Steve Sack 2020 Top Ten

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date January 6, 2021

Here are Steve Sack’s Top Ten cartoons of the year that were most reprinted in newspapers. Steve is the Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist for the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. We keep statistics on how many editors, who subscribe to our syndicate service at CagleCartoons.com, download each cartoon. Over the next few days I’m posting Top Ten cartoons from some of our other CagleCartoonists! See Steve’s cartoon archive on Cagle.com

Merry Christmas!

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Rick McKee’s 2020 Top Ten

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date January 3, 2021

Here are Rick McKee’s Top Ten cartoons of the year that were most reprinted in newspapers. Rick is impressive and prolific, he worked for many years as the editorial cartoonist for the Augusta (Georgia) Chronicle, he has taken over the classic comic panel “Pluggers” and he also draws a new newspaper comic strip, “Mt. Pleasant.”

We keep statistics on how many editors, who subscribe to our syndicate service at CagleCartoons.com, download each cartoon. Over the next few days I’ll post Top Ten cartoons from some of our other CagleCartoonists! See Rick’s cartoon archive on Cagle.com

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Peter Kuper 2020 Top Ten

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date December 28, 2020

Here are Peter Kuper’s Top Ten cartoons of the year that were most reprinted in newspapers. Peter Kuper is a regular contributor to The New Yorker, The Nation and MAD Magazine where he has written and illustrated SPY vs. SPY every issue since 1997. He is the co-founder and editor of World War 3 Illustrated a political graphics magazine that has given a forum to political artists for 40 years. He has produced over two dozen books including The System, Diario de Oaxaca, Ruins (winner of the 2016 Eisner Award) and adaptations of many of Franz Kafka’s works into comics including The Metamorphosis and Kafkaesque (winner of the 2018 Reuben Award) . His latest graphic novel is an adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. He has lectured around the world and has taught comics courses at The School of Visual Arts in NYC and Harvard University

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Top Ten Cartoons of the Week – December 26, 2020

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date December 26, 2020

Here are our most reprinted cartoons of last week (December 19th through December 26th 2020).

There were no big, dominating hit cartoons this week, with all of the Top Ten cartoons performing moderately well and tightly bunched. We saw a transition from Christmas themed cartoons to New Years cartoons. Seven of the ten cartoons allude to the pandemic and stay-at-home orders.

The Top Ten cartoons are what most readers see since only 20% of the cartoons get 80% of the reprints.

John Cole won the week with a snowy/COVID/remote-learning cartoon. Rick McKee and Jeff Koterba are impressive with two cartoons each on the Top Ten list.

Congratulations to the other cartoonists with the most reprinted cartoons of the week: Bill Day, Dave Whamond, Dave Granlund, John Darkow, and Dave Fitzsimmons.

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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John Cole wins the week.

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Bill Day wins second place with a Christmas Pandemic cartoon.

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Dave Fitzsimmons takes third place with this Christmas/COVID combo cartoon.

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Jeff Koterba takes 4th place, drawing the Russia hack.

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Rick McKee claims 5th place with this COVID/Christmas cartoon.

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Rick McKee wins again, with this 7th place, New Years cartoon.

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John Darkow snags 8th place with a COVID/Crhistmas combo cartoon, which is clearly what editors wanted this holiday week.

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Dave Granlund claims 8th place.

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Dave Whamond takes 9th place with New Years/COVID combo cartoon.

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Jeff Koterba takes tenth place with his second cartoon on the Top Ten list, another nice Christmas/COVID cartoon.

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Top Ten Cartoons of the Week – December 19, 2020

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date December 19, 2020

Here are our most reprinted cartoons of last week (December 27th through December 19th 2020).

Five of the cartoons have Christmas themes, eight of the cartoons are about COVID19. As usual, no drawings of Trump or Biden made the Top Ten. No cartoons about foreign issues were popular. There are three ties which is quite unlikely considering the large number of editors downloading cartoons.

The Top Ten cartoons are what readers see since only 20% of the cartoons get 80% of the reprints.

John Darkow won the week with a Christmas/COVID cartoon, Jeff Koterba had two cartoons in the Top Ten. Great work, gentlemen!

Congratulations to the other cartoonists with the most reprinted cartoons of the week: Gary McCoy, Dave Whamond, Steve Sack, Dave Granlund, Bruce Plante, Dave Fitzsimmons and Pat Bagley.

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John Darkow wins the week with this Christmas/pandemic cartoon.

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Gary McCoy is tied for second place with another Christmas Pandemic cartoon.

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Dave Whamond shares the tie for second place with another Christmas/COVID combo cartoon.

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Steve Sack takes 4th place with yet another Christmas/COVID combo cartoon.

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Dave Granlund shares a tie for 5th place with this COVID vaccine cartoon.

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Bruce Plante shares the tie for 5th place with this vaccine cartoon.

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Jeff Koterba claims 7th place with a “what a bad year 2020 was” New Years cartoon – a theme that editors love.

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Dave Fitzsimmons wins 8th place with yet another Christmas/COVID combo cartoon.

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Pat Bagley ties for 9th place with an oldie that he strategically reposted to the syndication flow. This is the first time I can recall that a reposted oldie made the Top Ten. A heavy snowstorm hit the northeast, and Washington DC this week.

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Jeff Koterba shares 9th place with this vaccine cartoon, which is Jeff’s second cartoon in the Top Ten this week.

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MASKS!

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date June 28, 2020

6/29/20

I just drew a new mask cartoon. Here you go.

Take a look below for a collection of my favorite, recent MASK cartoons from our CagleCartoonists!

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See MASKS Part 2!

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We’ve got no “Most Popular Cartoons of the Week” this week because we had a tech problem and lost some usage data. That means we also won’t have an accurate Monthly Most Popular batch for June. We should be back up to speed with the stats next weekend.

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Top Ten Cartoons of the Week – June 6, 2020

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date June 6, 2020

Here are the ten most popular cartoons of the week (May 30 -June 6, 2020). Our Top Ten is a measure of how many of our subscribing newspaper editors choose to reprint each of our cartoons, from the 63 cartoonists in our syndication package. Just about half of America’s daily, paid circulation newspapers subscribe to CagleCartoons.com.

There is a disconnect between what cartoonists want to draw, what editors want to print, and what readers want to see; this week that divide was plain to see again as there were no cartoons about President Trump in the Top Ten. Cartoonists focused on Trump’s violent crowd clearing and Bible thumping, church photo op, drawing many great and passionate cartoons criticizing the president this week, but that is not what newspaper editors wanted.

Getting cartoons in front of readers is one of the goals of every cartoonist. Regrettably, many of our cartoonists get few or no reprints, especially the foreign cartoonists. 20% of the cartoonists get 80% of the sales and reprints, and most of the cartoonists never make it into the Top Ten.

Congratulations to Jeff Koterba of The Omaha World-Herald for the #1 most reprinted cartoon this week. Dave Granlund was a close second. Congrats also go to Dave Fitzsimmons of The Arizona Daily Star, and Bruce Plante of The Tulsa World, who each have two cartoons in the Top Ten. I was happy to see Milt Priggee make his first appearance in the Top Ten this week. Kudos also go to the rest of the artists with the most reprinted cartoons: Rick McKee, John Cole, and Dave Whamond.

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Congratulations to Jeff Koterba of The Omaha World-Herald who drew the #1 most reprinted cartoon this week.

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Dave Granlund was a close second with this cartoon.

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Dave Fitzsimmons of The Arizona Daily Star, is tied for third place and has two cartoons in the Top Ten this week.

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Also tied for third is Bruce Plante of The Tulsa World, who has two cartoons in the Top Ten too.

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Rick McKee is in 5th place.

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John Cole of The Scranton Times-Tribune claims the 6th place spot.

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Bruce Plante is in 7th place with his second cartoon in the Top Ten. Editors love that weeping Liberty.

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Dave Whamond takes 8th place.

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Milt Priggee has the 9th most popular cartoon.

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Dave Fitzsimmons takes the #10 spot with his second of two cartoons in the Top Ten this week.

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Top Ten Cartoons of the Week – May 30, 2020

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date May 30, 2020

Here are the ten most popular cartoons of the week (May 23 -May 30).

The stats this week were unusual. The beginning of the week followed a familiar pattern of editors choosing light cartoons about the mature coronavirus story, with my own, light virus cartoon from last Sunday claiming the week’s top spot. Later in the week the news turned to Trump’s Twitter distraction and the murder of George Floyd. Few cartoons stood out in the stats this week as usage was flattened among a larger number of topics. The international cartoonists were virtually shut out and not reprinted at all. There is a disconnect between what cartoonists want to draw, what editors want to print and what readers want to see; this week that divide was plain to see as cartoons that were popular on social media were ignored by editors.

Congratulations to Nate Beeler for coming in at #2, and Kudos to Randy Enos who makes his first appearance in the Top Ten at #3. Hearty congrats to the rest of the artists with cartoons that were the most reprinted in newspapers this week: Steve Sack, Adam Zyglis, Dave Whamond, Bruce Plante, Jeff Koterba, John Cole and Bob Englehart.

Our top ten is a measure of how many of our subscribing newspaper editors choose to reprint each of our cartoons, from the 63 cartoonists in our syndication package. 20% of the cartoonists get 80% of the sales and reprints, and most of the cartoonists never make it into the Top Ten. If you don’t like the top ten, take it up with your local newspaper editor. Just about half of America’s daily, paid circulation newspapers subscribe to CagleCartoons.com.

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My own cartoon claimed the #1 spot this week. See the Daryl Cagle archive here.

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The second most popular cartoon of the week is by Nate Beeler.

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This third most popular cartoon is by Randy Enos.

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Tied for fourth place is this cartoon by Steve Sack.

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Adam Zyglis shares 4th place with this cartoon.

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Dave Whamond claims the 6th place spot.

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Bruce Plante is in 7th place.

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Jeff Koterba takes 8th place again, as he did last week.

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John Cole is in 9th place.

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Bob Englehart rounds out the list at #10.

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Top Ten Cartoons of the Week – May 23, 2020

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date May 23, 2020

Here are the ten most popular cartoons of the week (May 16 -May 23).

Congratulations to Steve Sack who has the most popular cartoon of the week and two cartoons in the Top Ten! Bob Englehart also impresses with two of the most popular cartoons. Kudos go to the other cartoonists on the list, Dave Granlund, Dave Fitzsimmons, Bruce Plante, Jeff Koterba, Bill Day and RJ Matson. Eight of the Top Ten cartoons were about the pandemic – that is the fewest coronavirus cartoons on the list in weeks! We’ve flattened the curve!

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The most popular cartoon of the week is by Steve Sack, who has TWO CARTOONS in the Top Ten this week.

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The second most popular cartoon of the week is by Dave Granlund.

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We have a tie for third place. This third most popular cartoon is by Dave Fitzsimmons.

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Tied for third place is this cartoon by Bruce Plante.

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We have another tie with both fifth place cartoons by Bob Englehart.

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Here’s the other cartoon that tied for fifth place, also by Bob Englehart.

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Here’s Steve Sack’s second cartoon in the Top Ten.

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The eighth most popular cartoon is from Jeff Koterba.

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One of only two non-coronavirus cartoons in the Top Ten is by Bill Day.

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The other non-coronavirus cartoon in the Top Ten is from RJ Matson.

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Coronavirus Graduation

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date May 8, 2020

Here’s my new cartoon, on graduation with social distancing. The scene of a graduation with masks and grads, standing on the lawn, at least six feet apart, amused me, but what’s really happening is the graduation ceremonies are being cancelled, which isn’t so funny.

Drawing this made my mind wander back to past graduation cartoons. This graduate lemmings cartoon harkens back to 2008 when there were no jobs for grads. It would be just as true today, if the grads were sitting at home watching TV and falling off a cliff, but I can’t think of how to draw that.

This old student debt cartoon seems to still be good year after year, and seems to be a yahtzee.

Here’s an old TRUE! graduation cartoon that I drew 25 years ago.

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Don’t miss my other Coronavirus posts:
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The Most Popular Cartoons of the Pandemic
The Most Popular Cartoons of the Week through May 2nd, 2020
Best of the Grim Reaper, Part 1
Best of the Grim Reaper, Part 2
Dr Fauci PART 2
Dr Fauci PART 1
Trump and Disinfectant PART 2
Trump and Disinfectant PART 1
Most popular Cartoons of the Week through 4/26/20, (all coronavirus)
Forgotten Biden – Part 2
Forgotten Biden – Part 1
Most popular Cartoons of the Week through 4/18/20, (all coronavirus)
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The Most Popular Cartoons of the Week, 3/29/20 (all coronavirus)
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See, Hear Speak No Virus
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Top Ten Cartoons of the Week – April 11, 2020

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date April 11, 2020

Here are the 10 most popular and most reprinted CagleCartoons for the week of April 5th through April 11th. These are the cartoons that editors download the most, in high resolution, to be published in their newspapers. Enjoy!

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Steve Sack (This cartoon was the most popular of the week, twice as popular as #2.)

Dave Whamond (This cartoon is #2 most popular.)

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Top Ten Cartoons of the Week – March 28, 2020

Post author By Daryl Cagle
Post date March 29, 2020

Here are the 15 most popular and most reprinted CagleCartoons for the week of March 21st through 28th. See these and more in a special section on our newspaper subscribers download site. These are the cartoons that editors download the most, in high resolution, to be published in their newspapers. Enjoy!

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