Rick McKee, who “created” the first syndicated political cartoon, drawn by artificial intelligence, has amassed an impressive collection of art he made through A.I. and he shares the images with us and talks about how it all works and the threat A.I. poses to to illustrators and editorial cartoonists. In case you were listening to the audio podcast and missed the art, these are the images we discussed on our podcast, Episode 6, and watch the video below!
Just want to listen? Try the audio version below:
Here are Rick’s A.I. created images that he talks about on the podcast:
What a difference an hour makes. Our Top Ten cartoons of the week changes from minute to minute as editors make new picks, and cartoons drop off when they get to be a week old –so it happened this week when I grabbed the Top Ten cartoons for our podcast earlier than my editor, Rob Tornoe, grabbed them for this column, and RJ Matson’s then #1 Social Security cartoon (that you can see in last week’s post at #8) dropped off of the list.
No matter, all the cartoons are great, and you can see a lot of great conversation about editorial cartoons, newspapers, and our crazy, troubled profession from our brilliant CagleCartoonists, Pat Bagley and RJ Matson.
With the news former President Jimmy Carter has been placed on hospice care, Dave Granlund tribute to the former peanut farmer and Navy veteran turned commander-in-chief was easily this week’s most popular cartoon among editors.
Otherwise, it was a mixed bag as far as topics go. Cartoons about inflation, the Ohio train derailment, and the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine were all popular with editors this week. I particularly liked Pat Bagley‘s riff on Little Red Riding Hood, facing a dark forest of social media sites.
Here are our top ten most reprinted cartoons of the week:
We have a big Caglecast video podcast this week with guest cartoonists Jeff Koterba and Dave Whamond discussing the Top Ten most reprinted cartoons of the week along with their own top ten most reprinted editorial cartoons of their careers with CagleCartoons. Its a must-see – click the video below.
Jeff has drawn for over thirty years for the top newspaper in Nebraska, his cartoons have flown around the world on the Space Shuttle Discovery, he’s consistently appearing among most popular cartoons, he hosts a show about classical music on radio station KVNO, he plays in a popular Swing band, the Prairie Cats, and he’s been struck by lightening.
Dave Whamond is incredibly prolific! He draw two comics, “Reality Check” and “Day by Dave.” He regularly shares the top editorial cartoon spots in the Top Ten with Jeff Koterba, he is a prolific illustrator who does puzzles, greeting cards and lots of top selling children’s books.
The list below is a bit different that the Top Ten in the video, because I grabbed the cartoons at a different hour than our editor Rob Tornoe, who does the columns for us –the most popular cartoons change every monute as editors download more.
Here are our top ten most reprinted cartoons of the week:
Check out our new Caglecast, Top Ten podcast — it is brand new and we haven’t gotten it set up on the podcast platforms yet, so this is a sneak peek. Or watch the video:
This week, it was all about balloons.
The Chinese spy balloon shot down by the U.S. after floating across the country was the perfect metaphor for cartoonists. So it’s no surprise that balloon cartoons made up a majority of our most-reprinted toons this week.
Editors also reprinted a lot of cartoons about President Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech, where he went back and forth with disapproving Republicans in real time. It’s been a wild week.
Here are our top ten most reprinted cartoons of the week:
Check out our new Caglecast, Top Ten podcast — it is brand new and we haven’t gotten it set up on the podcast platforms yet, so this is a sneak peek. Listen to the audio version:
Or watch the video:
Readers enjoy holiday cartoons, so it’s no surprise Groundhog Day cartoons were popular among editors this week.
But the most reprinted cartoon this week was a clever spoof of Indiana Jones by Rick McKee, featuring the adventuring archeologist risking it all for an expensive treasure – a bunch of eggs
Here are our top ten most reprinted cartoons of the week:
Most people probably can’t explain what the debt ceiling is, but it’s been in the news this week thanks to Republicans threatening economic calamity if their government spending demands aren’t met. Listen to the audio version:
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Another popular cartoon topic has been the troves of classified documents that keep popping up everywhere. Trump’s home. Biden’s garage. Pence’s home. At this point it’s likely I’ve draw a cartoon or two on the back of some top secret document that ended up on my drawing table.
Here are our top ten most reprinted cartoons of the week:
Cartoons poking fun at the skyrocketing cost of eggs were popular among editors this week, as Americans can’t go a week without inflation taking a bite out of their wallets.
Cartoons about classified documents also got a lot of play this week, thanks to the revelation that more classified documents were carelessly stored by President Joe Biden, including some found in his Delaware garage near his 1967 Corvette.
Here are our top ten most reprinted cartoons of the week:
While Kevin McCarthy’s delayed election as Speaker of the House drew all the headlines, opinion editors seemed much more interested this week in President Joe Biden’s trip to the border and the classified documents found in an old office and his garage.
Buffalo News cartoonists Adam Zyglis also drew a pair of popular cartoons about Damar Hamlin, the Bills safety who suffered a cardiac arrest during a game last week. Thankfully, Hamlin has recovered well, and was released from a Buffalo hospital on Wednesday.
These are the Top Ten from Wednesday to Wednesday, last week to the week before:
We calculate our Top Ten weekly cartoons from Wednesday to Wednesday, so we missed most of the battle for the Speaker of the House – we’ll have to see if editors are interested in that next week; there were certainly a lot of cartoons about it!
The new year was fresh on the minds of cartoonists last Wednesday to Wednesday, but editors also jumped on cartoons about Southwest’s lingering issues, which led to thousands of flight cancelations and lots of angry travelers.
Editors also liked Dave Whamond’s cartoon about Netflix, and how the streaming giant lost a bit of its luster over the past year.
Here are our top ten most reprinted cartoons of the week:
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Happy New Year! Here are our Top Ten most reprinted cartoons of the year. All of these cartoons were reprinted in over 200 newspapers, and they give us an insight into what editors want most as they continue to shy away from cartoons that depict partisan politics that readers might disagree with –there is nothing to disagree with here; no donkeys and elephants, no congress, no Supreme Court, nothing on Russia’s war on Ukraine, nothing about international issues at all.
Also, it is noteworthy that some cartoonists excel in giving editors what they want: Congratulations to Chris Weyant who has the #1 and #2 cartoon; Dave Granlund has three cartoons on the list; Jeff Koterba has two and our anonymous cartoonist, Rivers, also has two on the list. This is interesting because these cartoonists also draw many hard hitting cartoons that take strong positions that readers could disagree with. For most cartoonists, who want to bludgeon readers with their strong opinions, the editors’ choices are frustrating – that said, these are all great cartoons.
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We’re closing in on the end of another year, which means newspaper editors want cartoons featuring Father Time and Baby New Year.
Our most popular cartoon over the past week is Jeff Koterba’s one-two punch about low temperature and high heating bills smacking people across the country.
Here are our top ten most reprinted cartoons of the week:
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As you’d expect, a number of Christmas-themed cartoons were widely reprinted this week. But the most popular cartoon was a mashup involving Santa and Hunter Biden, who’s in search of a new laptop.
Inflation continues to be a popular topic among editors, as does anything involving Twitter and Elon Musk.
Here are our top ten most reprinted cartoons of the week:
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Rick McKee, who “created” the first syndicated political cartoon, drawn by artificial intelligence, has amassed an impressive collection of art he made through A.I. and he shares the images with us and talks about how it all works and the threat A.I. poses to to illustrators and editorial cartoonists. In case you were listening to the audio podcast and missed the art, these are the images we discussed on our podcast, Episode 6, and watch the video below!
