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.

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.

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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.

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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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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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Top Ten Cartoons of the Week – October 3, 2020

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date October 3, 2020

Correction 10/14/20: I have to apologize for making an error in the Top Ten for this week, and it was a big error. John Darkow actually had both the #1 and #2 cartoons of the week, and both by a large margin – those darn stats! I have added the missing top cartoon as a second #1 cartoon, with a special congratulations to John for the incredible feat of capping the list with two mega-popular cartoons!

Here are our most reprinted cartoons of last week (September 23rd through October 3rd, 2020). The news about President Trump contracting COVID generated a lot of cartoons on Friday, but none of them made the Top Ten. There was a lot of criticism of Trump’s overly aggressive debate performance, but not in the cartoons that editors chose to publish about the debate.

Congratulations to John Darkow for his #1 cartoon that outpaced the pack by a wide margin this week. Dave Granlund also had a great week with two cartoons on the list. Dave Whamond and Jeff Koterba continued their long streaks of Top Ten appearances. We had an unusual three way tie for ninth place so there are eleven cartoons on the list this week.

Kudos to the other cartoonists who made our list of the cartoons most published in newspapers this week, Steve Sack, Rick McKee, Gary McCoy, Randy Enos – and me.

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#1

CORRECTED 10/14/20: Here is the correction, added as John’s second #1 cartoon of the week. John Darkow has TWO cartoons in first place, both outpacing the pack by a big margin.

#1

John Darkow is in first place, outpacing the pack by a big margin.

#2

Dave Whamond follows with the #2 cartoon. Editors were interested only in debate cartoons that were even handed in their criticism of Trump and Biden.

#3

Steve Sack takes 3rd place. The pandemic’s effect on sports is a favorite topic for editors.

#4

Dave Granlund had a strong week with two cartoons in the Top Ten.

#5

Rick McKee takes 5th place with the only cartoon about the Supreme Court fight.

#6

I nabbed 6th place. The news cycle didn’t leave much space for the cartoons about Trump’s taxes. See my Daryl Cagle archive here..

#7

Dave Granlund’s even handed debate cartoon is his second cartoon in the Top Ten.

#7

Eighth place goes to Jeff Koterba with another even handed debate cartoon.

#9

Randy Enos shares a three way tie for 9th place with a pandemic at school cartoon, which has been the favorite topic of editors for months.

#9

Here is the first of two, conservative Gary McCoy cartoons that are tied for 9th place.

#9

Here is Gary McCoy’s second cartoon that is tied for 9th place.

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Congratulations, Putin

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date March 22, 2018

There was a “big story” a couple of days ago about president Trump calling and congratulating Russian president Putin on his “election” victory. Trump had been given notes from his staff for the call, with a warning in all caps urging him not to congratulate Putin, probably because Putin’s election was bogus as top opponents weren’t allow to run, and in the wake of Russia’s attempted assassination of a double agent in England. This led to more speculation about why Trump seems to compliment Putin at every opportunity, which quickly turned into banter about who leaked the story.

This story would hang around for a while in normal times, but the news moves so fast these days the story was over about the time I finished drawing my cartoon. Gotta draw faster.

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Clinton and Bush Dynasties

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date April 13, 2015

Clinton and Bush Dynasties © Daryl Cagle,CagleCartoons.com,Hillary Clinton, Jeb Bush, presidential elections, senator, secretary of state, governor, florida, king, queen, dynasty, election, campaign, 2016, president<br />
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GOP and the Stupid Good Economy

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date January 28, 2015

GOP and the Stupid Good Economy © Daryl Cagle,CagleCartoons.com,elephant,Republicans,campaign,election,president,presidential,primary,primaries,Iowa,Economy, GOP