DarylCagle.comAs the U.S. economy limps out of a devastating recession, home foreclosures continue to be a drain on economic growth. Some estimates show that as many as 5 million properties are over 60 days late on their mortgage payments.
While you’re waiting for this latest flood of foreclosures to end, you might as well try to laugh at our Flood of Foreclosures cartoon slideshow.
Last week, President Obama ordered the U.S. to begin a military offensive in Libya to establish a no-fly zone and protect civilians from being killed by crazy Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. Now, Obama is facing scrutiny from both sides of the aisle who claim the mission goals are both hypocritical and vague.
What do the nation’s best editorial cartoonists think? Check out our new Obama’s War in Libya cartoon slideshow to find out!
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Every Friday, we collect the best political cartoons of the week and present them in one oversized slideshow for you to enjoy. This week, we saw a new offensive begin in Libya, celebrated the one year anniversary of Obamacare and witnessed the passing of a movie icon.
Click here to view The Week in Political Cartoons slideshow.
Obituary cartoons are often among the most favored by readers, and most despised by cartoonists, more often than not involving the famous person at the pearly gates of heaven.
There are lots of things to remember Elizabeth Taylor for. From her Oscars and iconic movie roles to her many, many husbands, even her relationship with Michael Jackson, Taylor was larger then life. But with her violet, almond-shaped eyes, I think Taylor is most renowned for her beauty, and so far it seems a lot of cartoonists are focusing on her eyes in their cartoons.
To see how cartoonists are weighing in on the death of Elizabeth Taylor, come check out our Elizabeth Taylor RIP cartoon collection.
Here’s my newest cartoon about Libya and its crazy leader, Moammar Gadhafi. The U.S. complains about being broke, and we’re already engaged in two separate wars that have cost billions, yet here we are once again leading the charge against a power-crazy despot unwilling to step down:
People in foreign countries like to talk badly about the United States, but whenever it comes to a U.N. Resolution or an incident that requires force, we always seem to be the ones leading the way, bearing the weight of the engagement:
It’s not as if Gadhafi doesn’t deserve to be taken out. The power-hungry leader turned his weapons on his own people, killing innocent civilians in a last-ditch effort to remain in power, despite country-wide protests that followed the example of places like Tunisia and Egypt:
But none of that matters to Gadhafi. It doesn’t matter how much blood is shed, or who’s shedding it, as long as at the end of the day, he’s still in charge:
Happy Birthday Twitter! Yesterday marked the social networking Web site’s 5th anniversary. That’s right, it was only back in 2006 that Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey purchased Simon Oxley’s stock art Twitterbird image and launched what would become a global network where celebrities bicker, athletes vent and revolutionaries band together.
At Cagle Cartoons, we’re big fans of Twitter (you can follow me @dcagle), so I thought we’d mark the occasion by presenting some of the best cartoons about twitter to come through our Web site.
John Cole’s cartoon of the iconic twitterbird showcases the importance of Twitter following the disputed Iranian presidential elections back in 2009. Twitter become Iran’s lifeline to the outside, a way for Iranians to tell the world what was happening on the streets of Tehran in real time, as well as communicate among themselves.
Twitter was instrumental in helping spread the footage of the death of Neda Agha-Soltan, who become iconic in the struggle of Iranian protesters against the disputed election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Arizona Daily Star cartoonist David Fitzimmons captures the symbol that Neda became for the Iranian people in his cartoon…
John Cole captures the lighter side of Twitter, as journalists accustomed to daily deadlines have quickly had to adapt a changing world of instant news 140 characters at a time.
Recently, Twitter has helped organizers gather large crowds in the Middle East and overthrow dictators who held power for years. Dutch cartoonist Joep Bertrams captures this force in his cartoon…
Meanwhile, Denver Post cartoonist Mike Keefe shows the implications of the growth of “social media” and Twitter…
Keefe also sees Twitter as a de-evolution of human communication…
President Obama and his family touched down Saturday in Brazil as part of a five-day South American trip intended to focus on jobs. Brazilian cartoonist Carlos Latuff, like most international cartoonists, thinks Obama is more interested in oil than anything else.  Greedy, oil-thirsty, domineering American presidents are an enduring, international theme.  Sometimes it is good to be reminded of the one-dimensional way the world sees us.
The caption at the top of the cartoon translates to: “Obama reaches Rio…”
Obama (dressed as a conquistador)Â is asking the Brazilian beach-goer, “Where is the pre-salt?” Â (The pre-salt layer, according to Wikipedia, is an oil-rich geological formation on the continental shelves off the coast of Africa and Brazil.)
Here are some more cartoons by Latuff about Obama’s trip to Brazil:
When a natural disaster occurs with as much force and power as the earthquake and tsunami that recent struck Japan, a cartoonist is often faced with the challenge of tying to be thoughtful without abandoning his or her own originality. Â I wanted to avoid Japanese flags, Godzilla and references to World War II (see my post about Japanese cartoon “Yahtzees”).
With my first cartoon about the tsunami, I wanted to use a simple image to express sorrow for the Japanese people …
When I was a kid, in the 1960’s, Reddy Kilowatt was the face of modern, nuclear energy …
Here are a couple of guys who always make me laugh …
In the aftermath of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that leveled Japan over the weekend, the explosion at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has elevated fears of nuclear fallout. Some are putting the accident on a level just below Chernobyl.
Cartoonists from around the world are weighing in the dangerous situation, as well as it’s ramification for nuclear energy worldwide. See what they think in our Nuclear Crisis cartoon slideshow.
Every once and a while, cartoonists working hundreds of miles apart will conjure up similar ideas for a cartoon on the same subject. When five or more cartoonists draw the same gag, we refer to these as “Yahtzees.” Our most recent Yahtzee featured Leslie Nielsen and his famous “don’t call me Shirley” line from “Airplane.”
In the aftermath of the disaster that has devastated Japan, several cartoon Yahtzees have emerged from the cartoonists covering this tragic, ongoing event.
As they tend to be instantly-recognizable visual metaphors, cartoonists often use a country’s flag in their cartoon commentary. The Japanese flag is no different, as these cartoonists show:
Another visual metaphor that is conjured up by the tsunami is “The Great Wave off Kanagawa,” a famous woodblock print by the Japanese artist Hokusai. This was also used by several cartoonists:
Finally, as the news broke of the possible meltdown of several nuclear reactors, another similar thought crept into the mind of several cartoonists: Godzilla. The famous Japanese icon made its way into at least five cartoons about the disaster, qualifying it as the third unique cartoon Yahtzee:
An 8.9 magnitude earthquake rocked Japan overnight, creating a 23-foot tsunami that swept through coastal areas in Northern Japan, killing hundreds of people. Whenever a natural disaster or tragic event occurs, cartoonists are there to weigh in and present a unique perspective, often saying more with one powerful image than all the words on a page combined (that’s my cartoon below).
View the cartoons that have come in so far about the disaster in Japan’s Enormous Earthquake cartoon slideshow. We’ll update it as more come in.
$3.70. That’s the average price of gas where I live in California. In fact, the statewide average price of unleaded regular is $3.91 a gallon, up 50 cents from the Feb. 8 AAA survey. And as long as that crazy dictator in Libya is hell bent on shooting his citizens instead of relinquishing power, I imaging we can expect more of the same at the pump.
Check out what cartoonists think about the rising cost of gas in our new Gas Turmoil cartoon collection.
