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Thanksgiving is a good reminder how expensive everything remains at the grocery store. So much for Donald Trump’s promise to lower grocery prices “on Day One.”

Editors know their readers are feeling the pinch. That’s why Dave Whammond’s cartoon satirizing a famed Norman Rockwell painting (with a much smaller Thanksgiving spread) was among our most popular of the week. Trump lowered tariffs on a host of products, but as Chris Weyant points out in his widely-reprinted cartoon, don’t expect much to change until the 2028 election, which is a few years away.

One cartoon I laughed at wasn’t related to tariffs at all – it was Dave Granlund’s toon mocking Trump’s unsanctioned assault on the boat of an allege drug runner, but the only crew are the Skipper and Gilligan, too. Though I wonder how many readers under the age of 50 get the joke.

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

#1. Chris Weyant

#2. Dave Whamond

#3. Gary McCoy

#4. Bob Englehart

#5. Monte Wolverton

#6. Dave Whamond

#7. Rick McKee

#8. Dave Granlund

#9. Dave Granlund

#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

The government is reopened and Democrats are being mocked for caving. Looks like everything is back to normal in Washington.

Our most-reprinted cartoon of the week was John Darkow’s perfect shutdown metaphor, comparing Democrats trusting Republicans to extend Obamacare subsidies to Lucy holding the football for Charlie Brown. I think we all know how this will end.

Our cartoonists covered a lot of ground this week, with popular cartoons about Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving, and even the northern lights. I personally liked Rick McKee’s cartoon about the old woman who lives in a shoe, a lucky recipient of one of Trump’s 50-year mortgages. I wonder if she’s still making payments.

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

#1. John Darkow

#2. Dave Granlund

#3. Dave Granlund

#4. Bruce Plante

#5. Dave Granlund

#6. Bob Englehart

#7. Jeff Koterba

#8. Rick McKee

#9. Margolis & Cox

#10. Rick McKee

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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

As the government shutdown enters its sixth week, Republicans and Democrats don’t seem much closer to a solution both sides can agree on.

As Bob Englehart notes in his popular cartoon this week, we’re not listening to one another. The loudest, harshest voices dominate the discussion, with one side yelling at the other, as Gary McCoy depicted in his funny toon.

Hopefully the sweeping Election Night Democrats had this week loosens things up in Washington so a deal can get done before planes start falling from the sky. Our cartoonists don’t seem too optimistic about that.

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

#1. Bob Englehart

#2. John Darkow

#3. Dave Granlund

#4. Gary McCoy

#5. Bob Englehart

#6. Dave Whamond

#7. Dave Granlund

#8. Dick Wright

#9. R.J. Matson

#10. Harley Schwadron

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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 easier to enjoy holidays like Halloween when the economy was strong, prices were affordable, and we weren’t worried about robots stealing our jobs.

Jeff Koterba brilliantly mined the malaise surrounding Halloween this year in our most-popular cartoon this week, which featured a trio of terrors – inflation, the government shutdown, and A.I.

Dave Whamond took a similar path in his funny Halloween cartoon that asks a simple question – why watch horror movies when you can just turn on the news?

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

#1. Jeff Koterba

#2. Dave Whamond

#3. Dave Granlund

#4. Dave Whamond

#5. Bruce Plante

#6. Jeff Koterba

#7. R.J. Matson

#8. John Darkow

#9. Dave Whamond

#10. R.J. Matson

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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

Even though we’re still a week away from Halloween, it’s never too early for cartoonists to flex their holiday-drawing muscles.

Our most-reprinted Halloween cartoon this week comes from Chris Weyant, who drew two pumpkins and the impact reading too many headlines can have. I laughed at Rick McKee’s cartoon, about a Frankenstein monster with chicken legs due to sky-high meat prices.

While many of our most popular cartoons this week were Halloween-related, the one reprinted most by editors was a funny take about the high-profile heist at the Louvre in Paris, France drawn by Gary McCoy.

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

#1. Gary McCoy

#2. Chris Weyant

#3. Rick McKee

#4. Bob Englehart

#5. Dave Granlund

#6. John Darkow

#7. Jeff Koterba

#8. John Darkow

#9. Chris Weyant

#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

A government shutdown. Costs continuing to rise. Soldiers on the streets of American cities. Political enemies of the president targeted by his administration. Reporters forced out of the Pentagon.

Outside of the peace deal between Israel and Hamas, is there actually any good news out there?

Chris Weyant tapped into that sentiment with one of our most-reprinted cartoons of the week, which features a gameshow appropriately called “How much more of this can I take?” I also enjoyed Dave Whamond’s cartoon, about Americans tuning out of the news and turning to Netflix instead.

Our most-reprinted cartoon was a wonderful John Darkow piece on the government shutdown, which is entering its third week with no end in sight. In his cartoon, Darkow wondered if we’ll all get a break on our taxes with the government at a standstill. I think you know the answer to that, which I guess is just more bad news.

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

#1. John Darkow

#2. Chris Weyant

#3. Dave Whamond

#4. John Darkow

#5. John Darkow

#6. John Darkow

#7. Dave Granlund

#8. Margolis & Cox

#9. Rick McKee

#10. Bob Englehart

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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

The government shutdown grinds forward, with no end in sight and no deal on the horizon to bring together Republicans and Democrats. In other words, it’s a mess, which isn’t exactly new for Washington.

Gary McCoy’s shutdown cartoon, featuring a student complaining about schools not being closed, was our most-reprinted cartoon this week. Bruce Plante’s boxing-themed cartoon – with both Republicans and Democrats bruised and battered – was also popular among editors.

I laughed at Pat Byrnes’ funny cartoon about Republicans and Democrats finally finding something to agree on – the full release of the Epstein files. Now if they can only find something to agree on to reopen the government.

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

#1. Gary McCoy

#2. Bruce Plante

#3. John Cole

#4. Dave Granlund

#5. Bob Englehart

#6. John Cole

#7. Pat Byrnes

#8. Bob Englehart

#9. John Darkow

#10. R.J. Matson

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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

What’s left to say about the government shutdown and our broken politics in the nation’s capital? Because Republicans and Democrats can’t get together to accomplish the most basic task of keeping the federal lights on, tens of thousands of government employees face furloughs and possibly their loss of their jobs, thanks to Trump’s threats about layoffs.

Our most popular cartoon of the week by far was R.J. Matson’s wonderful drawing of an unplugged Capitol building, a powerful image that quietly sums up the dysfunction in Washington. Matson also drew a funny cartoon of foam fingers being delivered for the blame game between Republicans and Democrats.

Amid the shutdown, news broke that beloved chimpanzee researcher Jane Goodall passed away at age 91. Cartoonists typically hate drawing obituary cartoons, but readers love and appreciate them. So it’s no surprise to me Dave Whamond’s wonderful drawing and quote honoring Goodall’s work was among our most popular among editors.

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

#1. R.J. Matson

#2. Dave Whamond

#3. Doug Plante

#4. John Darkow

#5. Ed Wexler

#6. R.J. Matson

#7. Dave Whamond

#8. Adam Zyglis

#9. Dave Granlund

#10. R.J. Matson

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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

When Donald Trump was reelected, who predicted late-night television would become relevant again?

Thanks to the cancelation of Stephen Colbert’s show and Jimmy Kimmel’s short-lived suspension, late-night TV hosts have alerted Americans (and even a few Republicans) to the Trump administrations’s willingness to use the government to threaten speech it doesn’t like.

I thought Adam Zyglis’ cartoon of free speech advocates raising the constitution like the flag at Iwo Jima really hit the mark. I also enjoyed Dave Granlund’s cartoon mixing Trump’s annoyance over Kimmel’s return with his bizarre instance Americans stop taking Tylenol.

But our most-reprinted cartoon of the week, drawn by R.J. Matson, previews what we’ll all be fretting over in just a few days – a government shutdown under an administration trying to rid itself of as many federal employees as possible.

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

#1. RJ Matson

#2. Dave Whamond

#3. Adam Zyglis

#4. Ed Wexler

#5. Dave Granlund

#6. Doug Plante

#7. Harley Schwadron

#8. Dave Granlund

#9. Dave Granlund

#10. Ratt

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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 been a rough week for the country. In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, the country seems more angry and divided than ever. The current occupant of the White House isn’t helping matters, turning the heat up when America needs a cold bucket of water

That’s why Rick McKee’s cartoon about a man deciding to remain on a deserted island resonated with so many editors and readers this week.

If only we could just unplug and walk away from the garbage we come across online. A popular Jeff Koterba cartoon has an even better idea – just delete the internet and start over from scratch. Things were better when social media didn’t exist, anyway.

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

#1. Rick McKee

#2. Adam Zyglis

#3. John Darkow

#4. John Darkow

#5. Monte Wolverton

#6. Jeff Koterba

#7. John Darkow

#8. Jeff Koterba

#9. R.J. Matson

#10. Dave Granlund

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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