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This week, it was all about balloons.

The Chinese spy balloon shot down by the U.S. after floating across the country was the perfect metaphor for cartoonists. So it’s no surprise that balloon cartoons made up a majority of our most-reprinted toons this week.

Editors also reprinted a lot of cartoons about President Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech, where he went back and forth with disapproving Republicans in real time. It’s been a wild week.

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

#1. Dave Whamond

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#2. Jeff Koterba

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#3. John Darkow

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#4. Guy Parsons

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#5. Dave Whamond

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#6. Dave Granlund

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#7. Jeff Koterba

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#8. John Darkow

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#9. Adam Zyglis

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#10. Dave Whamond

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Daryl Cagle is the publisher of Cagle.com and owner of Cagle Cartoons, Inc, a syndicate that distributes editorial cartoons and columns to over 700 newspapers. See Daryl’s blog at: DarylCagle.com. See all of the cartoons at Cagle.com.

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

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#2. R.J. Matson

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#3. John Darkow

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#4. Rivers

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#5. Dave Whamond

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#6. Bruce Plante

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#7. Gary McCoy

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#8. John Darkow

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#9. R.J. Matson

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#10. Dick Wright

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Daryl Cagle is the publisher of Cagle.com and owner of Cagle Cartoons, Inc, a syndicate that distributes editorial cartoons and columns to over 700 newspapers. See Daryl’s blog at: DarylCagle.com. See all of the cartoons at Cagle.com.

Most people probably can’t explain what the debt ceiling is, but it’s been in the news this week thanks to Republicans threatening economic calamity if their government spending demands aren’t met.

Another popular cartoon topic has been the troves of classified documents that keep popping up everywhere. Trump’s home. Biden’s garage. Pence’s home. At this point it’s likely I’ve draw a cartoon or two on the back of some top secret document that ended up on my drawing table.

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

#1. Jeff Koterba

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#2. Gary McCoy

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#3. Jeff Koterba

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#4. Jeff Koterba

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#5. R.J. Matson

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#6. Guy Parsons

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#7. Daryl Cagle

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#8. Rivers

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#9. Rick McKee

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#10. Dave Whamond

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Daryl Cagle is the publisher of Cagle.com and owner of Cagle Cartoons, Inc, a syndicate that distributes editorial cartoons and columns to over 700 newspapers. See Daryl’s blog at: DarylCagle.com. See all of the cartoons at Cagle.com.

Cartoons poking fun at the skyrocketing cost of eggs were popular among editors this week, as Americans can’t go a week without inflation taking a bite out of their wallets.

Cartoons about classified documents also got a lot of play this week, thanks to the revelation that more classified documents were carelessly stored by President Joe Biden, including some found in his Delaware garage near his 1967 Corvette.

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

#1. Dave Whamond

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#2. Dick Wright

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#3. John Darkow

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#4. Jeff Koterba

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#5. Bob Englehart

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#6. Rick McKee

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#7. Dave Granlund

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#8. John Cole

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#9. Dick Wright

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#10. Adam Zyglis

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Daryl Cagle is the publisher of Cagle.com and owner of Cagle Cartoons, Inc, a syndicate that distributes editorial cartoons and columns to over 700 newspapers. See Daryl’s blog at: DarylCagle.com. See all of the cartoons at Cagle.com.

While Kevin McCarthy’s delayed election as Speaker of the House drew all the headlines, opinion editors seemed much more interested this week in President Joe Biden’s trip to the border and the classified documents found in an old office and his garage.

Buffalo News cartoonists Adam Zyglis also drew a pair of popular cartoons about Damar Hamlin, the Bills safety who suffered a cardiac arrest during a game last week. Thankfully, Hamlin has recovered well, and was released from a Buffalo hospital on Wednesday.

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

#1. Dave Granlund

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#2. Rick McKee

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#3. Dave Granlund

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#4. Dick Wright

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#5. Dave Granlund

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#6. Dave Granlund

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#7. Dave Granlund

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#8. Adam Zyglis

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#9. Jeff Koterba

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#10. Adam Zyglis

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Daryl Cagle is the publisher of Cagle.com and owner of Cagle Cartoons, Inc, a syndicate that distributes editorial cartoons and columns to over 700 newspapers. See Daryl’s blog at: DarylCagle.com. See all of the cartoons at Cagle.com.

The new year was fresh on the minds of cartoonists this week, but editors also jumped on cartoons about Southwest’s lingering issues, which led to thousands of flight cancelations and lots of angry travelers.

Editors also liked Dave Whamond’s cartoon about Netflix, and how the streaming giant lost a bit of its luster over the past year.

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

#1. Chris Weyant

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#2. Bob Englehart

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#3. Dave Whamond

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#4. Dave Granlund

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#5. Jeff Koterba

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#6. Gary McCoy

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#7. John Cole

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#8. John Darkow

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#9. John Cole

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#10. Gary McCoy

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Daryl Cagle is the publisher of Cagle.com and owner of Cagle Cartoons, Inc, a syndicate that distributes editorial cartoons and columns to over 700 newspapers. See Daryl’s blog at: DarylCagle.com. See all of the cartoons at Cagle.com.

Happy New Year! Here are our top ten most reprinted cartoons of the year.

All of these cartoons were reprinted in over 200 newspapers, and give us an insight into what editors want most as they continue to shy away from cartoons that depict partisan politics that readers might disagree with.

There is nothing to disagree with here – no donkeys and elephants, no congress, no Supreme Court, nothing on Russia’s war on Ukraine, nothing about international issues at all.

That said, these are all great cartoons. Here are our top ten most reprinted cartoons of the year:

#1. Chris Weyant

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#2. Chris Weyant

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#3. Jeff Koterba

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#4. Dave Granlund

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#5. Rivers

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#6. Dave Granlund

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#7. Rivers

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#8. Dave Granlund

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#9. Dave Whamond

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#10. Jeff Koterba

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Daryl Cagle is the publisher of Cagle.com and owner of Cagle Cartoons, Inc, a syndicate that distributes editorial cartoons and columns to over 700 newspapers. See Daryl’s blog at: DarylCagle.com. See all of the cartoons at Cagle.com.

We’re closing in on the end of another year, which means newspaper editors want cartoons featuring Father Time and Baby New Year.

But our most popular cartoon over the past week is Jeff Koterba’s one-two punch about low temperature and high heating bills smacking people across the country.

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

#1. Jeff Koterba

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#2. Bob Englehart

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#3. Dave Granlund

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#4. Dick Wright

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#5. Rivers

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#6. Dick Wright

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#7. Dave Whamond

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#8. Monte Wolverton

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#9. Gary McCoy

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#10. Jeff Koterba

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Daryl Cagle is the publisher of Cagle.com and owner of Cagle Cartoons, Inc, a syndicate that distributes editorial cartoons and columns to over 700 newspapers. See Daryl’s blog at: DarylCagle.com. See all of the cartoons at Cagle.com.

As you’d expect, a number of Christmas-themed cartoons were widely reprinted this week. But the most popular cartoon was a mashup involving Santa and Hunter Biden, who’s in search of a new laptop.

Inflation continues to be a popular topic among editors, as does anything involving Twitter and Elon Musk.

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

#1. Bob Englehart

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#2. Pat Bagley

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#3. Rick McKee

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#4. Dick Wright

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#5. Chris Weyant

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#6. John Darkow

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#7. Jeff Koterba

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#8. Dave Whamond 

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#9. Dave Whamond 

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#10. Jeff Koterba

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Daryl Cagle is the publisher of Cagle.com and owner of Cagle Cartoons, Inc, a syndicate that distributes editorial cartoons and columns to over 700 newspapers. See Daryl’s blog at: DarylCagle.com. See all of the cartoons at Cagle.com.

This week, editors chose a mixed bag of topics for their op-ed pages, everything from NASA’s moon mission to Brittney Griner’s release to Kyrsten Sinema leaving the Democratic Party.

Yet despite everything going on in the news, this week’s most-reprinted cartoon was about a universal subject everyone hates – high gas prices. Though not enough to go out and buy electric cars, apparently.

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

#1. Dave Whamond

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#2. Jeff Koterba

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#3. Rivers

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#4. Pat Byrnes

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#5. John Darkow

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#6. R.J. Matson

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#7. Jeff Koterba

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#8. Dave Granlund

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#9. Rick McKee

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#10. Pat Bagley

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Daryl Cagle is the publisher of Cagle.com and owner of Cagle Cartoons, Inc, a syndicate that distributes editorial cartoons and columns to over 700 newspapers. See Daryl’s blog at: DarylCagle.com. See all of the cartoons at Cagle.com.