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Washington Post Kills a Cartoon, Cartoonist Resigns – Good for Her

I’ve been impressed with the news coverage generated by cartoonist, Ann Telnaes’ impactful resignation from her gig at the Washington Post. Her resignation and statement made her point loudly and effectively about the disturbing influence that billionaires, who are sympathetic to Trump, like the WA Post’s Jeff Bezos and LA Times’ Patrick Soon-Shiong, have on media that we’ve traditionally been able to trust.
Perhaps one resignation is worth a thousand cartoons. Too bad you can only resign once.

Here is Ann’s drawing that the Post killed:

From left, The Washington Post’s Jeff Bezos, OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, The LA Times’ Patrick Soon-Shiong, Disney’s Mickey Mouse and Donald Trump.
The Post’s editorial page editor claims he killed the cartoon because it has similar subject matter to an article he planned to print in the future, and not because of criticism of Trump and the Post’s billionaire owner (not an argument that seems to carry much weight with the cartoonists).
Here are some of our recent cartoons about Bezos and the Post.
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My Newsletter to Our Cartoonists

Today I thought I would share today’s email newsletter that I sent to our cartoonists. Every week I send them a graph of the most reprinted cartoons of the week, and news about their royalty payments and other syndicate stuff that only cartoonists should be worried about.  –Daryl

Hi Cartoonists,

Payments
The last royalty payments to the USA cartoonists went in the mail on December 31st; you should be receiving them now. Payments for the 4th quarter of 2024 will go out to the international cartoonists soon. We’ll do the 1099s in about two weeks.

New Podcast: Most Popular/Most Reprinted Cartoons of 2024
Our new podcast is a master class in what editors want. I discuss the 35 most reprinted cartoons of the year with our two cartoonists who dominated reprints in syndication last year, Jeff Koterba and Chris Weyant. See it here: https://youtu.be/SZ42XoU6eUQ

Supply isn’t a good match for demand in editorial cartoons. Think of our syndicate like a store that contains thousands of products for sale, of which almost all the customers select only the same twenty products to buy. This podcast isn’t a judgement on which cartoons are good; it is only a judgement on which cartoons the editors wanted.

You’ll notice some commonalities in the cartoons that the demand side is looking for – funny cartoons that everyone can agree with that express commonly and widely held feelings about the news. Notice that there are no cartoons depicting Trump in the top 35, and no cartoons about news from outside the USA, aside from the Olympics and a couple of space aliens. Both conservative and liberal editors tend to select the same cartoons these days.

Congratulations to Jeff and Chris for their outstanding performance with editors last year. And congrats to the other cartoonists who drew their way into the most popular 35 cartoons last year, Dave Whamond, John Darkow, Rick McKee, Bob Englehart, Gary McCoy, Dave Granlund, RJ Matson, Adam Zyglis, Randy Enos and Guy Parsons. These cartoonists perform well with editors consistently.

The Top Twenty Cartoons of Last Week
Congratulations to Dave Whamond for a commanding performance last week – with the top cartoon and three in the Top Ten! (Enter the image number into the SEARCH on CagleCartoons.com to see each cartoon image.)

Here is Dave’s #1 cartoon of the last week:

And here is Chris Weyant’s #1 cartoon of 2024:

Thanks, everyone!

Daryl

 

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New Cartoons Slideshow

I tried a new format for our cartoons – a slideshow of the past, best 35 cartoons on YouTube; take a look at: https://youtu.be/IjfJTXdZ5F4?si=V4qxArlwUmZ6A5dQ 

Readers tell me that it goes too fast and I should slow it down so there is more time to study each cartoon without pausing.  OK.  Next time.  Here are three cartoons from this nice slideshow that made me laugh.
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Droning on: Top ten cartoons of the week and CHRISTMAS

For the past few weeks, mysterious drones flying over New Jersey have raised a lot of questions that remain largely unanswered by the government.

Authorities have said there’s nothing to worry about, and that a majority of the drone sightings are actually planes and passenger jets. Yet this week, the FAA temporarily banned drone flights over 20 locations in New Jersey “out of an abundance of caution.”

Not surprisingly, our cartoonists were fixated on the drone story, using the timing of Christmas to point their fingers at Santa. I liked Rick McKee’s cartoon, which features three wise men and a drone stand-in for the North Star.

McKee also had our most-reprinted cartoon of the week, but it didn’t have anything to do with drones – it shows Santa being confronted by a kid with an empty stocking. Just wait until Trump’s tariffs kick in.

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

#1. Rick McKee

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#2. John Darkow

#3. Dave Granlund

#4. Gary McCoy

#5. Dave Whamond

#6. Dave Whamond

#7. Rick McKee

#8. Dave Granlund

#9. Bill Day

#10. Dave Whamond

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Thanksgiving Wrap-up – Top 10 Cartoons

Thanksgiving has come and gone, and the least surprising development was the popularity of our turkey day cartoons.

Some cartoonists hate drawing holiday cartoons, but editors and readers clearly love them. Especially in a year where sweeping political change is heading towards Washington.

Rick McKee won the holiday, penning our three most popular cartoons of the week. Turns out lots of people were worried about politics ruining their feasts.

I also enjoyed Dave Granlund’s cartoon comparing the crowded conditions on the Mayflower with the congested roads of Thanksgiving today.

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

#1. Rick McKee

And don’t miss our new video podcast on YouTube about brave world cartoonists who face years in prison to chill their cartoons!  Could America’s cartoonists be headed toward this fate?

#2. Rick McKee

#3. Rick McKee

#4. Dave Granlund

#5. Bill Day

#6. Randall Enos

#7. Bob Englehart

#8. Gary McCoy

#9. Monte Wolverton

#10. Bill Day

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Daryl’s Best ELECTION DAY Cartoons!

Here are my favorite Election Day cartoons!  Go out and VOTE!

This is a pleasant daydream.

Here’s my new cartoon appreciating poll workers. I debated with myself whether to make them a bronze statue or just people raising the flag Iwo Jima style.

This is an oldie, revised from the cover of one of my Best Political Cartoons of the Year books. I changed it to be an election day cartoon.

Here’s a recent cartoon that was a popular one. I can stretch my mind and imagine why some doofus would vote for Trump; but I can’t imagine why anyone is undecided.

On election day. I’m sure everyone will be nice.

Vote!

I do lots of old folks watching TV.

This one isgood for every election.

I drew this one about Republican efforts to disenfranchise black voters. It takes many forms.

That’s it! Now go out and VOTE!

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Debate Debacle – Top Ten Cartoons of the Week!

That debate was… something.

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris faced off for the first time this week, and cartoonists seem to have focused their efforts on the former president’s false claim migrants are eating the pets of residents in Springfield, Ohio. I liked Jeff Koterba’s cartoon, which melded Trump’s “They’re eating the dogs” line and JD Vance’s earlier attacks on “childless cat ladies.”

Our most popular cartoon following Tuesday debate was Dave Whamond’s funny riff of Trump saying he has a “concept of a plan” on health care.

Back in Washington, D.C., R.J. Matson reminded all of us about the impending government shutdown, which will happen on Oct. 1 if our politics don’t get their act together.

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

#1. Dave Whamond

#2. Jeff Koterba

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#3. John Cole

#4. Jeff Koterba

#5. John Darkow

#6. R.J. Matson

#7. Randall Enos

#8. Randall Enos

#9. Dave Granlund

#10. Gary McCoy

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Top Ten Cartoons! Football Widows and Battleground States!

Ads, ads, and more ads.

If you are unlucky enough to live in a battleground state, you’ve probably been inundated with an endless stream of campaign commercials. Bob Englehart’s widely-reprinted cartoon hit the nail on the head, while Dave Granlund and R.J. Matson both mocked the idea voters could still be undecided after such a deluge of information.

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

#1. Bob Englehart

#2. Gary McCoy

#3. Jeff Koterba

#4. John Darkow

#5. Dave Granlund

#6. Jeff Koterba

#7. Randall Enos

#8. R.J. Matson

#9. John Darkow

#10. Jeff Koterba

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Trump Mud Romp and the Best of Wexler and Jones

Our brand new Caglecast features brilliant caricaturists Ed Wexler and Taylor Jones along with their favorite Trump Bashing cartoons. Readers have written asking for the cartoonists to talk more about their art process, so Ed and Taylor show off a bunch of their favorite cartoons and discuss discuss how they approach drawing celebrities in the news.

Taylor Jones shows his favorite Trump cartoons in our new podcast  …

And Taylor talks about his other carticature work, including this one, which is one of my favorites. Readers tell me they want to hear more from our artists about their process of doing their art.  OK.  I hear you.

I’m sorry it has been so long since the last podcast –I’ve been away!  There is more to come, I promise!

The episode starts off with Ed talking about his Trump alphabet, which has led to a number of lively Trump cartoons, like the ones below. Ed has a special exhibition this year at the St Just about his Trump Alphabet cartoons!

And ed talks about his brilliant caricature work, like this front/back cover for the Hollywood Reporter.

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Top Ten Cartoons! The election, old hippies, and back to school!

It’s been a whirlwind month in the world of politics, capped off by the Democratic National Convention and Kamala Harris officially accepting the Democratic presidential nomination.

One of our most-reprinted cartoons this week was a celebration of Joe Biden by Chris Weyant, who gained newfound popularity among Democrats after dropping out of the race. It sure seems like Donald Trump is regretting his decision to participate in an early debate, now that he has to face Harris.

Despite everything going on politically, our most popular cartoon this week was Dave Granlund’s celebration of Woodstock’s 55th anniversary, the legendary music festival at Yasgur’s Farm that took place on a rainy August weekend in 1969. Here’s to peace and music.

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

#1. Dave Granlund

#2. Chris Weyant

See our Podcast on YouTube with Ed Wexler and Taylor Jones talking about their best Trump cartoons and their favorite caricature cartoons!

 

#3. Dave Granlund

#4. Jeff Koterba

#5. Guy Parsons

#6. Rivers

#7. Rick McKee

#8. John Darkow

#9. Daryl Cagle

#10. Randall Enos


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I Just Did My First Cartoon in Procreate

Here is my first try at doing a cartoon in Procreate.

It is my first steps.  Like a baby picture.  I’ve been getting my arm twisted by my son and a bunch of my artists to get off of Photoshop and my desktop Mac, and move to Procreate on an iPad.  Here’s a detail.

My son, Buster, is doing all of his art on the iPad now, as are many of the CagleCartoonists. Some of them brag about how little time it takes them to color their cartoons. Rivers, our anonymous, conservative cartoonist is an example – he draws his cartoons alarmingly quickly in Procreate.

Rivers‘ linework is wonderful.  He created his own “pen” for Procreate, that he shared with me and has been encouraging me to use. It is a lovely “pen” but I’m not there yet. I didn’t draw this cartoon in Procreate, I only painted it on the iPad and drew it in pencil on paper.  I know.  I’m late coming to this, and it took a lot of nagging to get me here, and this first one was a struggle – but I see that I have to do it.

I used watercolor brushes for this one, and it really does look like watercolor. Everyone can witness my next, painful baby steps with my next cartoons.  (I cringe looking at this one.)  If drawing cartoons was easier and faster, I would draw more cartoons, which is something I really should be doing.

There’s a lot I give up with Procreate. I like CMYK and true black lines on the K channel.  Procreate doesn’t do that, and a lot of the things that Photoshop does easily are a challenge in Procreate. Still, gotta do it.

Here’s one from Rivers done in Procreate with his lovely pen.

BACK TO SCHOOL by Rivers

 

Here’s one from Pat Bagley, drawn in Procreate, with his charming “carpenter’s pencil” lines.

ROAD TO DEMOCRACY by Pat Bagley

 

Here’s a lovely, bloody oldie from the great Steve Sack, all done in Procreate.

AUTOGRAPH HOUNDS by Steve Sack

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Catching up! Back to School Blues Top Ten!

Wow! Two Top Ten Catoons fo the Week in two days!  Well … that’s because I was traveling and I’m back now and slowly catching up.  This one is the latest Top Ten, for last week!  Really!   And I’ll get a new podcast up very soon – I promise!

Parents are normally ecstatic when it’s time for their children to shuffle back to school. But thanks to inflation, the price of just about everything remains high, including that cost of school supplies.

Jeff Koterba’s cartoon about budgeting for back-to-school was our most-reprinted cartoon of the week. Bob Englehart’s cartoon about the whole thing being a scam was also popular with editors.

As far as politics are concerned, I chuckled at Chris Weyant’s cartoon about the annoying back-and-forth over crowd sizes, while Dick Wright dinged Kamala Harris for copying Donald Trump’s plan to make tips tax free.

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

#1. Jeff Koterba

#2. Bob Englehart

#3. Randal Enos

#4. John Darkow

#5. Dick Wright

#6. Chris Weyant

#7. Jeff Koterba

#8. John Darkow

#9. Dick Wright

#10. Dave Granlund

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