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Texas COVID Party

Texas Governor Greg Abbot just dropped COVID restrictions on business and masks, at a time when new variants of the virus are threatening a new resurgence. Mississippi too. Some other states dropping restrictions to a lesser degree. Bad timing for public health but it is always good timing for cartoonists.  Here’s mine:

And here are my recent favorites on Texas’ reckless health blunder. This one is by Steve Sack …

 

This one is by Rick McKee

 

This one is by Adam Zyglis

 

This one is by Dave Whamond …

And this one is by RJ Matson …

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Top Ten Cartoons of the Week – February 27, 2021

Here are our most reprinted cartoons of the week ending February 27th.

Here are the weekly Top Ten cartoons. Congratulations to John Darkow who won the week with the #1 and #8 cartoons. And kudos to  Jeff Koterba and Dave Fitzsimmons who each have two cartoons in the Top Ten. And congrats to Kevin Siers, Nate Beeler and Gary McCoy!

Six of the cartoons reference the pandemic. There are two cartoons depicting Joe Biden – which doesn’t seem to push editors away like Trump cartoons did.

The Top Ten cartoons are what most readers see since only 20% of the cartoons get 80% of the reprints. 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, editorial cartoonists who depend on newspapers sink too, and along with them, our Cagle.com site.

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#1

John Darkow won the week with this cartoons first of two in the Top Ten.

#2

Kevin Siers took second place with this pandemic cartoon.

#3

Nate Beeler won third place with another pandemic reference.

#4

Jeff Koterba took fourth place with his first of two Top Ten cartoons.

#5

Dave Granlund took the five spot.

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Dave Fitzsimmons nabs sixth place.

#7

Dave Fitzsimmons with his second most reprinted cartoon on the list.

#8

John Darkow snags eighth place with his second cartoon on the list.

#9

Jeff Koterba nabs ninth place with his second cartoon on the list.

#10

Gary McCoy takes #10.

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Making Teachers Come Back to the Classroom

Here’s my new cartoon about requiring teachers to come back into the classroom without vaccinations …

My view doesn’t seem to be too popular right now.  Here are some opposing cartoons bashing teachers.

Dick Wright

 

Gary McCoy

And here are a few more that I like better …

Bob Englehart

Adam Zyglis

Pat Bagley

Dave Whamond

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Top Ten Cartoons of the Week – February 13, 2021

Here are our most reprinted cartoons of the week ending February 13th.

Jeff Koterba kicked butt this week winning both the #1 and #2 cartoons!  John Darkow also had a great week with the cartoons on the Top Ten. Kudos to the other cartoonists with the most reprinted cartoons this week: Kevin Siers, Rick McKee, Dave Granlund, Dave Whamond, Randy Enos, and Dick Wright.

The Top Ten cartoons are what most readers see since only 20% of the cartoons get 80% of the reprints. 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, editorial cartoonists who depend on newspapers sink too, and along with them, our Cagle.com site.

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#1

Jeff Koterba won the week with the cartoon that was most reprinted in newspapers.

#2

Jeff Koterba also took second place!

#3

Kevin Siers won third place with this popular pandemic cartoon.

#4

Rick McKee took fourth place.

#5

Dave Granlund took the five spot with this Valentines Day/Pandemic cartoon.

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John Darkow nabs sixth place with a bad weather cartoon.

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Dave Whamond takes seventh place.

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Randy Enos snags eighth place.

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John Darkow nabs ninth place with his second of two cartoons on the list.

#10

Dick Wright, our new conservative cartoonist, makes his first appearance in the weekly Top Ten with this cartoon in 10th place.

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Top Ten Cartoons of January, 2021

Here are our most reprinted cartoons of last month, January, 2021.  We usually do the Top Ten of the Week, but this week our stats were down for a couple of days as were were working on new programming. The weekly Top Ten will be back next Saturday.

January was a wild month with the pandemic, the presidential inauguration and the Capitol insurrection. New Years, Martin Luther King and GameStop also made the list.

This was an impressive month for Steve Sack, who had a strong #1 and and also scored in 6th place.  Dave Granlund also kicked cartoon butt with three cartoons on the list (#2, #5 and #9). Dave Whamond (#7 and #10) and Jeff Koterba (#3 and #4) each had two cartoons on the list. Kudos to Dave Fitzsimmons who had the #8 cartoon.

The Top Ten cartoons are what most readers see since only 20% of the cartoons get 80% of the reprints. 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, editorial cartoonists who depend on newspapers sink too, and along with them, our Cagle.com site.

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#1

Steve Sack won the week with this great cartoon.

#2

Dave Granlund took second place with another pandemic cartoon.

#3

Jeff Koterba won third place with this New Years cartoon, posted after New Years Day.

#4

Jeff Koterba also took fourth place with this Capitol Insurrection cartoon.

#5

Dave Granlund took the five spot with this Inauguration Day cartoon.

#6

Steve Sack nabs sixth place with the pandemic and his second cartoon on the list.

#7

Dave Whamond takes seventh place with his first of two cartoons in the Top Ten.

#8

Dave Fitzsimmons snags eighth place with this Martin Luther King Day memorial cartoon.

#9

Dave Granlund claims ninth place with his third cartoon in the Top Ten.

#10

Dave Whamond scores again with his second cartoon in the Top Ten.

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Top Ten Cartoons of the Week – January 16, 2021

Here are our most reprinted cartoons of last week (January 9nd through January 16th 2021).

The news was dominated by President Trump and continuing fallout from the insurrection at the Capitol, but as usual, no cartoons depicting Trump were popular with editors. Four of the Top Ten cartoons are about the pandemic.

Jeff Koterba had another incredible week taking the #1 and #8 spots. Dave Whamond also had a fantastic week, taking home three prizes for #6, #9 and #10.

Congratulations to the other CagleCartoonists who made the Top Ten list this week: Kevin Siers, Dave Granlund, John Cole, Randy Enos and Gary McCoy.

The Koterba and Granlund top two cartoons each got about twice as many reprints as the #3 – even so, we’re back to the normal pattern of the Top Ten cartoons dominating all the rest of the cartoons and the top two being extra big hits.

The Top Ten cartoons are what most readers see since only 20% of the cartoons get 80% of the reprints. 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 wins the week with a late New Year cartoon.

#2

Dave Granlund wins second place with a vaccine cartoon.

#3

Kevin Siers takes third place with another vaccine cartoon.

#4

John Cole wins 4th place with yet another vaccine cartoon.

#5

Randy Enos claims fifth place with yet another late New Year cartoon.

#6

Gary McCoy ties for sixth place.

#6

Dave Whamond shares sixth place with the first of two cartoons in the Top Ten.

#8

Jeff Koterba claims 8th place with the second of his three cartoons in the Top Ten.

#9

Dave Whamond takes ninth place.

#10

Dave Whamond scores again with his second cartoon in the Top Ten.

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Steve Sack 2020 Top Ten

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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Kevin Siers 2020 Top Ten

Here are Kevin Siers’ Top Ten cartoons of the year that were most reprinted in newspapers.  Kevin is the Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist for The Charlotte Observer in North Carolina.

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 Kevin’s cartoon archive on Cagle.com

Merry Christmas!

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Pat Byrnes 2020 Top Ten

Here are Pat Byrnes’  Top Ten cartoons of the year that were most reprinted in newspapers.  Pat is a great cartoon illustrator, a prolific gag cartoonist and a regular in The New Yorker Magazine.

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 Pat’s cartoon archive on Cagle.com

Merry Christmas!

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John Darkow 2020 Top Ten

Here are John Darkow’s Top Ten cartoons of the year that were most reprinted in newspapers.  John is impressive and prolific, he’s been a professional cartoonist for over thirty years and he currently draws for The Columbian Missourian newspaper.

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 John’s cartoon archive on Cagle.com

Merry Christmas!

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Dave Whamond 2020 Top Ten

Here are Dave Whamond’s Top Ten cartoons of the year that were most reprinted in newspapers. Dave’s work has appeared in magazines and newspapers including The Wall Street Journal, Sports Illustrated, Readers Digest and many more. He has won 7 Silver Reubens from the National Cartoonists Society and several book awards. Dave has written and/or illustrated over 50 books and his syndicated comic, Reality Check, has appeared in newspapers since 1995.

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 Dave’s cartoon archive on Cagle.com

Happy New Year!

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Top Ten Cartoons of 2020

Here are our most reprinted cartoons of the year, 2020. We have about 700 newspapers in the USA that subscribe to our CagleCartoons.com syndicate service and we collect data on which cartoons newspaper editors download; these cartoons were the biggest hits – each was the #1 cartoons the week it ran.

The most reprinted cartoons of the year provide a clear lesson in what newspaper editors wanted to see with five of the cartoons explicitly about the pandemic and a couple of others generally about bad times. The cartoons emphasize how much editors want to see cartoons about holidays and events (Christmas, New Year, Election Day, Daylight Savings Time Day, change of season). The cartoons also clearly show how most newspaper editors tend to avoid cartoons about politics and president Trump, to the frustration of the political cartoonists.

What is most amazing about the Top Ten cartoons this year is the stellar performance of Dave Granlund who took the #1 and #2 spots with the most reprinted cartoons of the year. Jeff Koterba, Dave Whamond and I have two cartoons each on the list.

Congratulations to the other cartoonists with a most reprinted cartoons of the year: Dave Fitzsimmons. Rick McKee and Steve Sack! Check out the cartoons below!

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#1

Dave Granlund wins the year with this wildly popular Christmas/Pandemic cartoon.

 

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Dave Granlund also takes second place with this Election Day reminder cartoon. Call to vote cartoons were very popular this year.

 

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Jeff Koterba takes third place with his first of two cartoons in the Top Ten.

 

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Dave Whamond takes 4th place, with the first of two cartoons on the list. Cartoons complaining about what a terrible year 2020 was, were very popular.

 

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I took 5th place with this general complaint about the bad times.

 

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Jeff Koterba takes 6th place with this COVID/New Year combo – his second on the list.

 

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My second cartoon on the list was a call to vote emphasizing “mail-in voting” which President Trump claimed was fraudulent because more Democrats tend to vote by mail.

 

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Dave Whamond claims 8th place with this cartoon about distance learning. Cartoons about school during the pandemic were top performers with editors this year.

 

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Rick McKee takes 9th place with Christmas/COVID combo cartoon.

 

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Steve Sack nabs tenth place with this lovely Autumn/how-bad-things-are cartoon.

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