DarylCagle.comNo cartoonist has been more on the front lines of the end of the Space Shuttle program that Jeff Parker, the cartoonist for the Space Coast newspaper Florida Today. Jeff has covered the space shuttle program for years, and we thought it was worth a look back at some of his more pivotal cartoons.
With Atlantis set to lift off for the space shuttle’s very last flight, NASA faces the harsh reality of layoffs and questions about America’s commitment to leadership in space.
A symbol of progress and achievement, cartoonists have covered the space shuttle program for the last 30 years. Join us as we take a look back at the space shuttle program through the eyes of the nation’s best political cartoonists.
Click here to view more cartoons about the Space Shuttle program.
Over a million people are expected to watch the space shuttle Atlantis launch on Friday, the final mission of NASA’s 30-year space shuttle program. Everyone wonders what will come next, even as lawmakers voted today to kill off funding for the successor to the vastly successful Hubble telescope.
What do cartoonists think about the end of the Space Shuttle program? Check out our Final Space Shuttle Mission cartoon slideshow to see for yourself.
People around the country are shocked that Casey Anthony was found not guilty after prosecutors failed to prove she killed her toddler daughter, Caylee Anthony. What do the nation’s cartoonists think about the trial, the verdict and the media’s obsession with the case?
Click here to view all our Casey Anthony cartoons. We’ll update it as new cartoons come in.
Political cartoonists are a patriotic lot. You may not think it as they bash every politician that passes by and criticize nearly every aspect of the apparatus of our government, but their ultimate goal is to embarrass our current crop of Washington inhabitants into living up to the promise of our great country.
Cartoonists are all about symbols, and there is no more memorable symbol of our country, especially on Independence Day, then the stars and stripes.
Dave Granlund uses the layout of the flag as a way to remember those who fight and have made the ultimate sacrifice to protect our freedom…
Mike Keefe of the Denver Post uses the flag to put our debt, and debt holders, into context…
Florida Today cartoonist Jeff Parker gives us a quick reminder who provides us with the freedom our flag symbolizes…
Adam Zyglis of the Buffalo News worries about our growing prison population in his flag cartoon…
Costa Rican cartoonist Arcadio Esquivel reminds us about the origins of our country with his cartoon…
While Columbia Daily Tribune cartoonist John Darkow lets us know all American flags should come with an asterisk…
Arcadio also used the flag as a symbol to denounce America’s gun violence…
…a thought echoed by Mike Keefe…
As most of us have been waiting all week for the long weekend to come, the nation’s best cartoonists were hard at work opining about Gay Marriage in New York and infighting over the deficit, as well as drawing some great cartoons about Rod Blagojevich – they’re f’ing golden!
Click here to view our Week in Political Cartoons slideshow.
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.
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
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.
