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Top Ten Cartoons of the Week – April 3, 2021

Here are our most reprinted cartoons of the week ending April 3rd, 2021. Four cartoons are about Easter, five are about the pandemic and two are about infrastructure.

Congratulations to Rick McKee who ran well ahead of the pack with a strong first place cartoon. Congrats to Dave Whamond, Dave Granlund and Jeff Koterba who each have two cartoons in the Top Ten this week. Kudos to RJ Matson, Bill Day and John Darkow who also had most reprinted cartoons this week.

Just about half of America’s daily, paid circulation newspapers (around 700 papers) subscribe to CagleCartoons.com. These are the cartoons that editors liked best, last week.

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Rick McKee wins outpacing the pack!

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Dave Granlund takes second place with his first of two cartoons on the list.

 

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Jeff Koterba wins third place with his first of two most reprinted cartoons this week.

 

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Jeff Koterba nabs fourth place with his second cartoon on the Top Ten list.

 

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Dave Whamond takes the five spot with his first of two cartoons in the Top Ten.

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RJ Matson takes sixth place.

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Dave Granlund wins seventh place with his second cartoon on the list.

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Dave Whamond takes eighth place with his second of two cartoons on the Top Ten list.

 

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John Darkow snags ninth place.

 

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Bill Day takes tenth place.

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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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Jeff Koterba on Editorial Cartooning

Jeff Koterba is one of the most popular CagleCartoonists! Jeff tells us what’s up with him and shares some of his recent favorites. See Jeff’s archive on Cagle.com here. – Daryl

When my full-time cartooning job at the local newspaper was eliminated a few months ago, I gave myself exactly one day to grieve. I’d been there for over 30 years and while it broke my heart to lose my job, I knew that better things were ahead. The next day, I decided to learn everything I could about Patreon. And, as it turns out, Patreon is not only a blessing for me as a cartoonist, but it’s giving my readers far more interesting and timely content than ever before.

For those not familiar with Patreon, it’s a fresh take on the traditional concept of artists creating work with the support of patrons.

As much as I love poking fun at politicians, I equally enjoy drawing about the things that impact us all very directly…

It’s no secret that newspapers are hurting. But journalism—and, I would argue, editorial cartoons—are now more essential to our democracy than ever. If you see my cartoons published here on Cagle.com or in other publications around the country, it’s thanks to Cagle and to my supporters on Patreon. It’s because of them that I’m able to create several cartoons each week on the topics that impact us all.

If nothing else, Covid inspires a new way to look at age-old situations like dating …

Also, now that I’m free of my local newspaper’s deadline, I’m able to draw cartoons whenever there is a breaking story, publishing the work immediately. Which means content that’s more timely than ever before for you.

And beyond that, I pull back the curtain on my creative process and invite supporters along the way, as I share sketches-in-progress, not to mention time-lapse videos of my process like this one.

I drew this cartoon as I watched live coverage of what was happening in Washington that day…soon after, I followed up with this cartoon.

Plus, there are lots of other perks. I even host an exclusive monthly Zoom show, “Koterba’s Theory of Creativity,” where I chat with guests about the creative process. In fact, my guest for March will be Rick Kirkman, not only one of my supporters on Patreon, but the artist behind the popular comic strip, “Baby Blues.”

I love connecting with my readers and I’d love for you to stop by my page and check it out!

Democracy’s return to flight .
Mostly, I’m inspired by news events. But sometimes, I’m inspired by what I see around me in my daily life. And when I kept seeing discarded masks, I knew there had to be a cartoon in there somewhere …

Visit Jeff’s page on Patreon.

 

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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. 

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 wins the week with a late New Year cartoon.

#2

Dave Granlund wins second place with a vaccine cartoon.

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Kevin Siers takes third place with another vaccine cartoon.

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

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

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Gary McCoy ties for sixth place.

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

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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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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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COVID Christmas!

Here’s my new COVID Christmas cartoon.

Here are some recent COVID Christmas favorites from the Cagle Cartoonists. This one is by Swiss cartoonist Patrick Chappatte.

 

This one is by Pat Byrnes.

 

These two are by the great Dave Whamond.

 

And here’s my own Christmas COVID cartoon again, from a couple of weeks ago.

I’m sure we’ll see a lot more of these soon!

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Thanksgiving Transition

Here’s my new “Do it Yourself” Thanksgiving Transition Cartoon. It requires a printer, a pair of scissors and some glue.

Yes, I know that scissors and glue are old school. I’m old too.  Here are some more of my favorite Thanksgiving Transition cartoons from the CagleCartoonists.

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Peter Kuper

 

Chris Weyant

 

Pat Bagley

 

Jeff Koterba

 

Rick McKee

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VACCINE!

Today we got news of a new vaccine, from the drug giant Moderna, that is 95% effective against COVID19.  This comes shortly after the news from drug giant Pfizer of a vaccine that is 90% effective, but more difficult to deal with – both are great news. Here’s my cartoon …

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This one is from Kevin Siers …

 

This one is by Jordanian cartoonist, Emad Hajjaj.

 

This is by Emad’s CagleCartoonist brother, Osama Hajjaj, also from Jordan.

 

This one is by Dutch CagleCartoonist, Joep Bertrams.

 

This new vaccine bomb comes from our CagleCartoonist in Oaxaca, Mexico – Dario Castillejos.

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Heard Immunity

I don’t draw many crowd scenes, but the dangerous, maskless, science denying Trump crowds seem to be the story today. Here’s a detail from my new cartoon …

And here’s my new cartoon about “Heard Immunity” with a Trump rally-herd of COVID fodder.

And here’s the rough sketch. It’s crazy that people want to see the sketches.

 

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Top Ten Cartoons of the Week – October 17, 2020

Here are our most reprinted cartoons of last week (October 10th, through October 17th, 2020). As usual, no drawings of President Trump were popular with newspaper editors.  Typically 20% of the cartoons get 80% of the reprints; this week it is more like 10% of the cartoons getting 90% of the reprints as less popular cartoons got little or no ink and editors flocked to the same cartoons.

My own cartoon from last Sunday was #1 this week, by a big margin; in fact, it is the most reprinted cartoon since we starting keeping comparative download stats from subscribing newspaper editors at the beginning of the year.

Dave Whamond also stood well above the crowd with a #2 cartoon that would have been a strong #1 in any other week. Dave and I both had two cartoons on the Top Ten this week. Congratulations to the other cartoonists who made the unusually hot Top Ten this week, Dave Fitzsimmons, Steve Sack, Dave Granlund, Rick McKee, Kevin Siers and RJ Matson.

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, so do editorial cartoonists who depend on newspapers, and along with them, our Cagle.com site, that our small, sinking syndicate largely supports, along with our fans.

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My own cartoon nabbed first place this week (and this year, so far), outpacing the pack by a big margin.  See the Daryl Cagle archive.

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Dave Whamond had a #2 cartoon that was unusually popular with editors; it is Dave’s first of two cartoons in the Top Ten.

 

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Dave Fitzsimmons takes 3rd place. It looks like “Halloween in these crazy times” is what editors want.

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Dave Whamond takes 4th place with his second of two cartoons in the Top Ten.

 

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RJ Matson nabs 5th place as Republicans get closer to killing Obamacare.

 

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My own “Halloween in these crazy times” cartoon is tied for 6th place.  See the Daryl Cagle archive.

 

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Rick McKee shares 6th place with his “Halloween in these crazy times” cartoon.

 

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Dave Granlund takes 8th place with another “Halloween in these crazy times” cartoon.

 

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Steve Sack takes 9th place.

 

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And Kevin Siers takes the ten spot with a COVID “these crazy times” cartoon.

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COVID Halloween

Halloween cartoons are always popular, and this year it will be a COVID Halloween. I’m a little early with my new cartoon, but I’m far from the first this year. I expect there will be many more.  See my archive.

 

Dave Whamond’s Halloween Grinch cartoon is crazy popular with editors, and has a shot at #1 on this week’s Top Ten.

 

Dave Granlund’s COVID Halloween cartoon is crazy popular too.

 

Our realistic, Dutch, CagleCartoonist, Bart van Leeuwen made a great Halloween Grim Reaper Trump.

We’ll post some more Halloween cartoons when we have a good batch.

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, so do editorial cartoonists who depend on newspapers, and along with them, our Cagle.com site, that our small, sinking syndicate largely supports, along with our fans.

The world needs political cartoonists more now than ever. Please consider supporting Cagle.com and visit Cagle.com/heroes.  We need you! Don’t let the cartoons die!