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It was another busy week for the nation’s cartoonists, with news running the gamut from Mitch McConnell stepping down from Republican leadership to AT&T’s cell phones going down across the country.

This week’s most-reprinted cartoon came from Dick Wright, who was not a fan of President Joe Biden’s most recent move to forgive student loan debt for over 150,000 borrowers. Biden continues to struggle in polling against former President Donald Trump, and he (as well as his bite-happy dog, Commander) has found himself an accessible target for cartoonists.

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

#1. Dick Wright

#2. Gary McCoy

#3. Jeff Koterba

#4. Jeff Koterba

#5. Dave Whamond

#6. Dave Whamond

#7. Dave Granlund

#8. Dave Whamond

#9. Jeff Koterba

#10. Pat Bagley

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Daryl Cagle is the publisher of Cagle.com and owner of CagleCartoons.com, a syndicate that distributes editorial cartoons and columns to over 500 subscribing newspapers. See Daryl’s blog at DarylCagle.com and watch his video podcast about editorial cartoons at Caglecast.com

Another week, another mixed bag of news topics that found their way onto the drawing boards of the nation’s top cartoonists.

Several of our most-reprinted cartoons this week centered on Russia, which included former Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s widely-mocked softball interview with Vladimir Putin. There was also a vague warning of a Russian space super weapon that caught the attention of a couple of cartoonists.

This week’s most popular cartoon was Dave Granlund’s riff on a court in Alabama ruling that frozen embryos are children. While the ruling has been highly controversial, impacting doctors, hospitals, and families trying to have a child, Granlund chose to focus on a family attempting to claim tax credits for the “kids” they have in the lab.

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

#1. Dave Granlund

#2. Dick Wright

#3. Gary McCoy

#4. Dave Whamond

#5. Rivers

#6. Monte Wolverton

#7. Chris Weyant

#8. Rivers

#9. Rick McKee

#10. Pat Bagley

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Daryl Cagle is the publisher of Cagle.com and owner of CagleCartoons.com, a syndicate that distributes editorial cartoons and columns to over 500 subscribing newspapers. See Daryl’s blog at DarylCagle.com and watch his video podcast about editorial cartoons at Caglecast.com

Another week, another failure to get anything meaningful done in Washington.

Our most-reprinted cartoon this week was Dave Whamond’s funny Valentine’s Day riff on a dysfunctional D.C., which thanks to Republicans in the House can’t seem to do… anything, beyond finally impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

Another issue that dominated our cartoons last week was the return of age as a campaign issue. The country is beginning to come to grips with the fact we’re going to have a 81-year-old duking it out with a 78-year-old in November, and the winner will become the Commander in Chief.

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

#1. Dave Whamond

#2. John Darkow

#3. Adam Zyglis

#4. Dave Whamond

#5. Dick Wright

#6. R.J. Matson

#7. Jeff Koterba

#8. Dave Granlund

#9. Bob Englehart

#10. Dave Whamond

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Daryl Cagle is the publisher of Cagle.com and owner of CagleCartoons.com, a syndicate that distributes editorial cartoons and columns to over 500 subscribing newspapers. See Daryl’s blog at DarylCagle.com and watch his video podcast about editorial cartoons at Caglecast.com

Normally, editors tend to gravitate towards a particular subject dominating the news when it comes to cartoons. But this week, our list of the most-reprinted cartoons features a smorgasbord of topics ranging from low unemployment to the Republican’s botched immigration plan, and just about everything in between.

Our most-reprinted cartoon this week was a riff on the threat of social media to children, drawn by Adam Zyglis. The way things are going he could throw a journalist in the crib, too.

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

#1. Adam Zyglis

#2. Dave Granlund

#3. Jeff Koterba

#4. John Darkow

#5. Chris Weyant

#6. Rivers

#7. Dave Granlund

#8. R.J. Matson

#9. Bob Englehart

#10. Pat Bagley

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Daryl Cagle is the publisher of Cagle.com and owner of CagleCartoons.com, a syndicate that distributes editorial cartoons and columns to over 500 subscribing newspapers. See Daryl’s blog at DarylCagle.com and watch his video podcast about editorial cartoons at Caglecast.com

Another year, another Groundhog Day, marked by gullible people trusting a weather forecast spewed by a buck-toothed marmot lacking the ability to speak.

John Darkow’s image of the four-legged furball predicting six more weeks of stupid politics (seems like a safe bet) was easily our most reprinted cartoon of the week.

Editors also enjoyed several cartoons about House Speaker Mike Johnson and many of his fellow Republicans, who are blocking a bipartisan immigration reform bill passed in the Senate because they’re afraid Joe Biden would brag about it on the campaign trail.

Stupid politics, indeed. Here are our top ten most reprinted cartoons of the week:

#1. John Darkow

#2. R.J. Matson

#3. Jeff Koterba

#4. R.J. Matson

#5. Dave Whamond

#6. Chris Weyant

#7. Dave Whamond

#8. Dave Granlund

#9. Jeff Koterba

#10. Pat Bagley

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Daryl Cagle is the publisher of Cagle.com and owner of CagleCartoons.com, a syndicate that distributes editorial cartoons and columns to over 500 subscribing newspapers. See Daryl’s blog at DarylCagle.com and watch his video podcast about editorial cartoons at Caglecast.com

Despite Donald Trump’s win in the New Hampshire primary this week, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley isn’t kissing the ring. The Republican presidential candidate – who worked in Trump’s administration as his U.N. ambassador – pledged to remain in the race until the South Carolina primary next month.

This is bad news for Trump but a great turn of events for the nation’s cartoonists, who can now spend another month lampooning the intra-party fight between Trump and Haley, all while Biden remains out of the picture. Maybe they’ll even get on a debate stage together. I’d certainly sharpen my pencil for that one.

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

#1. Dave Whamond

#2. Chris Weyant

#3. Dick Wright

#4. Dave Whamond

#5. John Darkow

#6. Chris Weyant

#7. Pat Bagley

#8. Rivers

#9. Jeff Koterba

#10. Doug Plante

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Daryl Cagle is the publisher of Cagle.com and owner of CagleCartoons.com, a syndicate that distributes editorial cartoons and columns to over 500 subscribing newspapers. See Daryl’s blog at DarylCagle.com and watch his video podcast about editorial cartoons at Caglecast.com

Everyone loves a good weather cartoon!

Frigid temperatures, plies of snow, blistering wind chills – bad weather is one of the few things that impacts everyone, so it’s no surprise some of this week’s most-popular cartoons were about this week’s Arctic blast across the U.S.

We also had a number of popular cartoons about Donald Trump’s victory in the Iowa caucuses and his stranglehold on the Republican Party heading into the 2024 elections. The Trump cartoons won’t end with the New Hampshire primary up next, but cartoonists will probably lose interest in Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis if they don’t pull off an upset win.

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

#1. Jeff Koterba

#2. John Darkow

#3. R.J. Matson

#4. Daryl Cagle

#5. Rivers

#6. John Darkow

#7. Rivers

#8. Bob Englehart

#9. Pat Bagley

#10. John Cole

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Daryl Cagle is the publisher of Cagle.com and owner of CagleCartoons.com, a syndicate that distributes editorial cartoons and columns to over 500 subscribing newspapers. See Daryl’s blog at DarylCagle.com and watch his video podcast about editorial cartoons at Caglecast.com

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

#2. Daryl Cagle

#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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Daryl Cagle is the publisher of Cagle.com and owner of CagleCartoons.com, a syndicate that distributes editorial cartoons and columns to over 500 subscribing newspapers. See Daryl’s blog at DarylCagle.com and watch his video podcast about editorial cartoons at Caglecast.com<

It’s 2024, which means everyone is still feverishly trying to keep up with their New Year’s resolutions.

This week’s most-reporting cartoon was by Chris Weyant featuring a stressed-out Earth over how long his list of resolutions is this year. Several cartoons about our hopes and goals for the new year were popular among editors. 

We also had a fair amount of cartoons looking ahead at the 2024 election, which promises to be a bit of a train wreck. I agree with John Darkow – maybe someday soon we can get back to having an election where it doesn’t feel like the most consequential ever. Just give us qualified candidates who happen to be fun to draw.

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

#1. Chris Weyant

#2. John Darkow

#3. Dave Whamond

#4. Chris Weyant

#5. Bruce Plante

#6. John Darkow

#7. Bob Englehart

#8. Dave Whamond

#9. Taylor Jones

#10. Jeff Koterba

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Daryl Cagle is the publisher of Cagle.com and owner of CagleCartoons.com, a syndicate that distributes editorial cartoons and columns to over 500 subscribing newspapers. See Daryl’s blog at DarylCagle.com and watch his video podcast about editorial cartoons at Caglecast.com

It’s hard to believe we’ve already arrived at 2024, which will feature the time-honored tradition of the nation’s best cartoonists lampooning a presidential election. Mocking presidential candidates dates all the way back to the election of 1800, when Thomas Jefferson was mocked as a “brandy-soaked anarchist tearing down the pillars of government.”

This week it’s all about ringing in the New Year with another well-worn tradition: cartoons featuring Father Time and Baby New Year. Bruce Plante’s New Year’s cartoon was popular with editors this week, I think because it nails the high stakes we all feel as we look ahead to 2024.

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

#1. John Darkow

#2. Bruce Plante

#3. Guy Parsons

#4. Pat Byrnes

#5. Dave Granlund

#6. Jeff Koterba

#7. Monte Wolverton

#8. Gatis Sluka

#9. Gary McCoy

#10. John Darkow

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Daryl Cagle is the publisher of Cagle.com and owner of CagleCartoons.com, a syndicate that distributes editorial cartoons and columns to over 500 subscribing newspapers. See Daryl’s blog at DarylCagle.com and watch his video podcast about editorial cartoons at Caglecast.com