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Dangerous data centers: Top ten cartoons of the week

With tech companies squeezing A.I.-powered tools into every product they can, energy-hungry data centers are popping up across the country to provide the necessary processing power.

Our most popular cartoon this week, from the pen of John Cole, visualizes the problem with a giant yellow bird putting pressure on the power grid. Pat Bagley also drew a popular data center cartoon focused on a real farmer’s fear.

Otherwise, the focus continues to be on high prices. Can’t A.I. do something about that?

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

#1. John Cole

#2. Milt Priggee

 

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#3. Jonathan Brown

#4. John Darkow

#5. Pat Bagley

#6. Dave Whamond

#7. Dave Whamond

#8. Dave Granlund

#9. Rick McKee

#10. Harley Schwadron

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A.I. Anxieties: Top Ten Cartoons of the Week

This week, critics pounced on Time magazine for naming the architects of artificial intelligence its person (people?) of the year.

Our most-reprinted cartoon of the week, drawn by Dave Whamond, mocks the cover as something A.I. itself would come up with. Jeff Koterba also contributed to the anti-robot vibe with a funny cartoon about life with an A.I. chatbot.

Elsewhere on our top ten list, John Darkow drew a popular cartoon about Republicans not extending ObamaCare tax credits before leaving town and heading home for the holidays. Must be nice to have stable, inexpensive congressional healthcare watching over them.

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

#1. Dave Whamond

#2. Jeff Koterba

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#3. Dave Whamond

#4. Dave Granlund

#5. Guy Schwadron

#6. John Darkow

#7. Ed Wexler

#8. Harley Schwadron

#9. Chris Weyant

#10. Jeff Koterba

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Big, beautiful bill: Top ten cartoons of the week

The Republicans in the House passed their “big, beautiful” budget this week, which has led to a lot of uncertainty among business owners and just about everyone else who doesn’t own a MAGA hat. Will it explode the deficit? Will it lead to a recession? Will the stock market crash?

Our most popular cartoon of the week came from the pen of Ed Wexler, who isn’t only one confused by the bill’s focus on spending cuts and borrowed money to help the wealthiest Americans the most.

R.J. Matson’s cartoon on the bill (and more specifically, Moody’s downgrade) got a chuckle from me. As did Chris Weyant’s cartoon about RFK Jr. inability to discern fantasy from reality.

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

#1. Ed Wexler

#2. R.J. Matson

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#3. Margolis & Cox

#4. Bruce Plante

#5. John Darkow

#6. Chris Weyant

#7. Bob Englehart

#8. Bob Englehart

#9. Jeff Koterba

#10. Margolis & Cox

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Tariff turmoil: Top ten cartoons of the week

Donald Trump’s certainly left his mark on the global economy, with his global tariffs continuing to wreak havoc on markets across the world. Here in the U.S., Wall Street has become something of a rollercoaster ride, jumping and falling on every Truth Social post from the president

The interest in everything tariffs was evident this week, as nearly all of our most-reprinted cartoons were about Trump’s tax hike on imported goods. Our most popular cartoon, drawn by Ed Wexler, focused on the poor penguins in Antarctica unexpectedly hit by Trump’s tariffs.

Dave Whamond also drew a pair of popular tariff cartoons – a funny one featuring a keyboard warrior turned tax expert, and another mocking our dwindling 401(k)s. If you haven’t logged into your retirement account lately, don’t start now. I’d wait for all of Trump’s “winning” to kick in.

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

#1. Ed Wexler

#2. Dave Whamond

#3. Dave Whamond

#4. Dave Granlund

#5. Harley Schwadron

#6. John Darkow

#7. John Darkow

#8. Dave Granlund

#9. Dave Granlund

#10. Dick Wright

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DOGE CUTS: Top Ten Cartoons of the Week

IRS agents. VA workers. Park rangers. Air traffic controllers. Social Security administrators. No one employed by the federal government appears safe with Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency waiving a chainsaw across Washington.

Our top two most-reprinted cartoons of the week come from Chris Weyant, and both mock Musk’s blunt and mistake-prone process of trimming the size of the federal workforce. I also enjoyed Jeff Koterba’s cartoon about astronauts returning home after being stuck on the International Space Station, only to find a “Planet of the Apes” scenario playing out in the U.S.

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

#1. Chris Weyant

#2. Chris Weyant

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#3. Jeff Koterba

#4. Dave Granlund

#5. John Darkow

#6. John Darkow

#7. John Darkow

#8. R.J. Matson

#9. Alexandra Bowman

#10. Bruce Plante

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ROBOT REVOLUTION: TOP TEN CARTOONS OF THE WEEK

Afraid of robots taking over? If you’re phone habits are like most Americans, they already have, as Dave Whamond points out in his funny cartoon about artificial intelligence and our growing addiction to screens.

Sadly, a lot of the info we’re reading online is wrong. Frank Hansen mocked Google for its error-filled, A.I.-powered search results that told people to put glue on pizza and to eat rocks.

Fortunately, computers will be drawing all editorial cartoons in the near future, so the robots won’t have to worry about being mocked by us humans.

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

#1. Dave Whamond

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#2. Dave Granlund

#3. Jeff Koterba

#4. John Darkow

#5. Frank Hansen

#6. Jeff Koterba

#7. R.J. Matson

#8. Pat Byrnes

#9. Dick Wright

#10. Rick McKee

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SELL THE HOUSE: TOP TEN CARTOONS OF THE WEEK

The cost of everything, from gas to groceries, remains stubbornly high. But nothing seems as outrageously expensive as trying to buy a new home.

Home prices skyrocketed during the COVID pandemic, and inflation fears forced interest rates to rise. Rivers tapped into the economic insecurity over the housing market with a funny cartoon featuring two mutts striking it big by selling their tiny doghouse.

Another carton editors liked this week was Adam Zyglis’ take on the death of O.J. Simpson, whose funeral procession was drawn to resemble Simpson’s infamous Ford Bronco police chase.

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

#1. Rivers

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#2. John Darkow

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#3. Jeff Koterba

#4. Chris Weyant

#5. Gary McCoy

#6. Adam Zyglis

#7. Guy Parsons

#8. Jeff Koterba

#9. Dick Wright

#10. R.J. Matson

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The Top Ten Cartoons of the Week –Bagley and Matson

What a difference an hour makes. Our Top Ten cartoons of the week changes from minute to minute as editors make new picks, and cartoons drop off when they get to be a week old –so it happened this week when I grabbed the Top Ten cartoons for our podcast earlier than my editor, Rob Tornoe, grabbed them for this column, and RJ Matson’s then #1 Social Security cartoon (that you can see in last week’s post at #8) dropped off of the list.

No matter, all the cartoons are great, and you can see a lot of great conversation about editorial cartoons, newspapers, and our crazy, troubled profession from our brilliant CagleCartoonists, Pat Bagley and RJ Matson.

With the news former President Jimmy Carter has been placed on hospice care, Dave Granlund tribute to the former peanut farmer and Navy veteran turned commander-in-chief was easily this week’s most popular cartoon among editors.

Otherwise, it was a mixed bag as far as topics go. Cartoons about inflation, the Ohio train derailment, and the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine were all popular with editors this week. I particularly liked Pat Bagley‘s riff on Little Red Riding Hood, facing a dark forest of social media sites.

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

#1. Dave Granlund

 

#2. Jeff Koterba

 

#3. Pat Bagley

 

#4. Jeff Koterba

 

#5. Rick McKee

 

#6. Adam Zyglis

 

#7. R.J. Matson

 

#8. John Darkow

 

#9. Rivers

 

#10. Dave Granlund

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Indiana Jones and the Price of Eggs —Top Ten

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Readers enjoy holiday cartoons, so it’s no surprise Groundhog Day cartoons were popular among editors this week.

But the most reprinted cartoon this week was a clever spoof of Indiana Jones by Rick McKee, featuring the adventuring archeologist risking it all for an expensive treasure – a bunch of eggs

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

#1. Rick McKee

 

#2. R.J. Matson

 

#3. John Darkow

 

#4. Rivers

 

#5. Dave Whamond

 

#6. Bruce Plante

 

#7. Gary McCoy

 

#8. John Darkow

 

#9. R.J. Matson

 

#10. Dick Wright

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Lameduck Leftovers – Top Ten of the Week

With the midterms over, all eyes are on the 2024 election, which as of now will feature a rematch between current President Joe Biden and his predecessor, Donald Trump. Rick McKee’s cartoon about political leftovers was hit with editors this week, nailing the sweet spot between Thanksgiving and topical.

Inflation continues to be a popular topic for cartoonists. At least gas prices have started to drop.

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

#1. Rick McKee, Cagle.com

 

#2. Dave Whamond, Cagle.com

 

#3. Jeff Koterba, Cagle.com

 

#4. Monte Wolverton, Cagle.com

 

#5. Jeff Koterba, Cagle.com

 

#6. Gary McCoy, Cagle.com

 

#7. Dave Whamond, Cagle.com

 

#8. Dave Granlund, Cagle.com

 

#9. John Darkow, Columbia Missourian

 

#10. Chris Weyant, Boston Globe

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Top Ten: THANKFULL ON THANKSGIVING

 

Another Thanksgiving has come and gone, and while you feast on leftover turkey and reheated stuffing, enjoy the ten most reprinted cartoons of the week:

#1. Gary McCoy, Cagle.com

 

#2. Bob Englehart, Cagle.com

 

#3. Jeff Koterba, Cagle.com

 

#4. Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune

 

#5. Monte Wolverton, Cagle.com

 

#6. Guy Parsons, Cagle.com

 

#7. Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune

 

#8. Dave Whamond, Cagle.com

 

#9. Rick McKee, Cagle.com

 

#10. Rick McKee, Cagle.com

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ELECTION’S END: TOP TEN CARTOONS OF THE WEEK

You might have heard; there was an election this week. While there is a good deal that remains uncertain (Georgia’s Senate race won’t be settled until next month), one thing that seems universal is our exhaustion over election ads and petty bickering from candidates.

Fortunately, we can all now safely turn on our TVs and not be afraid of eerie music playing behind black and white images of craven politicians attacking one another. We’ll just have to wait a bit longer for those lawn signs to be removed.

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

#1. Chris Weyant, Boston Globe

 

#2. Dave Whamond, Cagle.com

 

#3. Jeff Koterba, Cagle.com

 

#4. Dave Granlund, Cagle.com

 

#5. Jeff Koterba, Cagle.com

 

#6. Randall Enos, Cagle.com

 

#7. Rivers, Cagle.com

 

#8. Chris Weyant, Boston Globe

 

#9. John Darkow, Columbia Missourian

 

#10. Dave Granlund, Cagle.com