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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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After Halloween HORROR – Top Ten Cartoons

The most reprinted cartoons of last week were dominated by Halloween – just like the week before.  Editors love Halloween cartoons for all of October every year. (And the government shutdown is scary!)

It was easier to enjoy holidays like Halloween when the economy was strong, prices were affordable, and we weren’t worried about robots stealing our jobs.

Jeff Koterba brilliantly mined the malaise surrounding Halloween this year in our most-popular cartoon this week, which featured a trio of terrors – inflation, the government shutdown, and A.I.

Dave Whamond took a similar path in his funny Halloween cartoon that asks a simple question – why watch horror movies when you can just turn on the news?

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

#1. Jeff Koterba

#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. Dave Granlund

#4. Dave Whamond

#5. Bruce Plante

#6. Jeff Koterba

#7. R.J. Matson

#8. John Darkow

#9. Dave Whamond

#10. R.J. Matson

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Halloween hijinks: Top ten cartoons of the week

Even though we’re still a week away from Halloween, it’s never too early for cartoonists to flex their holiday-drawing muscles.

Our most-reprinted Halloween cartoon this week comes from Chris Weyant, who drew two pumpkins and the impact reading too many headlines can have. I laughed at Rick McKee’s cartoon, about a Frankenstein monster with chicken legs due to sky-high meat prices.

While many of our most popular cartoons this week were Halloween-related, the one reprinted most by editors was a funny take about the high-profile heist at the Louvre in Paris, France drawn by Gary McCoy.

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

#1. Gary McCoy

#2. Chris Weyant

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. Rick McKee

#4. Bob Englehart

#5. Dave Granlund

#6. John Darkow

#7. Jeff Koterba

#8. John Darkow

#9. Chris Weyant

#10. John Darkow

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Crazy times: Top ten cartoons of the week

A government shutdown. Costs continuing to rise. Soldiers on the streets of American cities. Political enemies of the president targeted by his administration. Reporters forced out of the Pentagon.

Outside of the peace deal between Israel and Hamas, is there actually any good news out there?

Chris Weyant tapped into that sentiment with one of our most-reprinted cartoons of the week, which features a gameshow appropriately called “How much more of this can I take?” I also enjoyed Dave Whamond’s cartoon, about Americans tuning out of the news and turning to Netflix instead.

Our most-reprinted cartoon was a wonderful John Darkow piece on the government shutdown, which is entering its third week with no end in sight. In his cartoon, Darkow wondered if we’ll all get a break on our taxes with the government at a standstill. I think you know the answer to that, which I guess is just more bad news.

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

#1. John Darkow

#2. Chris Weyant

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. Dave Whamond

#4. John Darkow

#5. John Darkow

#6. John Darkow

#7. Dave Granlund

#8. Margolis & Cox

#9. Rick McKee

#10. Bob Englehart

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Shutdown Drags On: Top Ten Cartoons of the Week

The government shutdown grinds forward, with no end in sight and no deal on the horizon to bring together Republicans and Democrats. In other words, it’s a mess, which isn’t exactly new for Washington.

Gary McCoy’s shutdown cartoon, featuring a student complaining about schools not being closed, was our most-reprinted cartoon this week. Bruce Plante’s boxing-themed cartoon – with both Republicans and Democrats bruised and battered – was also popular among editors.

I laughed at Pat Byrnes’ funny cartoon about Republicans and Democrats finally finding something to agree on – the full release of the Epstein files. Now if they can only find something to agree on to reopen the government.

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

#1. Gary McCoy

#2. Bruce Plante

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. John Cole

#4. Dave Granlund

#5. Bob Englehart

#6. John Cole

#7. Pat Byrnes

#8. Bob Englehart

#9. John Darkow

#10. R.J. Matson

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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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Cartoonists in Trouble: Zehra Ömeroğlu with Terry Anderson

Join host Daryl Cagle for a compelling episode of Caglecast, exploring the high stakes of political cartooning with guests Zehra Ömeroğlu and Terry Anderson. Zehra, a Turkish cartoonist, recounts her grueling five-year trial in Turkey over a satirical cartoon in LeMan magazine, facing potential imprisonment despite a recent acquittal now under appeal. Terry Anderson, Executive Director of Cartoonists Rights Network International, sheds light on global threats to cartoonists, from the shutdown of LeMan to arrests in Iran and Egypt. This episode uncovers the courage and risks behind political satire in an era of censorship and authoritarianism.

YouTube has rated our new podcast for adults only, which makes it difficult to find and view. Users must be registered with YouTube and must log in, and prove that they are over 18 years old to view the video. This has effectively blocked this important Caglecast from getting an audience on YouTube.

Guest Bios:

  • Zehra Ömeroğlu: A celebrated Turkish cartoonist and recipient of the 2025 Robert Russell Courage in Cartooning Award. Zehra faced a five-year trial for a LeMan cartoon deemed obscene, pushing her into partial exile. She’s currently working on a 200-page graphic novel about her ordeal and contributes to Cagle.com.
  • Terry Anderson: Executive Director of Cartoonists Rights Network International, tirelessly defending cartoonists facing censorship and persecution globally. Terry provides updates on critical cases, advocating for free expression in countries like Turkey, Iran, and Egypt.


Episode Highlights:

  • Zehra’s legal battle in Turkey and the ongoing appeal threatening her freedom
  • The closure of LeMan magazine and arrests of its editors over a controversial cartoon
  • Global cartoonist struggles, including Atena Farghadani’s release in Iran and Ashraf Omar’s detention in Egypt
  • The Charlie Hebdo cover mocking Erdogan and its diplomatic fallout
  • The New York Times’ 2019 decision to stop publishing editorial cartoons
  • The enduring power and peril of political cartoons in authoritarian regimes
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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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