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11-MINUTE WORKOUT: TOP TEN CARTOONS OF THE WEEK

It was really a mixed bag for editors this week, as our most popular cartoons featured a number of different topics, ranging from artificial intelligence to President Biden’s lackluster support.

Our most popular cartoon this week was an exercise-related gag by Jeff Koterba, riffing off studies that show walking just 11 minutes a day is beneficial to your health. It’s probably best to avoid the drive thru, though.

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

#1. Jeff Koterba

 

#2. Dick Wright

 

#3. Rick Mckee

 

#4. Randall Enos

 

#5. Jeff Koterba

 

#6. Dave Whamond

 

#7. John Darkow

 

#8. Dave Granlund

 

#9. Pat Byrnes

 

#10. Dave Granlund

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Conservatives Gary McCoy and Rivers – Drawing Amongst Liberals

On this week’s Caglecast we’re joined by two of our most conservative cartoonists, Gary McCoy who also draws two comic strips, “The Duplex” and “The Flying McCoys”; and Rivers, who draws anonymously and joins us with a disguise and an altered voice.

The vast majority of editorial cartoonists are liberal so the few, conservative cartoonists stand out as unusual, and often stand alone voicing ideas that seldom find their way into general circulation newspapers; Gary and Rivers are among the best among the few conservative cartoonists, and they talk about living in a world of liberal editors which includes their liberal editor who is hosting the podcast, me, Daryl Cagle.

Gary and Rivers show lots of their favorite cartoons, they enjoy denigrating Dr. Anthony Fauci; they deny the efficacy of COVID vaccines; they complain about the ignorance of liberals who watch MSNBC; they let us know that we wouldn’t have this war in Ukraine now if Trump was in office; they tell us about how the insurrection wasn’t an insurrection at all, and how most of the MAGA folks on January 6th were out for a peaceful stroll.

We could have titled this “Cartoons from the Bizarro Dimension.”  …but we love Gary and Rivers. Really, we do.  Here are a few of the images that are discussed in the video.

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HOT AND COLD –TOP TEN CARTOONS OF THE WEEK

It was an interesting week, as no single news story (outside of “Dilbert” being dropped by its syndicate) seemed to dominate the headlines. As a result, this week’s most reprinted cartoons span across multiple topics and ideas.

Our most popular cartoon among editors this week was Jeff Koterba’s piece on the growing divide between red and blue states. Only in this case, he was riffing off the weather, which was equally as divisive this week .

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

#1. Jeff Koterba

 

#2. Rick McKee

 

#3. Dave Granlund

 

#4. Rick McKee

 

#5. Dave Whamond

 

#6. Monte Wolverton

 

#7. Guy Parsons

 

#8. Chris Weyant

 

#9. Pat Byrnes

 

#10. Gary McCoy

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The First Syndicated Political Cartoon Drawn by Artificial Intelligence

Rick McKee, who “created” the first syndicated political cartoon, drawn by artificial intelligence, has amassed an impressive collection of art he made through A.I. and he shares the images with us and talks about how it all works and the threat A.I. poses to to illustrators and editorial cartoonists. In case you were listening to the audio podcast and missed the art, these are the images we discussed on our podcast, Episode 6, and watch the video below!

 

Just want to listen? Try the audio version below:

 

Here are Rick’s A.I. created images that he talks about on the podcast:

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The Top Ten Cartoons of the Week –Bagley and Matson

What a difference an hour makes. Our Top Ten cartoons of the week changes from minute to minute as editors make new picks, and cartoons drop off when they get to be a week old –so it happened this week when I grabbed the Top Ten cartoons for our podcast earlier than my editor, Rob Tornoe, grabbed them for this column, and RJ Matson’s then #1 Social Security cartoon (that you can see in last week’s post at #8) dropped off of the list.

No matter, all the cartoons are great, and you can see a lot of great conversation about editorial cartoons, newspapers, and our crazy, troubled profession from our brilliant CagleCartoonists, Pat Bagley and RJ Matson.

With the news former President Jimmy Carter has been placed on hospice care, Dave Granlund tribute to the former peanut farmer and Navy veteran turned commander-in-chief was easily this week’s most popular cartoon among editors.

Otherwise, it was a mixed bag as far as topics go. Cartoons about inflation, the Ohio train derailment, and the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine were all popular with editors this week. I particularly liked Pat Bagley‘s riff on Little Red Riding Hood, facing a dark forest of social media sites.

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

#1. Dave Granlund

 

#2. Jeff Koterba

 

#3. Pat Bagley

 

#4. Jeff Koterba

 

#5. Rick McKee

 

#6. Adam Zyglis

 

#7. R.J. Matson

 

#8. John Darkow

 

#9. Rivers

 

#10. Dave Granlund

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Whamond and Koterba on the Top Ten Cartoons

We have a big Caglecast video podcast this week with guest cartoonists Jeff Koterba and Dave Whamond discussing the Top Ten most reprinted cartoons of the week along with their own top ten most reprinted editorial cartoons of their careers with CagleCartoons.  Its a must-see – click the video below.

Jeff has drawn for over thirty years for the top newspaper in Nebraska, his cartoons have flown around the world on the Space Shuttle Discovery, he’s consistently appearing among most popular cartoons, he hosts a show about classical music on radio station KVNO, he plays in a popular Swing band, the Prairie Cats, and he’s been struck by lightening.

Dave Whamond is incredibly prolific! He draw two comics, “Reality Check” and “Day by Dave.” He regularly shares the top editorial cartoon spots in the Top Ten with Jeff Koterba, he is a prolific illustrator who does puzzles, greeting cards and lots of top selling children’s books.

The list below is a bit different that the Top Ten in the video, because I grabbed the cartoons at a different hour than our editor Rob Tornoe, who does the columns for us –the most popular cartoons change every monute as editors download more.

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

#1. Dave Whamond

#2. Jeff Koterba

 

#3. Dave Whamond

 

#4. Dave Granlund

 

#5. Guy Parsons

 

#6. Dave Granlund

 

#7. Pat Byrnes

 

#8. R.J. Matson

 

#9. Dave Granlund

 

#10. Rick McKee

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Chinese Spy Balloon -Top Ten Cartoons

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This week, it was all about balloons.

The Chinese spy balloon shot down by the U.S. after floating across the country was the perfect metaphor for cartoonists. So it’s no surprise that balloon cartoons made up a majority of our most-reprinted toons this week.

Editors also reprinted a lot of cartoons about President Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech, where he went back and forth with disapproving Republicans in real time. It’s been a wild week.

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

#1. Dave Whamond

#2. Jeff Koterba

#3. John Darkow

#4. Guy Parsons

#5. Dave Whamond

#6. Dave Granlund

#7. Jeff Koterba

#8. John Darkow

#9. Adam Zyglis

#10. Dave Whamond

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Indiana Jones and the Price of Eggs —Top Ten

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Readers enjoy holiday cartoons, so it’s no surprise Groundhog Day cartoons were popular among editors this week.

But the most reprinted cartoon this week was a clever spoof of Indiana Jones by Rick McKee, featuring the adventuring archeologist risking it all for an expensive treasure – a bunch of eggs

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

#1. Rick McKee

 

#2. R.J. Matson

 

#3. John Darkow

 

#4. Rivers

 

#5. Dave Whamond

 

#6. Bruce Plante

 

#7. Gary McCoy

 

#8. John Darkow

 

#9. R.J. Matson

 

#10. Dick Wright

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Crazy Debt Ceiling: TOP TEN Cartoons of the Week

Most people probably can’t explain what the debt ceiling is, but it’s been in the news this week thanks to Republicans threatening economic calamity if their government spending demands aren’t met.  Listen to the audio version:

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Another popular cartoon topic has been the troves of classified documents that keep popping up everywhere. Trump’s home. Biden’s garage. Pence’s home. At this point it’s likely I’ve draw a cartoon or two on the back of some top secret document that ended up on my drawing table.

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

#1. (TIE) Jeff Koterba

#1. (TIE) Dave Whamond

#3. Gary McCoy

 

#4. Jeff Koterba

 

#5. Jeff Koterba

 

#6. R.J. Matson

 

#7. Guy Parsons

 

#8. Daryl Cagle

 

#9. Rivers

 

#10. Rick McKee

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Eggflation: Top Ten Cartoons of the Week!

Cartoons poking fun at the skyrocketing cost of eggs were popular among editors this week, as Americans can’t go a week without inflation taking a bite out of their wallets.

Cartoons about classified documents also got a lot of play this week, thanks to the revelation that more classified documents were carelessly stored by President Joe Biden, including some found in his Delaware garage near his 1967 Corvette.

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

#1. Dave Whamond

 

#2. Dick Wright

 

#3. John Darkow

 

#4. Jeff Koterba

 

#5. Bob Englehart

 

#6. Rick McKee

 

#7. Dave Granlund

 

#8. John Cole

 

#9. Dick Wright

 

#10. Adam Zyglis

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Biden’s Border: Top Ten Cartoons of the Week

While Kevin McCarthy’s delayed election as Speaker of the House drew all the headlines, opinion editors seemed much more interested this week in President Joe Biden’s trip to the border and the classified documents found in an old office and his garage.

Buffalo News cartoonists Adam Zyglis also drew a pair of popular cartoons about Damar Hamlin, the Bills safety who suffered a cardiac arrest during a game last week. Thankfully, Hamlin has recovered well, and was released from a Buffalo hospital on Wednesday.

These are the Top Ten from Wednesday to Wednesday, last week to the week before:

#1. Dave Granlund

 

#2. Rick McKee

 

#3. Dave Granlund

 

#4. Dick Wright

 

#5. Dave Granlund

 

#6. Dave Granlund

 

#7. Dave Granlund

 

#8. Adam Zyglis

 

#9. Jeff Koterba

 

#10. Adam Zyglis

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Southwest Struggles: Top Ten Cartoons of the Week

We calculate our Top Ten weekly cartoons from Wednesday to Wednesday, so we missed most of the battle for the Speaker of the House – we’ll have to see if editors are interested in that next week; there were certainly a lot of cartoons about it!

The new year was fresh on the minds of cartoonists last Wednesday to Wednesday, but editors also jumped on cartoons about Southwest’s lingering issues, which led to thousands of flight cancelations and lots of angry travelers.

Editors also liked Dave Whamond’s cartoon about Netflix, and how the streaming giant lost a bit of its luster over the past year.

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

#1. Chris Weyant

 

#2. Bob Englehart

 

#3. Dave Whamond

 

#4. Dave Granlund

 

#5. Jeff Koterba

 

#6. Gary McCoy

 

#7. John Cole

 

#8. John Darkow

 

#9. John Cole

 

#10. Gary McCoy

 

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