New Yorker Magazine.

We keep statistics on how many editors, who subscribe to our syndicate service at CagleCartoons.com, download each cartoon. Over the next few days I’ll post Top Ten cartoons from some of our other CagleCartoonists! See Pat’s cartoon archive on Cagle.com

Merry Christmas!

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Trump Snow Storm

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date December 18, 2020

Here’s my Trump Snow Storm cartoon:

This gag is stolen from a fourteen year old cartoon by the great, retired, Canadian editorial cartoonist, Thomas “Tab” Boldt, who used the gag when there was a transition in government in Ottawa.

We used to syndicate Tab.

I miss Tab.

I’ve tried to talk him into coming back, with no luck – at least not yet.

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Top Ten Cartoons of the Week – November 14, 2020

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date November 14, 2020

Here are our most reprinted cartoons of last week (November 7th through November 14th 2020). This week the editors flocked to the same cartoons, as usual, with the few, most popular cartoons far outpacing the rest.

This week’s #1 cartoon by Jeff Koterba is the second most reprinted editorial cartoon of the year, and it may yet overtake Dave Granlund’s #1 cartoon of the year so far, from three weeks ago. The #2 cartoon by Dave Whamond would have been a strong #1 in a typical week where the usage curve wasn’t quite so steep.

Dave Whamond and Dave Granlund both impress with two cartoons each on the Top Ten. Hearty congratulations to the other cartoonists with the most reprinted cartoons this week, Dave Fitzsimmons, Pat Byrnes, Monte Wolverton, Randy Enos and Gary McCoy.

The most popular topic this week was Alex Trebek. Only two cartoons referencing the pandemic made the Top Ten list. Cartoonists drew scores of cartoons about Trump’s refusal to accept the election results this week, but only three were popular with editors who ignored most of these cartoons.

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.

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

Jeff Koterba‘s #1 cartoon was the most reprinted cartoon of the week by far.

#2

Dave Whamond has the first of three Alex Trebek obit cartoons in the Top Ten. Editors seem to love cartoons that marvel at what a bad year 2020 is.

#3

Dave Whamond also nabs third place. In a week where Trump’s refusal to accept the election results dominated the news, few cartoons on the topic were popular with newspaper editors.

#4

Dave Fitzsimmons takes 4th place with the second Alex Trebek cartoon on the list.

#5

Dave Granlund takes fifth place with the third Alex Trebek obit cartoon.

#6

Dave Granlund also takes 6th place.

#7

Pat Byrnes nabs 7th place.

#8

Monte Wolverton takes 8th place.

#9

Randy Enos nabs 9th place with this nice pandemic cartoon.

#10

Gary McCoy wraps up the Top Ten with this Veterans Day cartoon. In other years, Veterans Day got more attention from both editors and cartoonists.

Tags Alex Trebek, autumn, Biden, coronavirus, COVID19, editorial cartoons, election 2012, fall, Jeopardy, Joe Biden, oval office, pandemic, political cartoons, trump, Veterans Day, White House

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Top Ten Cartoons of the Week – October 17, 2020

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date October 17, 2020

Here are our most reprinted cartoons of last week (October 10th, through October 17th, 2020). As usual, no drawings of President Trump were popular with newspaper editors. Typically 20% of the cartoons get 80% of the reprints; this week it is more like 10% of the cartoons getting 90% of the reprints as less popular cartoons got little or no ink and editors flocked to the same cartoons.

My own cartoon from last Sunday was #1 this week, by a big margin; in fact, it is the most reprinted cartoon since we starting keeping comparative download stats from subscribing newspaper editors at the beginning of the year.

Dave Whamond also stood well above the crowd with a #2 cartoon that would have been a strong #1 in any other week. Dave and I both had two cartoons on the Top Ten this week. Congratulations to the other cartoonists who made the unusually hot Top Ten this week, Dave Fitzsimmons, Steve Sack, Dave Granlund, Rick McKee, Kevin Siers and RJ Matson.

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#1

My own cartoon nabbed first place this week (and this year, so far), outpacing the pack by a big margin. See the Daryl Cagle archive.

#2

Dave Whamond had a #2 cartoon that was unusually popular with editors; it is Dave’s first of two cartoons in the Top Ten.

#3

Dave Fitzsimmons takes 3rd place. It looks like “Halloween in these crazy times” is what editors want.

#4

Dave Whamond takes 4th place with his second of two cartoons in the Top Ten.

#5

RJ Matson nabs 5th place as Republicans get closer to killing Obamacare.

#6

My own “Halloween in these crazy times” cartoon is tied for 6th place. See the Daryl Cagle archive.

#6

Rick McKee shares 6th place with his “Halloween in these crazy times” cartoon.

#8

Dave Granlund takes 8th place with another “Halloween in these crazy times” cartoon.

#9

Steve Sack takes 9th place.

#10

And Kevin Siers takes the ten spot with a COVID “these crazy times” cartoon.

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Top Ten Cartoons of the Week – October 10, 2020

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date October 10, 2020

Here are our most reprinted cartoons of last week (October 3rd, through October 10th, 2020). As usual, no drawings of President Trump were popular with editors, even with Trump dominating the news every day.

My own cartoon was #1 this week, by an unusually wide margin. Dave Whamond had a whopper of a week with three cartoons in the Top Ten. Steve Sack and Dave Granlund also had impressive weeks, each taking two spots on the Top Ten.

Congratulations to the other two cartoonists with Top Ten cartoons: Jeff Koterba and Rick McKee.

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

My own cartoon nabbed first place, outpacing the pack by a big margin. See the Daryl Cagle archive.

#2

Steve Sack follows with his first of two cartoons in the Top Ten.

#3

Jeff Koterba takes 3rd place. Readers love memorial cartoons.

#4

Dave Granlund had a strong week, here’s Dave’s first of two cartoons in the Top Ten.

#5

Dave Whamond takes 5th place with his first of three cartoons in the Top Ten.

#6

Dave Granlund is tied for 6th place with his second Top Ten cartoon.

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Steve Sack shares 6th place with his second cartoon in the Top Ten.

#8

Rick McKee is tied for 8th place.

#8

Dave Whamond shares 8th place with his second of three cartoons in the Top Ten.

#10

And Dave Whamond wraps up the week with his third cartoon on the list.

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COVID President

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date October 6, 2020

Here’s a collection of my favorite, new cartoons about Trump having COVID, starting with my latest cartoon.

The last day of cartoons were about Trump’s return to the White House from the hospital. This one is from Dave Granlund.

This Pat Bagley cartoon made me laugh.

Ed Wexler’s MAGAritte struck me funny.

This Rick McKee cartoon is an early favorite with editors.

This one bounced in from RJ Matson.

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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Top Ten Cartoons of the Week – August 29, 2020

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date August 29, 2020

Here are the ten most widely published cartoons of the week (August 22nd through August 29th, 2020). As usual, no drawings of president Trump were among the most popular with newspaper editors, even with the Republican convention this week. Six of the cartoons are light, life during the pandemic cartoons. Three are “back to school during the pandemic” cartoons, which remains the most popular topic with editors.

Congratulations to the two CagleCartoonists who have two cartoons each in the Top Ten, Dave Whamond (#1 and #8 – as he did last week) and Jeff Koterba (#3 and #8). I was happy to see Randy Enos come in with a strong #2! Kudos to the other cartoonists who made the most reprinted list this week, Steve Sack, Adam Zyglis, Dave Granlund, Dave Fitzsimmons and Gary McCoy.

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

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

Congratulations to Dave Whamond who drew the #1 most reprinted cartoon again this week, the first of Dave’s two cartoons in the Top Ten!

#2

Randy Enos takes second place. The top two cartoons stood out as much more reprinted than the rest this week.

#3

Jeff Koterba takes 3rd place.

#4

Adam Zyglis takes 4th place.

#5

Dave Fitzsimmons takes for 5th place.

#6

Steve Sack ties for 6th place with a drawing of the White House that doesn’t show Trump – would fewer editors have reprinted this one if Trump was in it?

#6

Dave Granlund is also tied for 6th place, with the only hurricane cartoon.

#8

Jeff Koterba is tied for 8th place with his second cartoon in the Top Ten.

#8

Dave Whamond is tied for 8th place with his second cartoon on our most reprinted list. Dave could just as easily chosen to put Trump in the place of the Republican elephant, and if he did, I’ll bet the cartoon wouldn’t have made the Top Ten.

#10

Gary McCoy claims the ten spot with this Biden bashing cartoon. There are very few cartoons about Biden and editors clearly want more.

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Dr. Fauci – Part 3

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date July 18, 2020

Here’s my new cartoon about Trump and Dr. Fauci. This has been an interesting couple of weeks as White House bigwigs have been anonymously dishing dirt on Dr. Fauci, followed by Trump’s advisor, Peter Navarro, writing an op-ed in USA Today bashing Fauci, making false claims that USA Today later had to walk back. Fauci’s realism conflicts with Trump’s push to minimize the perception of the coronavirus threat.

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Here are some of my recent, Fauci favorites!

Terry “Aislin” Mosher

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Dave Whamond

Don’t miss Dr Fauci PART 1,and Dr Fauci PART 2!

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Trump’s Church Photo Op

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date June 3, 2020

We just witnessed a crazy scene where Trump had peaceful protesters next to the White House, in Lafayette Park, forcibly cleared out by police, teargas, horses and troops –so that Trump could have a photo op, holding up a bible in front of a church. There had been an arson fire in their bathroom of the boarded-up church that was likely caused by thugs during an earlier protest. Trump a bible up, upside down, as he stood in front of the church, inspiring the cartoonists. I’ve posted the best of the church photo op, from twelve Cagle Cartoonists; come take a look …

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Randall Enos

R.J. Matson

Steve Sack

Dave Whamond

John Darkow

Bill Day

Pat Bagley

Adam Zyglis

Dale Cummings

John Cole

Kevin Siers

Bruce Plante

Milt Priggee

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