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Top Ten Cartoons of the Week – April 3, 2021

Here are our most reprinted cartoons of the week ending April 3rd, 2021. Four cartoons are about Easter, five are about the pandemic and two are about infrastructure.

Congratulations to Rick McKee who ran well ahead of the pack with a strong first place cartoon. Congrats to Dave Whamond, Dave Granlund and Jeff Koterba who each have two cartoons in the Top Ten this week. Kudos to RJ Matson, Bill Day and John Darkow who also had most reprinted cartoons this week.

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

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, editorial cartoonists who depend on newspapers sink too, and along with them, our Cagle.com site.

The world needs political cartoonists more now than ever. Please consider supporting Cagle.com and visit Cagle.com/heroes.

#1

Rick McKee wins outpacing the pack!

#2

Dave Granlund takes second place with his first of two cartoons on the list.

 

#3

Jeff Koterba wins third place with his first of two most reprinted cartoons this week.

 

#4

Jeff Koterba nabs fourth place with his second cartoon on the Top Ten list.

 

#5

Dave Whamond takes the five spot with his first of two cartoons in the Top Ten.

#6

RJ Matson takes sixth place.

#7

Dave Granlund wins seventh place with his second cartoon on the list.

#8

Dave Whamond takes eighth place with his second of two cartoons on the Top Ten list.

 

#9

John Darkow snags ninth place.

 

#10

Bill Day takes tenth place.

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Newest COVID Favorites

Here’s my new COVID cartoon, about all of the states that are dropping their mask mandates just as COVID cases are spiking. That includes: Texas, Alaska, Arizona,Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

I gave the maskless idiot the same basic face as the Coronaviruses – it’s only fair.

And here are some of my recent Covid favorites …

 

Pat Byrnes

 

Peter Kuper

 

Dario Castillejos

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 – March 28, 2021

Here are our most reprinted cartoons of the week ending March 28th, 2021. Congratulations to Jeff Koterba for his #1 and #6 cartoons! Six of the ten top cartoons are about the pandemic; two are about immigration and two about the mass shooting.

And kudos to Dave Whamond and Dave Granlund who both also have two cartoons on the Top Ten.  Congrats to Steve Sack, Bruce Plante, Rick McKee and Monte Wolverton who also have Top Ten most reprinted cartoons this week.

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

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, editorial cartoonists who depend on newspapers sink too, and along with them, our Cagle.com site.

The world needs political cartoonists more now than ever. Please consider supporting Cagle.com and visit Cagle.com/heroes.

#1

Jeff Koterba wins first place with the first of two cartoons on the Top Ten list!

#2

Steve Sack takes second place.

 

#3

Dave Granlund wins third place with his first of two most reprinted cartoons this week.

 

#4

Bruce Plante nabs fourth place. Usually there are lots of March Madness cartoon metaphors, not this year.

#5

Dave Whamond takes the five spot with his first of two cartoons in the Top Ten.

#6

Jeff Koterba is in sixth place with his second of two cartoons in the Top Ten.

#7

Dave Whamond takes seventh place with his second cartoon on the list.

 

#8

Dave Granlund snags eighth place with his second of two cartoons on the Top Ten list.

 

#9

Monte Wolverton snags ninth place.

 

#10

Rick McKee takes tenth place.

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Top Ten Cartoons of the Week – March 20, 2021

Here are our most reprinted cartoons of the week ending March 20th, 2021. Congratulations to Steve Sack for his #1 cartoon! Eight of the ten top cartoons are about the pandemic.

And kudos to Dave Whamond who won the week with three cartoons in the Top Ten. Jeff Koterba and John Darkow  were impressive with two Top Ten cartoons each.  Congrats also go to Rick McKee and RJ Matson.

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

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, editorial cartoonists who depend on newspapers sink too, and along with them, our Cagle.com site.

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#1

Steve Sack wins first place with Grandma!

#2

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

 

#3

Jeff Koterba wins third place. People love doggies.

 

#4

Dave Whamond nabs fourth place with his second of three cartoons on the list.

#5

Jeff Koterba takes the five spot with his second cartoon on the Top Ten.

#6

John Darkow is in sixth place with his first of two cartoons in the Top Ten.

#7

Dave Whamond takes seventh place with his third cartoon on the list.

 

#8

RJ Matson snags eighth place with the fifth pandemic cartoon on the list.

 

#9

John Darkow snags ninth place with his second cartoon on the Top Ten, capping out the number of pandemic cartoons at eight.

 

#10

Rick McKee takes tenth place with his third cartoon in the Top Ten.

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Top Ten Cartoons of the Week – March 13, 2021

Here are our most reprinted cartoons of the week ending March 13th, 2021. Congratulations to John Darkow who dominated the week with three cartoons on the Top Ten and a #1 cartoon that got twice the reprints of the #2 cartoon, which was also by John (and a remarkable cartoon in itself – see below).  John also outperformed the other CagleCartoonists overall by a big margin last week.

And kudos to the other cartoonists in the Top Ten this week: Rick McKee, Daryl Cagle, Adam Zyglis, Bill Day, Dave Granlund, John Cole, RJ Matson, Chris Weyant, Rick McKee, and PatByrnes.

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, editorial cartoonists who depend on newspapers sink too, and along with them, our Cagle.com site.

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#1

John Darkow wins first place with this runaway hit cartoon that outpaced the other cartoons by a large margin this week. John has an impressive three cartoons in the Top Ten!

#2

John Darkow also takes second place – with this remarkable cartoon. This is the first time that a cartoon has shown up in the Top Ten lists of two different weeks (last week it was #9). Usually cartoons have short lives; not this one. Although this cartoon had half the reprints of John’s number one cartoon this week, it matches John’s #1 cartoon in total reprints over two weeks.

 

#3

Bill Day wins third place.

#4

Dave Granlund takes fourth place.

#5

John Cole takes the five spot.

#6

RJ Matson nabs sixth place.

#7

Chris Weyant takes seventh place.

#8

Rick McKee snags eighth place with the fifth pandemic cartoon on the list.

#9

PatByrnes snags eighth place with the fifth pandemic cartoon on the list.

#10

John Darkow takes tenth place with his third cartoon in the Top Ten.

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GOP Deflects to Seuss and Potato

As congressional Republicans unanimously voted to kill the popular economic stimulus plan, they diverted attention to Mr. Potato Head and Dr. Seuss. Cancel Culture is, popular with their base and it is easy for them to come back to the comfort zone. Here’s my cartoon and some of my GOP + Seuss + Potato favorites.

Daryl Cagle

 

John Cole
Monte Wolverton
Adam Zyglis

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Harry and Meghan

Harry and Meghan’s interview with Oprah Winfrey has been dominating the news, and there have been lots of great cartoons. I watched “The Crown” and it seemed to me that the things Meghan had to say were in keeping with the miserable, backbiting royal family we’ve come to know on TV.  Here are my favorites from the CagleCartoonists!

Daryl Cagle

 

Kevin Siers

 

Jeff Koterba

 

Christo Komarnitski

 

Ed Wexler

 

Jos Collignon

 

Marian Kamensky

 

Hajo

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Top Ten Cartoons of the Week – March 6, 2021

Here are our most reprinted cartoons of the week ending March 6th, 2021. Congratulations to Jeff Koterba who won the week with the #1 and #10 cartoons. Congrats to Steve Sack who got the overall most reprints for the week with the #2 and #4 cartoons.

And kudos to the other cartoonists in the Top Ten this week: Bruce Plante, Dave Whamond, Rick McKee, Daryl Cagle (me), Adam Zyglis, and John Darkow.

This week we had six pandemic cartoons, two on Dr. Seuss, one on New York Governor Cuomo and one on the murdering Saudi prince. Our Top Ten is a measure of how many editors choose to reprint each of our cartoons, from the 60+ 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, editorial cartoonists who depend on newspapers sink too, and along with them, our Cagle.com site.

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#1

Jeff Koterba won the week with this cartoons first of two in the Top Ten.

#2

Steve Sack took second place with this pandemic cartoon, his first of two in the Top Ten also.

#3

Bruce Plante won third place with this pandemic cartoon.

#4

Steve Sack took fourth place with his second of two Top Ten cartoons.

#5

Dave Whamond took the five spot.

#6

Rick McKee nabs sixth place with another Dr. Seuss cartoon.

#7

Daryl Cagle (that’s me) took seventh place with the fourth pandemic cartoon in the Top Ten.

#8

Adam Zyglis snags eighth place with the fifth pandemic cartoon on the list.

#9

#10

Jeff Koterba takes tenth place.

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Texas COVID Party

Texas Governor Greg Abbot just dropped COVID restrictions on business and masks, at a time when new variants of the virus are threatening a new resurgence. Mississippi too. Some other states dropping restrictions to a lesser degree. Bad timing for public health but it is always good timing for cartoonists.  Here’s mine:

And here are my recent favorites on Texas’ reckless health blunder. This one is by Steve Sack …

 

This one is by Rick McKee

 

This one is by Adam Zyglis

 

This one is by Dave Whamond …

And this one is by RJ Matson …

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Jeff Koterba on Editorial Cartooning

Jeff Koterba is one of the most popular CagleCartoonists! Jeff tells us what’s up with him and shares some of his recent favorites. See Jeff’s archive on Cagle.com here. – Daryl

When my full-time cartooning job at the local newspaper was eliminated a few months ago, I gave myself exactly one day to grieve. I’d been there for over 30 years and while it broke my heart to lose my job, I knew that better things were ahead. The next day, I decided to learn everything I could about Patreon. And, as it turns out, Patreon is not only a blessing for me as a cartoonist, but it’s giving my readers far more interesting and timely content than ever before.

For those not familiar with Patreon, it’s a fresh take on the traditional concept of artists creating work with the support of patrons.

As much as I love poking fun at politicians, I equally enjoy drawing about the things that impact us all very directly…

It’s no secret that newspapers are hurting. But journalism—and, I would argue, editorial cartoons—are now more essential to our democracy than ever. If you see my cartoons published here on Cagle.com or in other publications around the country, it’s thanks to Cagle and to my supporters on Patreon. It’s because of them that I’m able to create several cartoons each week on the topics that impact us all.

If nothing else, Covid inspires a new way to look at age-old situations like dating …

Also, now that I’m free of my local newspaper’s deadline, I’m able to draw cartoons whenever there is a breaking story, publishing the work immediately. Which means content that’s more timely than ever before for you.

And beyond that, I pull back the curtain on my creative process and invite supporters along the way, as I share sketches-in-progress, not to mention time-lapse videos of my process like this one.

I drew this cartoon as I watched live coverage of what was happening in Washington that day…soon after, I followed up with this cartoon.

Plus, there are lots of other perks. I even host an exclusive monthly Zoom show, “Koterba’s Theory of Creativity,” where I chat with guests about the creative process. In fact, my guest for March will be Rick Kirkman, not only one of my supporters on Patreon, but the artist behind the popular comic strip, “Baby Blues.”

I love connecting with my readers and I’d love for you to stop by my page and check it out!

Democracy’s return to flight .
Mostly, I’m inspired by news events. But sometimes, I’m inspired by what I see around me in my daily life. And when I kept seeing discarded masks, I knew there had to be a cartoon in there somewhere …

Visit Jeff’s page on Patreon.

 

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Daryl’s Video Interview with Cloudflare


I had zoom interview with Cloudflare, the big internet company that runs a generous charitable program called “Project Galileo” for small journalism sites that suffer from lots of hacker attacks -they provide robust and sophisticated services that make CagleCartoons.com, PoliticalCartoons.com and Cagle.com possible – services that we’d never be able to afford without the generosity of Project Galileo.

 

Cloudflare is a hero to us and to many other small journalism sites.  In this video I talk about the attacks we suffer from and how Cloudflare defends us – and I talk generally about the editorial cartooning profession and my own cartoons. Take a look!

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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Cartoon by Randy Enos!

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Top Ten Cartoons of the Week – February 27, 2021

Here are our most reprinted cartoons of the week ending February 27th.

Here are the weekly Top Ten cartoons. Congratulations to John Darkow who won the week with the #1 and #8 cartoons. And kudos to  Jeff Koterba and Dave Fitzsimmons who each have two cartoons in the Top Ten. And congrats to Kevin Siers, Nate Beeler and Gary McCoy!

Six of the cartoons reference the pandemic. There are two cartoons depicting Joe Biden – which doesn’t seem to push editors away like Trump cartoons did.

The Top Ten cartoons are what most readers see since only 20% of the cartoons get 80% of the reprints. 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, editorial cartoonists who depend on newspapers sink too, and along with them, our Cagle.com site.

The world needs political cartoonists more now than ever. Please consider supporting Cagle.com and visit Cagle.com/heroes.

#1

John Darkow won the week with this cartoons first of two in the Top Ten.

#2

Kevin Siers took second place with this pandemic cartoon.

#3

Nate Beeler won third place with another pandemic reference.

#4

Jeff Koterba took fourth place with his first of two Top Ten cartoons.

#5

Dave Granlund took the five spot.

#6

Dave Fitzsimmons nabs sixth place.

#7

Dave Fitzsimmons with his second most reprinted cartoon on the list.

#8

John Darkow snags eighth place with his second cartoon on the list.

#9

Jeff Koterba nabs ninth place with his second cartoon on the list.

#10

Gary McCoy takes #10.

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