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Ex-Prince Andrew’s Arrest: Brutal Cartoons Torch the Royal Downfall

Hey folks!  Ex-Prince Andrew’s arrest on his 66th birthday for suspected misconduct in public office tied to leaking trade docs to Jeffrey Epstein has cartoonists going wild with savage digs at his denials while the monarchy reels.

I’ve hand-picked six of the sharpest cartoons from the latest hot takes. Scroll down to see them.

#1. Bob Englehart

Our brand-new Caglecast episode (live on YouTube) dives into dozens of savage cartoons torching Andrew over the Epstein files fallout and his arrest!  Come look and please Hit the HYPE button on our video! It takes 2 seconds, its free, and it pumps us in YouTube’s algorithm for more views during this massive story.

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#2. Graham MacKay


#3. Becs


#4. Frank Hanson


#5. Rick McKee


#6. Graham MacKay

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Pam Bondi Epstein Files Testimony: 60 Brutal Cartoons Roast AG Bondi – Hit Hype!

Hey folks!

Attorney General Pam Bondi‘s fiery House Judiciary testimony on the Epstein files redactions has cartoonists unleashing hell — chained files, “pedophile protection” locks, poodle-on-a-leash digs, and tone-deaf Dow 50,000 boasts while victims watched.

We’ve hand-picked six of the sharpest Pam Bondi cartoons from the most recent, hottest takes. Scroll down.

Pam Bondi Epstein Files Roast: 60 Brutal Cartoons Torch AG Bondi

Our brand-new Caglecast episode (live on YouTube) dives into 60 brutal cartoons roasting Pam Bondi over the DOJ Epstein files handling — the viral slideshow everyone’s talking about. It’s gaining steam fast!

Quick favor: Hit the HYPE button on our video! It takes 2 seconds, costs nothing, and boosts us in YouTube’s algorithm (more views = better discovery for these killer cartoons during this huge news moment).

Heads-up on Hype: It’s only in the YouTube mobile app (iPhone/Android phones/tablets) — not browsers (desktop/laptop/mobile web). Our audience skews older/desktop-heavy; only ~25% watch on phones. If you’re on mobile (or grab your phone), open the app, find the video, swipe left on comments to reveal Hype, you can “Hype” up to 3x video/week –it’s a new thing that really helps us). No phone? No worries — watch, like, comment, or share to help!

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#1. Pat Bagley

Here’s the podcast! With a great cover image by Taylor Jones. You can see this cartoon animated at the beginning of the video.

Pam Bondi Cartoons Caglecast!
60 brilliant Pam Bondi cartoons! Come look!

#2. Bob Englehart

#3. Jeff Koterba

#4. John Darkow

#5. Rick McKee

#6. Dave Whamond

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The BEST new ICE cartoons –And 131 MORE!

Here are our best, newest cartoons about EVIL ICE AGENTS!

#1. Rick McKee

 

#2. Ed Wexler

 

#3. Pat Bagley

 

#4. Steve Sack

 

#5. Pat Bagley

 

#6. John Darkow

Want to see 131 more great ICE cartoons? Here they are in video slideshow format –click here and watch the horror!

 

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Rummaging Through My Drawers: 50 Years of Self-Portraits and Cartoonist Life Stories

Lately I’ve been haunting my own past, rummaging through drawers stuffed with self-portraits that stretch back 50 years—from a wide-eyed 19-year-old college kid in 1976 to the bearded, battle-scarred cartoonist I became, dodging hackers, raising a family, and even fielding endless questions about my long-gone Trump-era beard. I’ve got way too many of these staring back at me! This one is from 1976, when I was a student at Santa Barbara City College—pencil on beloved Graphix Duoshade paper (which I still miss). Yep, that’s exactly what I looked like. And yes, that’s how we all dressed in the ’70s.

France Cartoons is collecting self portraits of cartoonists, which has me rummaging through my drawers. This is me from Trump’s first term when I had a white beard. People are still asking me “What happened to the beard?” Trump hasn’t changed, though.

This self-portrait is me with my daughter, Susie, 28 years ago, in a comic I did that ran for about a year in the weekly “TV Times” magazine in the UK and a similar national TV guide type magazine in Australia. Notice the old TV, and old land-line phone, and young Susie. (This was years before the beard.)

 

I drew this self portrait after we had a big hacker attack that erased our servers, and we could identify that the attack came from China. I can still feel their breath on my neck.

Here’s another old self-portrait. This one is from back when I had a beard and I got my marijuana license. Now marijuana is everywhere and you don’t need a license (in California). That’s progress, I suppose. This ran as a full page in our local Santa Barbara Independent and it features my wife, Peg and son, Buster.

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Redistricting/Gerrymandering fight: Top ten cartoons!

What do people want to read about in the waining days of summer? Gerrymandering.

In Texas, at the behest of Donald Trump, Republicans pushed through a controversial new election map expected to cost five Democrats in Congress their seats during next year’s midterm elections. Democrats in California responded by creating their own map that would flip five Republican congressional seats, a move which will be decided by voters during a special election in November.

This race to the bottom was the target of Monte Wolverton’s cartoon, our most-reprinted this week. I also liked Dave Whamond’s popular cartoon comparing new congressional maps to a Jackson Pollock painting.

With everything else going on, how much do American’s care? Are they even checked in? As Chris Weyant summed up well in his new back-to-school cartoon, the kids are happy “just to get a break from the news cycle.”

Here are our top ten most reprinted cartoons of the week:

#1. Monte Wolverton

#2. John Darkow

CagleCast Episode 70 features 113 hard-hitting Jeffrey Epstein and Trump-themed cartoons! Showcasing the sharp wit of top cartoonists Dave Whamond, Rick McKee, Steve Sack, Pat Byrnes and dozens more. From Epstein conspiracy theories to political commentary, these cartoons are a pedophile nightmare for Trump fans! Come look!

#3. Dave Whamond

#4. Dave Granlund

#5. Dave Granlund

#6. Chris Weyant

#7. Taylor Jones

#8. John Cole

#9. Dave Whamond

#10. Dave Granlund

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Cartoonists in Trouble: Zehra Ömeroğlu with Terry Anderson

Join host Daryl Cagle for a compelling episode of Caglecast, exploring the high stakes of political cartooning with guests Zehra Ömeroğlu and Terry Anderson. Zehra, a Turkish cartoonist, recounts her grueling five-year trial in Turkey over a satirical cartoon in LeMan magazine, facing potential imprisonment despite a recent acquittal now under appeal. Terry Anderson, Executive Director of Cartoonists Rights Network International, sheds light on global threats to cartoonists, from the shutdown of LeMan to arrests in Iran and Egypt. This episode uncovers the courage and risks behind political satire in an era of censorship and authoritarianism.

YouTube has rated our new podcast for adults only, which makes it difficult to find and view. Users must be registered with YouTube and must log in, and prove that they are over 18 years old to view the video. This has effectively blocked this important Caglecast from getting an audience on YouTube.

Guest Bios:

  • Zehra Ömeroğlu: A celebrated Turkish cartoonist and recipient of the 2025 Robert Russell Courage in Cartooning Award. Zehra faced a five-year trial for a LeMan cartoon deemed obscene, pushing her into partial exile. She’s currently working on a 200-page graphic novel about her ordeal and contributes to Cagle.com.
  • Terry Anderson: Executive Director of Cartoonists Rights Network International, tirelessly defending cartoonists facing censorship and persecution globally. Terry provides updates on critical cases, advocating for free expression in countries like Turkey, Iran, and Egypt.


Episode Highlights:

  • Zehra’s legal battle in Turkey and the ongoing appeal threatening her freedom
  • The closure of LeMan magazine and arrests of its editors over a controversial cartoon
  • Global cartoonist struggles, including Atena Farghadani’s release in Iran and Ashraf Omar’s detention in Egypt
  • The Charlie Hebdo cover mocking Erdogan and its diplomatic fallout
  • The New York Times’ 2019 decision to stop publishing editorial cartoons
  • The enduring power and peril of political cartoons in authoritarian regimes
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AI Eye Tracking Mishaps under the Overlord, and 135 Hilarious Trump Animal Cartoons

I just posted a new Caglecast with 135 great cartoons depicting Trump as an animal. You can probably watch this without noticed that there’s something funny about our eyes. I tried using A.I. for the first time –oops!

One problem I have with these videos is that I’m a one-man-band video crew, looking at the monitors to switch views, select cartoons and make adjustments as we go along, so I turn my head left and right, and I look down, and I rarely stare blankly into the camera as I should do. I look distracted. So I tried a new A.I. gizmo that adjusts my gaze to look into the camera. I watched the beginning of the video as I turned my head from side to side, but my stare remained on the camera, and I thought it looked good. This is a feature of an editing program I use, called “Descript,” and they call their A.I. “Overlord.”

Then, after I posted the video on YouTube, and I looked a little more closely, I noticed my eyes would sometime dart around, at one point rolling up into my head; poor Adam Zyglis had a twitchy right eye, and at one point is cross eyed. And some cartoons are googley eyed too.

This cartoon by Bart van Leeuwen made me laugh, at 35:10 into the video, the A.I. Overlord animated the eyes on Trump and Biden and it looks pretty funny. Take a look.
At 44:47 into the video, this cartoon by Dave Granlund also gets strangely realistic, with moving eyes that reminded me of the mouths on the old Clutch Cargo show from 1960. I liked that show when I was five years old. It was creepy.

Even though you might think that Adam and I are occasionally having a stroke, I decided to leave this version of the video up without re-editing.  I won’t be using the Overlord again.

Cartoonists who keep their eyes focused on A.I. are getting other headaches now. Here’s a cartoon by Bob Englehart that was recently stolen and redrawn with AI.

Come take a look!
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Trump’s economy: Top ten cartoons of the week

The U.S. economy shrank in the first quarter this year, but don’t blame Trump’s tariffs or all the uncertainly created by his administration during his first 100 days in office. No, according to Trump, this is still the economy of Joe Biden, who hasn’t been president for more than three months.

Our most-reprinted cartoon this week, drawn by Dave Granlund, shows a middle class family alongside other endangered species. Another popular economic cartoon came from Dave Whamond, who knew exactly where to put a cartoon of eggs in the jewelry store.

Here are our top ten most reprinted cartoons of the week:

#1. Dave Granlund

The Conclave to elect a new Pope will be big news soon –get caught up on your Catholic cartoon research with our special podcast of 125 Pope Francis cartoons and a discussion with cartoonist Taylor Jones who drew a whole lot of cartoons about the Pope. Come watch, this is a great one.

#2. Dave Whamond

#3. Bruce Plante

#4. Chris Weyant

#5. Dave Whamond

#6. Dave Whamond

#7. Dave Granlund

#8. Bob Englehart

#9. Dave Whamond

#10. Daryl Cagle

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Droning on: Top ten cartoons of the week and CHRISTMAS

For the past few weeks, mysterious drones flying over New Jersey have raised a lot of questions that remain largely unanswered by the government.

Authorities have said there’s nothing to worry about, and that a majority of the drone sightings are actually planes and passenger jets. Yet this week, the FAA temporarily banned drone flights over 20 locations in New Jersey “out of an abundance of caution.”

Not surprisingly, our cartoonists were fixated on the drone story, using the timing of Christmas to point their fingers at Santa. I liked Rick McKee’s cartoon, which features three wise men and a drone stand-in for the North Star.

McKee also had our most-reprinted cartoon of the week, but it didn’t have anything to do with drones – it shows Santa being confronted by a kid with an empty stocking. Just wait until Trump’s tariffs kick in.

Here are our top ten most reprinted cartoons of the week:

#1. Rick McKee

See the BEST Christmas Cartoons from the BEST Christmas Political Cartoonist, the BRILLIANT RICK McKEE! Don’t miss a single Yuletide CLASSIC TOON!

#2. John Darkow

#3. Dave Granlund

#4. Gary McCoy

#5. Dave Whamond

#6. Dave Whamond

#7. Rick McKee

#8. Dave Granlund

#9. Bill Day

#10. Dave Whamond

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Trump Mud Romp and the Best of Wexler and Jones

Our brand new Caglecast features brilliant caricaturists Ed Wexler and Taylor Jones along with their favorite Trump Bashing cartoons. Readers have written asking for the cartoonists to talk more about their art process, so Ed and Taylor show off a bunch of their favorite cartoons and discuss discuss how they approach drawing celebrities in the news.

Taylor Jones shows his favorite Trump cartoons in our new podcast  …

And Taylor talks about his other carticature work, including this one, which is one of my favorites. Readers tell me they want to hear more from our artists about their process of doing their art.  OK.  I hear you.

I’m sorry it has been so long since the last podcast –I’ve been away!  There is more to come, I promise!

The episode starts off with Ed talking about his Trump alphabet, which has led to a number of lively Trump cartoons, like the ones below. Ed has a special exhibition this year at the St Just about his Trump Alphabet cartoons!

And ed talks about his brilliant caricature work, like this front/back cover for the Hollywood Reporter.

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What’s the password? TOP TEN CARTOONS OF THE WEEK!

It was a real smorgasbord of a week, with topics ranging from president debates to airplanes falling apart to the threat of yet another potential government shutdown.

Our most popular cartoon this week was Jeff Koterba’s funny peek into something we’re all dealing with – managing out ever-growing list of streaming subscriptions and passwords.

Here are our top ten most reprinted cartoons of the week:

#1. Jeff Koterba

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#2. Daryl Cagle

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#3. Bob Englehart

#4. Jeff Koterba

#5. Guy Parsons

#6. Gary McCoy

#7. DaveWhamond

#8. R.J. Matson

#9. Jeff Koterba

#10. John Darkow

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Biden BASHING – and Trump

Here’s my new cartoon about what the presidential race is looking like now. I talk all about it on our new Caglecast!  We have three brilliant cartoonists, Michael Ramirez, Gary McCoy and Rivers showing off their cartoons from their alternative news bubble reality on the right.

These are the best of the conservative cartoonists, and even though they are on the wrong side of the issues, they are brilliant!

Don’t miss our new Biden BASHING and TRUMP podcast on YouTube!

Michael talks about a few of his wettest cartoons in this episode, here are my favorites:

This is a great Caglecast!  Don’t miss it!