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Thanksgiving tariffs: Top ten cartoons of the week

Thanksgiving is a good reminder how expensive everything remains at the grocery store. So much for Donald Trump’s promise to lower grocery prices “on Day One.”

Editors know their readers are feeling the pinch. That’s why Dave Whamond’s cartoon satirizing a famed Norman Rockwell painting (with a much smaller Thanksgiving spread) was among our most popular of the week. Trump lowered tariffs on a host of products, but as Chris Weyant points out in his widely-reprinted cartoon, don’t expect much to change until the 2028 election, which is a few years away.

One cartoon I laughed at wasn’t related to tariffs at all – it was Dave Granlund’s toon mocking Trump’s unsanctioned assault on the boat of an allege drug runner, but the only crew are the Skipper and Gilligan, too. Though I wonder how many readers under the age of 50 get the joke.

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

#1. Chris Weyant

#2. Dave Whamond

We have a great new Caglecast podcast about Trump’s impending attack on Venezuela and it’s crooked president, Nicolas Maduro – with two great cartoonists, Taylor Jones and Arcadio Esquivel. The conversation gets into to how-to-draw and A.I., like most conversations around here do. Its fun!  Come watch!

#3. Gary McCoy

#4. Bob Englehart

#5. Monte Wolverton

#6. Dave Whamond

#7. Rick McKee

#8. Dave Granlund

#9. Dave Granlund

#10. Dave Whamond

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Democrats cave: Top ten cartoons of the week

The government is reopened and Democrats are being mocked for caving. Looks like everything is back to normal in Washington.

Our most-reprinted cartoon of the week was John Darkow’s perfect shutdown metaphor, comparing Democrats trusting Republicans to extend Obamacare subsidies to Lucy holding the football for Charlie Brown. I think we all know how this will end.

Our cartoonists covered a lot of ground this week, with popular cartoons about Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving, and even the northern lights. I personally liked Rick McKee’s cartoon about the old woman who lives in a shoe, a lucky recipient of one of Trump’s 50-year mortgages. I wonder if she’s still making payments.

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

#1. John Darkow

#2. Dave Granlund

We have a great new Caglecast podcast about Trump’s impending attack on Venezuela and it’s crooked president, Nicolas Maduro – with two great cartoonists, Taylor Jones and Arcadio Esquivel. The conversation gets into to how-to-draw and A.I., like most conversations around here do. Its fun!  Come watch!

#3. Dave Granlund

#4. Bruce Plante

#5. Dave Granlund

#6. Bob Englehart

#7. Jeff Koterba

#8. Rick McKee

#9. Margolis & Cox

#10. Rick McKee

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No One’s Listening: Top 10 Must-See Political Cartoons Exposing the Government Shutdown Chaos!

As the government shutdown enters its sixth week, Republicans and Democrats don’t seem much closer to a solution both sides can agree on.

As Bob Englehart notes in his popular cartoon this week, we’re not listening to one another. The loudest, harshest voices dominate the discussion, with one side yelling at the other, as Gary McCoy depicted in his funny toon.

Hopefully the sweeping Election Night Democrats had this week loosens things up in Washington so a deal can get done before planes start falling from the sky. Our cartoonists don’t seem too optimistic about that.

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

#1. Bob Englehart

#2. John Darkow

We have a great new Caglecast podcast about Trump’s impending attack on Venezuela and it’s crooked president, Nicolas Maduro – with two great cartoonists, Taylor Jones and Arcadio Esquivel. The conversation gets into to how-to-draw and A.I., like most conversations around here do. Its fun!  Come watch!#3. Dave Granlund

#4. Gary McCoy

#5. Bob Englehart

#6. Dave Whamond

#7. Dave Granlund

#8. Dick Wright

#9. R.J. Matson

#10. Harley Schwadron

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California’s Proposition 50 and Gerrymandering!

Today is election day!  Go Vote!

This is my new cartoon about the message that California is sending to Trump and Republicans with Proposition 50 (which is likely to pass).

Elections now are all about crazy gerrymandering, where elected officials get to choose their voters, instead of the other way around.

And the process leaves us all tied in a knot.

And we’re screwed.

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Charlie Kirk and civil discourse: Top ten cartoons of the week

Cartoons are still just coming in following the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, but the tragic death of the young pundit is clearly the focus of both readers and editors as the week ends.

Jeff Koterba’s cartoon showing the Statue of Liberty’s bloody torch of “civil discourse” is already one of our most-reprinted cartoons this week. R.J. Matson’s popular 9/11 cartoon highlighted the growing political divide that might have played a role in Kirk’s untimely death at the end of an assassin’s bullet.

Our most-reprinted cartoon wasn’t about a news topic at all – it was Rick McKee’s fun look at the return of football, which is as good a form of distraction as anything else these days… unless you’re a New York Jets fan.

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

#1. Rick McKee

#2. Dave Granlund

I recently went to Italy for the World Humor Awards exhibition and awards. I made new friends and had a great time, so I made a podcast discussing all the winning cartoons with our new, Italian Cagle Cartoonist Marco de Angelis and ISCA (the caricaturist organization) president, Robin Schwartzman, who were jurors for the exhibition and great cartoonists.  Come look!

#3. Jeff Koterba

#4. R.J. Matson

#5. R.J. Matson

#6. Dave Granlund

#7. Rick McKee

#8. John Darkow

#9. Dave Whamond

#10. John Darkow

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Redistricting/Gerrymandering fight: Top ten cartoons!

What do people want to read about in the waining days of summer? Gerrymandering.

In Texas, at the behest of Donald Trump, Republicans pushed through a controversial new election map expected to cost five Democrats in Congress their seats during next year’s midterm elections. Democrats in California responded by creating their own map that would flip five Republican congressional seats, a move which will be decided by voters during a special election in November.

This race to the bottom was the target of Monte Wolverton’s cartoon, our most-reprinted this week. I also liked Dave Whamond’s popular cartoon comparing new congressional maps to a Jackson Pollock painting.

With everything else going on, how much do American’s care? Are they even checked in? As Chris Weyant summed up well in his new back-to-school cartoon, the kids are happy “just to get a break from the news cycle.”

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

#1. Monte Wolverton

#2. John Darkow

CagleCast Episode 70 features 113 hard-hitting Jeffrey Epstein and Trump-themed cartoons! Showcasing the sharp wit of top cartoonists Dave Whamond, Rick McKee, Steve Sack, Pat Byrnes and dozens more. From Epstein conspiracy theories to political commentary, these cartoons are a pedophile nightmare for Trump fans! Come look!

#3. Dave Whamond

#4. Dave Granlund

#5. Dave Granlund

#6. Chris Weyant

#7. Taylor Jones

#8. John Cole

#9. Dave Whamond

#10. Dave Granlund

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Tariff time: Top ten cartoons of the week

Trump’s tariffs are back on, with dozens of key trading partners being slapped this week with so-called “reciprocal” tariffs Trump may or may not walk back.

I liked John Darkow’s cartoon, which mixed the furor of tariffs with wildfire smoke from Canada clouding our economic future. John Koterba also had a funny tariff cartoon involving a mom rushing to buy back to school supplies before prices go up.

But our most popular cartoon of the week, drawn by Chris Weyant, tackled the looming presence of AI by quoting philosopher René Descartes. I recall he also had another famous line about doubt being the origin of wisdom, something all these tech cheerleaders seem to be lacking.

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

#1. Chris Weyant

#2. John Darkow

CagleCast Episode 70 features 113 hard-hitting Jeffrey Epstein and Trump-themed cartoons! Showcasing the sharp wit of top cartoonists Dave Whamond, Rick McKee, Steve Sack, Pat Byrnes and dozens more. From Epstein conspiracy theories to political commentary, these cartoons are a pedophile nightmare for Trump fans! Come look!

#3. Jeff Koterba

#4. Jeff Koterba

#5. Jeff Koterba

#6. Bruce Plante

#7. John Darkow

#8. Gary McCoy

#9. John Darkow

#10. Margolis & Cox

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Summer and AI: Top ten cartoons of the week

While it’s never really quiet with Trump in office, the summer does provide some relief from the relentless pace of news.

Without politics in the forefront, two topics dominated our list of the most-reprinted cartoons this week – the continued expansion of AI and the overwhelming heat.

I enjoyed John Darkow’s popular cartoon about AI, which featured classic robots from Lost in Space and The Twilight Zone. John’s funny cartoon about the scorching temperatures also topped our list, focused on a man who asked about the heat one too many times.

But our most-reprinted cartoon of the week by far, drawn by Dave Granlund, focused on the increasing cost of health care in the U.S. Can’t we get AI to fix that?

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

#1. Dave Granlund

#2. John Darkow



CagleCast Episode 70 features 113 hard-hitting Jeffrey Epstein and Trump-themed cartoons! Showcasing the sharp wit of top cartoonists Dave Whamond, Rick McKee, Steve Sack, Pat Byrnes and dozens more. From Epstein conspiracy theories to political commentary, these cartoons are a pedophile nightmare for Trump fans! Come look!

#3. Bob Englehart

#4. John Darkow

#5.Dave Whamond

#6. Dave Granlund

#7. Dave Whamond

#8. Chris Weyant

#9. Dick Wright

#10. John Darkow

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Cartoons for the Classroom

You may remember Newspapers in Edication (NIE) from decades ago when they would deliver stacks of newspapers to classrooms across America; they are still around and have been partnering with the AAEC (Association of American Editorial Cartoonists) for years to do their “Cartoons for the Classroom” lesson plans, that you can see linked on the front page of the AAEC site, editorialcartoonists.com.

I’ve given NIE permission to use Cagle Cartoons in their “Cartoons for the Classroom” lesson plans (the current one is below). They are using Cagle Cartoons exclusively now.  In the past they also used cartoons from other AAEC member cartoonists, taken from the AAEC Web site, but the AAEC is no longer posting cartoons from their members on their site, so I gave NIE permission to use only Cagle Cartoons in their lesson plans (which greatly improves the lesson plans.) There’s a new one posted every two weeks.

I got this nice note from Ray Jesky, who has worked on this project for 22 years:

Hi Daryl,

Cartoons for the Classroom was started 22 years ago by my friends and colleagues, Felix Grabowski and Larry Wright, who taught thousands of students to understand how editorial cartoons deliver a message. I have tried to carry on for the past 11 years.

We always used Cagle Cartoons and other sources. Now, your cartoonists are the exclusive source for our lessons. Our latest biweekly lesson can be found at https://nieonline.com/theforum/cftc.cfm.

I am very grateful to Cagle cartoonists, and I welcome their advice (which I desperately need), their criticism (which I’ll probably ignore), or praise (which I undoubtedly deserve).

Seriously, thank you all very much!

Ray Jeskey
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NIE is not a centralized organization but a framework adopted by various newspapers and non-profit groups worldwide. It operates through partnerships rather than as a subsidiary of a single entity.  NIEonline.com is a service that supports many newspapers’ NIE programs by hosting and updating educational content. It collaborates with newspapers like our nice subscribers, the Tampa Bay Times and The Bay Area News Group (San Jose Mercury News) to provide cartoon-based lessons and other resources.

Kids need to learn about the news, and they need to understand visual metaphors.  Come take a look.  The lesson plans are lots of fun.

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Texas tragedy: Top ten cartoons of the week!

At least 120 people are dead – including scores of kids – after devastating floods ravaged a central Texas county last week. That number will almost surely go up, and reports indicate Trump’s deep cuts to the National Weather Service may have played a role in limiting the response.

While a lot of Texas flooding cartoons were used by editors this week, their favorite was a simple yet sympathetic response to the tragedy drawn by Bob Englehart. Jeff Koterba’s flood cartoon, also popular with editors, was more pointed – it featured Elon Musk dancing on the roof of a flooded house waiving his government-slashing chainsaw.

Speaking of Musk, he also made an appearance in our most-reprinted cartoon of the week, a criticism of his new America Party drawn by Jonathan Brown. The bumper sticker on the car in the cartoon says it all: “Get us out of this mess.”

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

#1. Jonathan Brown

#2. Dave Whamond

We have a great new Caglecast with 115 cartoons of Trump vs MUSK –Cartoonists love the friction between these two, wacky characters! This also includes a great discussion about Elon Musk cartoons with Dave Whamond, Monte Wolverton, Jeff Koterba and Bob Englehart!
#3. Bob Englehart

#4. Jeff Koterba

#5. Michael de Adder

#6. Dave Whamond

#7. Jonathan Brown

#8. John Darkow

#9. Margolis & Cox

#10. Adam Zyglis

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Fireworks galore: Top ten cartoons of the week

There’s been plenty of fireworks to go around recently, between Trump’s combative rhetoric and Congress passing a controversial budget that cuts taxes and Medicaid.

Thankfully this week we get fun fireworks added to the mix as we celebrate our country’s birthday, despite our founders believing we’d all be eating burgers and drinking beers on July 4.

While this week’s top ten list is dominated by the holiday, our most-reprinted cartoon mocks the hapless Democrats, where the fireworks are between the party’s young activists and old guard.

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

#1. Chris Weyant

#2. Gary McCoy

At about the same time that our cartoonist, Zehra Omeroglu was aquitted, and is no longer facing three years in Turkish prison.  This week, another cartoonist in Turkey, Dogan Pehlivan (along with the editorial staff of the Le Man magazine) was arrested for drawing a cartoon that Turkish authorities didn’t like – this is the same magazine that published Zehra’s offending cartoon.

See Zehra tell her story and show her cartoon that got her arrested at 4:09 in our video below.

#3. Bruce Plante

#4. Jonathan Brown

#5. Bob Englehart

#6. Dave Whamond

#7. Dave Granlund

#8. R.J. Matson

#9. John Darkow

#10. R.J. Matson

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No Jail for Zehra! Our Cartoonist from Turkey is Acquitted!

Our CagleCartoonist from Turkey, Zehra Ömeroglu, was just acquitted! Zehra has been on trial for “obscenity” in Turkey, facing a possible sentence of three years in prison; she fled to Germany while the trial continued in her absence. You can see Zehra’s cartoons and bio on Cagle.com here: https://cagle.com/zehra

See Zehra tell her story and show her cartoon that got her arrested at 4:09 in the video below.
Also on the podcast are CagleCartoonist Emad Hajjaj, who was jailed in Jordan for a cartoon, and now lives in Virginia, along with Terry Anderson from CartoonistsRights.org.

This podcast is called “Jailed Cartoonists and the Cartoons that put them in JAIL.” I’ll do a followup podcast with Zehra soon and she’ll tell us about her last few months, about how she’s doing after the acquittal, and she’ll tell us about the new graphic novel she’s working on, about her five years on trial, threatened with years in prison in Turkey.  Scary stuff!

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