Democrat View of Chief Justice Roberts
Andy Griffith RIP Cartoons
Andy Griffith, known to most as “America’s Favorite Sheriff,” died this morning at his North Carolina home. He was 86.
While Griffith had a long and varied career in everything from radios to movies and music, it was his role of Sheriff Andy Taylor in the hugely popular “The Andy Griffith Show” that most will remember the charismatic actor for.
Here are some cartoons from our stable of cartoonists remembering Griffith:
GOP View of Chief Justice Roberts
On This Day in 2009, Palin Resigns
On this day back in 2009, Sarah Palin gave a big “You betcha'” to the Washington elite and announced she would resign as Governor of Alaska in order to “effect positive change outside of government.”
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Here are five cartoons from our archives reacting to her surprise announcement:
Crazy Tom Cruise
Political cartoonists don’t like to draw cartoons about celebrities. In most cases, they view it as tabloid trash and unworthy of the coverage they give to issues like health care reform and immigration. But readers love the bizarre lives celebrities live, and with Tom Cruise suddenly in the midst of his third divorce, our extraordinary caricaturist Taylor Jones (who I syndicate through Cagle Cartoons) drew this funny cartoon featuring Cruise and all his previous wives:
Taylor e-mailed me his thoughts about drawing Cruise:
Despite his extreme looks and extreme goofiness, Tom Cruise is easy to caricature. Sometimes, bizarre looks and behavior can hinder caricature because little is left to the imagination. That’s why I rarely draw comedians. What can one do to, say, Jim Carrey’s face, that he hasn’t already done to himself? But with Tom Cruise, here’s a dashing fellow — but one with buck teeth and a major schnoz. And those crazed, maniacal eyes just scream, “Don’t mess with me! I’m a Scientologist!”
Here’s a classic Cruise caricature by Taylor: