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Syria: My latest al-Assad cartoons

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date June 12, 2012

Violence in Syria has spiked in recent weeks as President Bashar al-Assad continues a bloody battle against an uprising attempting to remove him from power.

Here’s my most recent cartoon about Syria’s bloody dictator…

So far, al-Assad has lived up to the motto “like father, like son”…

He’ll stop killing his own people one of these days…

Maybe Apple can help his murderous regime stay in power…

al-Assad has certainly survived longer in power than most would have thought. Here’s a cartoon I drew back in 2005 after the U.S.-led collation invaded Iraq to depose Saddam…

Tags Bashar Assad, Syria

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Best Political Cartoons of the Week

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date June 8, 2012

Every Friday, we collect the best political cartoons of the week and stuff them into one big, glorious slideshow.

So just relax and catch up on a week’s worth of news with our Best Cartoons of the Week slideshow.

Chris Weyant / The Hill (click to launch slideshow)

Tags john edwards, Scott Walker, Syria, Week in Review, wisconsin

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Walker Wins, Labor Loses

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date June 6, 2012

In a hotly-contested recall election, Wisconsin Republican Governor Scott Walker easily prevailed over his democratic opponent, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, 53 percent to 46 percent. Walker’s popularity may have been on the decline, but according to polling numbers, he benefited greatly from the fact that many Wisconsin voters didn’t think the premise of last night’s recall was legitimate.

Here what some of our cartoonists think about Walker’s victory…

David Fitzsimmons / Arizona Daily Star (click to view more cartoons by Fitzsimmons)

Eric Allie / PoliticalCartoons.com (click to view more cartoons by Allie)

Bill Day / PoliticalCartoons.com (click to view more cartoons by Day)

Dave Granlund / PoliticalCartoons.com (click to view more cartoons by Granlund)

Chris Weyant / The Hill (click to view more cartoons by Weyant)

Tags Recall, Scott Walker, wisconsin

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Hey New York – There's No Crying In Baseball!

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date June 5, 2012

Mets fans are upset at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and their cartoonist, R.J. Matson (who I syndicate nationally in our Cagle Cartoons package) for labeling the first no-hitter in Mets history with an asterisk.

Saturday’s Post-Dispatch led with Mets pitcher Johan Santana on the front page of its sports section, but was quick to point out a missed call on an apparent double hit by former Met Carlos Beltran. The headline with an asterisk read:

“NO-HITTER*
Santana throws gem with help of missed call.”

Once the bristling objections of the Daily News reached Matson, he went to the drawing board to sum up his thoughts about those whiny Mets fans who can’t seem to take a joke.

“I lived and worked in New York City for 20 years before coming to St. Louis and I did a lot of freelance illustrations for the Daily News,” Matson told me via e-mail. “During that time I got to know the great [Daily News sports cartoonist] Bill Gallo, and I can’t imagine he would have ever wasted ink whining about an asterisk.”

The editors of the Post-Dispatch landed a jab of their own in an editorial that appeared in today’s paper:

We’re used to these things. The late Bob Forsch pitched a no-hitter* for the Cardinals in 1978 that got its asterisk thanks to a controversial official scorer’s call by the Post-Dispatch’s Neal Russo. Five years later Mr. Forsch pitched a clean no-hitter, thus giving this one Cardinals’ pitcher twice as many no-hitters as all the Mets in history.

Tags johan santana, mets, New York Daily News, no-hitter, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee cartoons

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date June 5, 2012

God save the Queen! The eyes of the world are on England today as Queen Elizabeth begins the fourth day of celebrations marking her 60 years on the throne.

As an American, it’s weird to watch all the pomp and circumstance being devoted to members of a monarchy. Maybe that’s why not many U.S. cartoonists have drawn about The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Here are a handful of cartoons drawn about Elizabeth and her heir apparent, Prince Charles.

Taylor Jones / PoliticalCartoons.com (click to view more cartoons by Jones)

Paul Zanetti / Australia, PoliticalCartoons.com (click to view more cartoons by Zanetti)

Aislin / Montreal Gazette (click to view more cartoons by Aislin)

Mike Lane / PoliticalCartoons.com (click to view more cartoons by Lane)

Tags Diamond Jubilee, England, Prince Phillip, queen elizabeth

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Cartoons about the Nation's Jobless

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date June 1, 2012

The big news today is May’s rotten jobs report, which shows a paltry 69,000 new jobs added and an unemployment rate that has inched up to 8.2 percent. Even more scary is corporate America continues to be able to make more money with about the same labor force, causing stock prices to soar but doing little for the growing number of unemployed workers looking for a job.

Here are six hard-hitting cartoons about the extended unemployment problem the U.S. faces. Anyone have a solution?

Pat Bagley / Salt Lake Tribune (click to view more cartoons by Bagley)

Jim Day / PoliticalCartoons.com (click to view more cartoons by Day)

Jeff Parker / Florida Today (click to view more cartoons by Parker)

Joe Heller / Green Bay Press-Gazette (click to view more cartoons by Heller)

Tags economy, jobs, unemployment

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Best Political Cartoons of the Week

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date June 1, 2012

Every Friday, we collect the best political cartoons of the week and stuff them into one big, glorious slideshow.

So just relax and catch up on a week’s worth of news with our Best Cartoons of the Week slideshow.

Jeff Parker / Florida Today (click to launch slideshow)

Tags donald trump, drones, john edwards, Mitt Romney, Syria, Week in Review

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Get Your Hands Off My Soda!

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date May 31, 2012

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is proposing a ban on the sale of large sodas and other sugary drinks in the city’s restaurants, delis and movie theaters in the hopes of combatting obesity. Aside from coffee, soda is the life blood of many cartoonists, so when politicians threaten to limit their intake, naturally they become leery.

Here are some recent cartoons about this latest onslaught against our favorite sugary drinks. What do you think? Comment below or drop us a note on our Facebook page.

Brian Fairrington / Cagle Cartoons (click to view more cartoons by Fairrington)

Bob Englehart / Hartford Courant (click to view more cartoons by Englehart)

Adam Zyglis / Buffalo News (click to view more cartoons by Zyglis)

Tags michael bloomberg, New York City, soda, sugar

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Cam On The End Of The Sunday Ottawa Citizen

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date May 31, 2012

In an effort to cut costs, some newspapers in the U.S. and Canada have announced they are shedding print editions and moving to digital delivery of news. The Ottawa Citizen, owned by Postmedia Network Inc., will print its last Sunday paper on July 15, and plans on eliminating 20 newsroom jobs.

I asked Cam Cardow, the brilliant Canadian cartoonist and longtime Citizen contributor (who I syndicate thru CagleCartoons.com), what he thought of the grim announcement:

I’m a little shell-shocked byt this. I’m looking at the huge losses Postmedia is reporting and understand that those losses will lead to even more cuts, meaning jobs. Apparently the Citizen is expecting more announcements this summer and I think everyone has to be realistic about where the industry is ended and what this means for their employment status. It is a truly sad outcome for those of us of grew up with newspapers, who love the feel of the paper and the smell of the ink. You always hope for the best, but at some point you have to accept that just because the band is playing on doesn’t mean the plunge into the cold, black icy abyss will be put off any longer.

Tags Cam Cardow, Ottawa Citzen, Postmedia Network

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Romney Wins The Nomination… Finally

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date May 30, 2012

Last night, Mitt Romney finally sealed up the Republican nomination, breaching the 1,144-delegate plateau with his victory in the Texas primary. It feels like this race has been going on forever, so I thought I’d share five terrific Mitt Romney cartoons from our archive. It’s only going to get more entertaining for cartoonists from here…

R.J. Matson / St. Louis Post-Dispatch (click to view more cartoons by Matson)

John Darkow / Columbia Daily Tribune (click to view more cartoons by Darkow)

Tags gop nomination, Mitt Romney

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Mr. Fish's Offensive Memorial Day Cartoons

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date May 28, 2012

One of my favorite cartoonists is Mr. Fish (Dwayne Booth). He doesn’t censor himself for taste at all. I appreciate Fish’s unwillingness to compromise, so I thought I would post a handful of his controversial Memorial Day cartoons that I would never have drawn myself.