Trump Doggie!

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date December 9, 2020

Here’s my new cartoon, “What the Doggie Hears”.

I’ve actually drawn quite a few Trump Doggies. I remember when Trump hired his The Apprentice contestant, Omarosa, in the White House, then he called her a “dog” and she bit back, writing a tell-all book.

Here is Trump as Putin’s dutiful doggie, when Trump was congratulating Putin on his re-election.

Here’s a Christmas cartoon from 2016 with Trump and former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson as Putin presents.

Here are some of my favorite Trump Doggies from the CagleCartoonists. This one is from Bill Day.

Here’s a Trump doggie oldie with ex-Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan, by Ed Wexler.

Here is a great one from Taylor Jones.

This one with Trump and France’s President Macron is by Dutch cartoonist Joep Bertrams.

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Tags coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID19, dog, doggie, donald trump, election fraud, election-2020biden-2020, election-fraud-2020, fake news, pandemic, president, Rex Tillerson, rigged election, trump-and-covid, Uncle Sam, Vladimir Putin

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COVID Keeps Growing

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date December 8, 2020

Here’s my cartoon comparing the sizes of the worst pandemics in history.

The cartoon may look familiar; I’ve been updating it as deaths from COVID-19 have been growing through the year, with deaths now rounded off at 300,000 in the USA and 1,600,000 worldwide. That’s our coronavirus in the lower right corner – here’s what he looked like a couple of months ago on September 20th when there were “only” 950,000 worldwide deaths and he didn’t even merit legs.

Moving back to August 3rd, COVID-19 was looking pretty tiny at only 690,000 worldwide deaths.

Our coronavirus was little more than a speck back on March 30th when the worldwide death estimate was only “thousands.”
COVID deaths are skyrocketing now and I’ll keep updating the cartoon every month or two. It is likely that our COVID-19 character will grow larger than the combined 17th Century Great Plagues (bottom row left) that were resurgences of the Bubonic Plague in Europe. Later this Spring, COVID-19 may stand taller than the Antonin Plague (top row right) that killed as much as one third of the population of the Roman Empire in 165 to 180 AD and was suspected to be either smallpox or measles.

With so many people who won’t have access to a vaccine, or who reject taking a vaccine, there’s no telling how long I’ll keep updating this cartoon, and how big COVID will grow.

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Cartoon Journalism in The Nation

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date December 6, 2020

My brilliant cartoon-journalist daughter, Susie Cagle, graces the cover of the current issue of The Nation magazine. Susie does original reporting in cartoon form.

Most cartoon-journalists draw in an autobiographical format, drawing themselves reporting a story or depicting themselves as part of a story. Cartoonists often illustrate the work of journalists; the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartoons in 2018 was awarded to a cartoonist who illustrated the work of a journalist, something many cartoonists don’t consider to be either editorial cartooning or cartoon-journalism, rather it is simply “illustration.”

Traditional editorial cartoonists, who draw their own opinions, consider themselves journalists; we are graphic columnists – but original, non-autobiographical reporting by cartoonists is very rare. It is great to see The Nation embrace real cartoon-journalism.

Susie’s cover article reports on how hospitals are crippled by big-money monopolies at a critical time. Here are some excerpts. See the whole article.

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Tags cartoon-journalism, coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID19, Eli Lilly, Gilead Systems, HCA Healthcare, health care, magazine cover, medicine, monopolies, pandemic, Providence, Pulitzer Prize, Scension, Susie Cagle, The Nation, vaccine

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Top Ten Cartoons of the Week – November 28, 2020

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date November 28, 2020

Here are our most reprinted cartoons of last week (November 21st through November 28th 2020). The Top Ten cartoons dominated newspaper editors’ choices again this week. The top three cartoons did especially well.

Six holiday cartoons made the list; seven of the cartoons were about the pandemic. No drawings of Trump or Biden were popular with newspaper editors. No cartoons about foreign issues were popular. The Top Ten cartoons dominated the choices of editors, again this week.

Dave Granlund had a great week with a very popular #1 cartoon and two cartoons in the Top Ten. Dave Whamond and Jeff Koterba also had impressive weeks, each with two cartoons on the list.

Congratulations to the other cartoonists who had the most reprinted cartoons this week: Steve Sack, Dave Fitzsimmons, John Cole and Rick McKee.

Our Top Ten is a measure of how many editors choose to reprint each of our cartoons, from the 62 cartoonists in our CagleCartoons.com syndication package. Just about half of America’s daily, paid circulation newspapers (around 700 papers) subscribe to CagleCartoons.com.

Our reader supported site, Cagle.com, still needs you! Journalism is threatened with the pandemic that has shuttered newspaper advertisers. Some pundits predict that a large percentage of newspapers won’t survive the pandemic economic slump, and as newspapers sink, so do editorial cartoonists who depend on newspapers, and along with them, our Cagle.com site, that our small, sinking syndicate largely supports, along with our fans.

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#1

Dave Granlund with this Christmas/pandemic cartoon. Editors started printing Christmas cartoons before Thanksgiving.

#2

Dave Whamond takes second place with this sad and charming winter pandemic cartoon.

#3

Steve Sack snags third place with this Thanksgiving/pandemic cartoon.

#4

Jeff Koterba wins 4th place again this week with this Thanksgiving/pandemic cartoon – and again this week, it is Jeff’s first of two cartoons on the list.

#5

Dave Fitzsimmons takes fifth place combining three things that resonate with newspaper editors: Grandma, Thanksgiving and the pandemic.

#6

John Cole takes 6th place with this vaccine cartoon.

#7

Jeff Koterba is tied for 7th place with this Thanksgiving/pandemic cartoon.

#7

Rick McKee shares the tie for 7th place.

#9

Dave Whamond takes 9th place, even though editors tend to avoid cartoons that criticize Trump.

#10

Dave Granlund takes both 10th place and first place this week.

Tags carry out, Christmas, coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID19, grandma, most popular, most reprinted, pandemic, pilgrims, Santa Claus, snow globe, stay at home, Thanksgiving, travel, Trump Hotel, vaccine, Zoom

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COVID Christmas

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date November 27, 2020

A day after Thanksgiving and the cartoonist all turn to Christmas. (Actually they were starting to draw Christmas cartoons well before Thanksgiving, but I waited until the day after.)

My cartoon is inspired by the tree in A Charlie Brown Christmas. I love Peanuts and this classic TV special.

A little love won’t help with the pandemic this Christmas, but some common sense, limiting travel and wearing masks will help.

The Charlie Brown Christmas tree is not an uncommon metaphor in editorial cartoons. After I drew my COVID tree I did a search in our vast PoliticalCartoons.com database and I found this nice one from CagleCartoonist Dave Whamond.

Going back farther, I found this one by CagleCartoonist Milt Priggee, from ten years ago.

That’s the Obama/Biden campaign logo on the ornament. I can’t remember what was going on that would make Milt draw this, two years after Obama’s election, but I like Milt’s tree better than mine. Charlie Brown’s tree always leans to the left; leaning to the right is wrong – maybe Milt didn’t like Obama leaning to the right.

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Tags A Charlie Brown Christmas, by All of the Top Cartoonists, christmas tree, COVID-19, COVID19, holidays, ornament, pandemic, Schulz Retires, superspreader, Xmas

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Thanksgiving Transition

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date November 24, 2020

Here’s my new “Do it Yourself” Thanksgiving Transition Cartoon. It requires a printer, a pair of scissors and some glue.

Yes, I know that scissors and glue are old school. I’m old too. Here are some more of my favorite Thanksgiving Transition cartoons from the CagleCartoonists.

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VACCINE!

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date November 17, 2020

Today we got news of a new vaccine, from the drug giant Moderna, that is 95% effective against COVID19. This comes shortly after the news from drug giant Pfizer of a vaccine that is 90% effective, but more difficult to deal with – both are great news. Here’s my cartoon …

This one is from Kevin Siers …

This one is by Jordanian cartoonist, Emad Hajjaj.

This is by Emad’s CagleCartoonist brother, Osama Hajjaj, also from Jordan.

This one is by Dutch CagleCartoonist, Joep Bertrams.

This new vaccine bomb comes from our CagleCartoonist in Oaxaca, Mexico – Dario Castillejos.

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Top Ten Cartoons of the Week – November 14, 2020

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date November 14, 2020

Here are our most reprinted cartoons of last week (November 7th through November 14th 2020). This week the editors flocked to the same cartoons, as usual, with the few, most popular cartoons far outpacing the rest.

This week’s #1 cartoon by Jeff Koterba is the second most reprinted editorial cartoon of the year, and it may yet overtake Dave Granlund’s #1 cartoon of the year so far, from three weeks ago. The #2 cartoon by Dave Whamond would have been a strong #1 in a typical week where the usage curve wasn’t quite so steep.

Dave Whamond and Dave Granlund both impress with two cartoons each on the Top Ten. Hearty congratulations to the other cartoonists with the most reprinted cartoons this week, Dave Fitzsimmons, Pat Byrnes, Monte Wolverton, Randy Enos and Gary McCoy.

The most popular topic this week was Alex Trebek. Only two cartoons referencing the pandemic made the Top Ten list. Cartoonists drew scores of cartoons about Trump’s refusal to accept the election results this week, but only three were popular with editors who ignored most of these cartoons.

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#1

Jeff Koterba‘s #1 cartoon was the most reprinted cartoon of the week by far.

#2

Dave Whamond has the first of three Alex Trebek obit cartoons in the Top Ten. Editors seem to love cartoons that marvel at what a bad year 2020 is.

#3

Dave Whamond also nabs third place. In a week where Trump’s refusal to accept the election results dominated the news, few cartoons on the topic were popular with newspaper editors.

#4

Dave Fitzsimmons takes 4th place with the second Alex Trebek cartoon on the list.

#5

Dave Granlund takes fifth place with the third Alex Trebek obit cartoon.

#6

Dave Granlund also takes 6th place.

#7

Pat Byrnes nabs 7th place.

#8

Monte Wolverton takes 8th place.

#9

Randy Enos nabs 9th place with this nice pandemic cartoon.

#10

Gary McCoy wraps up the Top Ten with this Veterans Day cartoon. In other years, Veterans Day got more attention from both editors and cartoonists.

Tags Alex Trebek, autumn, Biden, coronavirus, COVID19, editorial cartoons, election 2012, fall, Jeopardy, Joe Biden, oval office, pandemic, political cartoons, trump, Veterans Day, White House

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Top Ten Cartoons of the Week – October 31, 2020

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date October 31, 2020

Here are our most reprinted cartoons of last week (October 24th, through October 31st, 2020). Newspaper editors flocked to the same, few cartoons and most of the cartoons got little or no exposure. Cartoons mentioning Trump or Biden were unpopular with editors again this week.

Editors’ collective preference for a handful of cartoons was never clearer to see as the #1 and #2 cartoons this week were also the #1 and #2 cartoons of the year, since we started keeping comparative usage statistics last January. Congratulations to Dave Granlund for his runaway #1 cartoon and to Dave Whamond for his #2 of the week and year.

Special congratulations to John Darkow who has two cartoons in the Top Ten this week, and kudos to the other cartoonists with the most reprinted cartoons: Gary McCoy, Jeff Koterba, Chris Weyant, Pat Bagley, Bob Englehart and Dave Fitzsimmons.

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#1

Dave Granlund’s #1 cartoon was a runaway hit with newspaper editors and our most reprinted cartoon of the year.

#2

Dave Whamond drew the #2 most popular cartoon of both the week and the year.

#3

Gary McCoy takes 3rd place with the first of four Halloween cartoons in the Top Ten.

#4

Jeff Koterba claims 4th place.

#5

John Darkow takes the five spot with the first of two cartoons in the Top Ten.

#6

John Darkow also takes 6th place with his second of two cartoons in the Top Ten.

#7

Chris Weyant nabs 7th place.

#8

Pat Bagley is tied for 8th place.

#8

Bob Englehart shares 8th place.

#10

Dave Fitzsimmons caps off the Top Ten with this cartoon.

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Church Superspreaders

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date October 28, 2020

Here’s my new one about COVID super spreader churches.

This is a recurring theme, where big, conservative churches that take a Trumpy, casual attitude about the pandemic, insist on holding their indoor, massless, mass events with singing, no distancing, and lots of disease spreading.

This church/hands thing is a kind of standard for editorial cartoonists, like the Hokey Pokey or the theme from Gilligan’s Island, or the Cats Cradle game. Some years ago I drew a similar cartoon about Obamacare’s contraceptive mandate, and I lifted the first panel for the new cartoon. The perspective on the hands in the first panel is odd, because we usually see the other side, with the thumbs as doors, but that is the view of the person who is performing this, and not the observer, and I like flipping it open with the thumbs on the close side. Yes, I think about all this stuff.

The oldie wasn’t a very strong cartoon. The first panel was fine, but I didn’t like the awkward second panel hands – that needed a redo, so I drew my own hands today. (There seems to be some disagreement about whether the “people” should properly be presented upright or upside-down.)

And I drew some coronavirus and assembled this in Photoshop.

That’s your recipe for a church pandemic cartoon.

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Top Ten Cartoons of the Week – October 24, 2020

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date October 24, 2020

Here are our most reprinted cartoons of last week (October 17th, through October 24th, 2020). As usual, drawings of President Trump were not popular with newspaper editors, but a tiny Trump sneaked into the Top Ten in John Cole‘s #4 debate cartoon. Again this week the Top Ten cartoons dominated newspaper reprints as less popular cartoons got little or no ink and editors flocked to the same cartoons.

Dave Whamond had a fantastic week with three cartoons in the Top Ten – Dave’s #1 cartoon was a hit that ranks in the top five of the year. John Cole also had an impressive week with two cartoons in the Top Ten.

Congratulations to the other CagleCartoonists with Top Ten cartoons this week: Gary McCoy, John Darkow, Jeff Koterba, Randy Enos and Chris Weyant.

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#1

Dave Whamond had a #1 cartoon that was a runaway hit with editors; it is Dave’s first of three cartoons in the Top Ten.

#2

Gary McCoy takes second place.

#3

John Darkow takes 3rd place.

#4

John Cole shares 4th place with his first of two cartoons in the Top Ten.

#4

Dave Whamond is tied for 4th place with his second of three cartoons in the Top Ten.

#6

John Cole takes 6th place with his second cartoon in the Top Ten. Only four cartoons in the Top Ten are about the pandemic this week

#7

Jeff Koterba takes 7th place.

#8

Dave Whamond caps off his impressive week with his third cartoon in the Top Ten.

#9

Randy Enos shares 9th place.

#9

Chris Weyant caps off the Top Ten with this cartoon, tied for 9th place.

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Heard Immunity

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date October 18, 2020

I don’t draw many crowd scenes, but the dangerous, maskless, science denying Trump crowds seem to be the story today. Here’s a detail from my new cartoon …

And here’s my new cartoon about “Heard Immunity” with a Trump rally-herd of COVID fodder.

And here’s the rough sketch. It’s crazy that people want to see the sketches.

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