Here are the ten most widely published cartoons of the week (August 15th through August 22nd, 2020). As usual, no drawings of president Trump were among the most popular with newspaper editors. No cartoons about the Democratic Convention, Joe Biden or Kamala Harris got much ink. Steve Bannon’s arrest garnered some cartoons but got few reprints. Foreign cartoonists drawing about Belarus and the poisoning of a top Russian dissident were ignored by editors.
The top performing cartoons this week are a clear lesson in what editors want now: light cartoons about the tough times Americans live in. There are four pandemic/back-to-school cartoons on the list this week, which remains the most popular topic with editors, as it has been for the past three months.
The CagleCartoonists who are usually the most reprinted were again the most reprinted this week. Congratulations to the four cartoonists who each have two cartoons in the Top Ten, Dave Whamond (#1 and #8), Jeff Koterba (#2 and #4), Steve Sack (#5 and #9) and Dave Granlund (#5 and #7). And kudos to the two other cartoonists who made the most reprinted list this week, John Darkow and Adam Zyglis!
Our Top Ten is a measure of how many editors choose to reprint each of our cartoons, from the 62 cartoonists in our syndication package. Just about half of America’s daily, paid circulation newspapers (around 700 papers) subscribe to CagleCartoons.com.
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#1
Congratulations to Dave Whamond who drew the #1 most reprinted cartoon this week, the first of Dave’s two cartoons in the Top Ten!
#2
Jeff Koterba takes second place with the first of two cartoons in the Top Ten, and the best performance by a CagleCartoonist this week for overall reprints.
#3
John Darkow takes 3rd place.
#4
Jeff Koterba takes 4th place with his second cartoon in the Top Ten.
#5
Dave Granlund ties for 5th place with his first of two cartoons in the Top Ten this week.
#5
Steve Sack ties for 5th place with his first of two cartoons in the Top Ten.
#7
Dave Granlund snags 7th place with his second of two cartoons on the Top Ten.
#8
Dave Whamond takes 8th place with his second cartoon in the Top Ten.
#9
Here’s Steve Sack with his second cartoon in the Top Ten.
#10
Adam Zyglis claims the ten spot!
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