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After months of brinksmanship, House Republicans and President Joe Biden came together raise the debt ceiling and avert an economic calamity. Republicans got some of the cuts they wanted, Biden kept most of his economic policies intact, and editors got a flood of debt ceiling cartoons.

The bad news? Cartoonists will be back drawing more debt ceiling cartoons in 2025… unless we’re all replaced by AI.

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

#1. Jeff Koterba

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#2. R.J. Matson

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#3. Jeff Koterba

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#4. Guy Parsons

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#5. Rivers

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#6. John Darkow

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#7. John Cole

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#8. Rick McKee

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#9. Dick Wright

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#10. Ed Wexler

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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.

Dave Granlund’s simple, poignant Memorial Day cartoon was our most-reprinted cartoon this week, as we had into a weekend of remembrance and barbecues. 

Editors also liked several of our cartoons on the looming debt ceiling crisis, as lawmakers leave Washington, D.C. to enjoy their holiday weekend without a resolution in place. Nice work if you can get it.

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

#1. Dave Granlund

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#2. Jeff Koterba

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#3. Rick McKee

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#4. Bob Englehart

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#5. Frank Hansen

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#6. Jeff Koterba

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#7. John Darkow

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#8. Rick McKee

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#9. Frank Hansen

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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.

You can barely open a newspaper or flip through an article on your phone without reading about the growth of artificial intelligence.

Cartoonists are watching the images created by A.I. systems – fed with a catalogue of artists’ work – with a wary eye. Maybe if we feed these computers enough cartoons critical of their creeping abilities, maybe it’ll teach them not to take all our jobs.

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

#1. Chris Weyant

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#2. John Darkow

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#3. Jeff Koterba

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#4. R.J. Matson

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#5. Bob Englehart

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#6. Dave Granlund

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#7. Jeff Koterba

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#8. Guy Parsons

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#9. Gary McCoy

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#10. John Darkow

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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 dreaded rub of holiday cartoons – editors love them, and cartoonists hate to draw them. But it’s undeniable that Mother’s Day cartoons were popular with editors this week, as our two most-reprinted cartoons were celebrations of mothers everywhere. 

Editors also ran cartoons covering a smorgasbord of topics, ranging from federal charges against Rep. George Santos to Vladimir Putin’s paltry “one-tank” military parade.

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

#1. Bill Day

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#2. Guy Parsons

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#3. Dave Granlund

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#4. Rick McKee

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#5. Dave Whamond

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#6. Jeff Koterba

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#7. John Darkow

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#8. Monte Wolverton

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#9. John Darkow

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#10. Rivers

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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 drumbeat about President Joe Biden’s age continued to bang this week, with critics pointing to the fact he’ll be 82 on inauguration day if re-elected. Editor’s are certainly interested, with many of our most-reprinted cartoons this week revolving around the nation’s oldest president. 

Editors were also interested in cartoons about the writers’ strike in Hollywood and the potential for a debt ceiling debacle, as Republicans appear ready to take us to the brink of default.

It’s never a dull moment.

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

#1. R.J. Matson

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#2. Bob Englehart

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#3. Dave Whamond

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#4. Pat Bagley

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#5. Chris Weyant

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#6. John Cole

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#7. Jeff Koterba

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#8. Rick McKee

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#9. Rick McKee

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#10. John Darkow

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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.

It’s finally official – President Joe Biden is running for reelection in 2024.

At 80, Biden is already the oldest president in the country’s history. If he wins the election, he’ll be 82 when he’s inaugurated and leave office at the age of 86, which is sure to be great fodder for the nation’s cartoonists.

It’s not as if his likely opponent, former President Donald Trump, is all that younger. Trump would be 77-years-old on inauguration day.

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. Pat Bagley

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#4. Jeff Koterba

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#5. Dick Wright

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#6. Bob Englehart

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#7. Dick Wright

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#8. Rick McKee

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#9. Dick Wright

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#10. Rivers

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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 big news over the past week was the leaking of highly classified military documents about the war in Ukraine and other issues, allegedly released by a member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard.

Our top three most-reprinted cartoons over the past week were about the documents, which appear to have been shared to impress people in an online chat and not for any ideological reasons. Ah, the internet.

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

#1. John Darkow

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#2. Jeff Koterba

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#3. Gary McCoy

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#4. Rivers

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#5. Dave Whamond

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#6. John Darkow

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#7. Jeff Koterba

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#8. Frank Hansen

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#9. Guy Parsons

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#10. R.J. Matson

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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 going back to the moon! 

Jeff Koterba’s cartoon about NASA’s Artemis II mission, which will send four astronauts around the moon for the first time since Apollo 17 in 1972, was easily our most reprinted cartoon this week.

Editors were also interested in cartoons about longtime Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who reportedly accepted expensive vacations and gifts without disclosing them. 

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

#1. Jeff Koterba

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#2. Dave Granlund

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#3. Dave Granlund

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#4. Dave Whamond

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#5. Dave Whamond

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#6. Dave Granlund

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#7. Dick Wright

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#8. Jeff Koterba

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#9. R.J. Matson

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#10. Rivers

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Editor’s note: This post has been update to correct the spelling of the name of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.

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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.

Sorry, Easter Bunny.

In the lead-up to Easter, a number of our most popular cartoons this week riffed on the impact frustratingly high egg prices could have on Easter. 

There was also that relatively-minor news that Donald Trump became the first president in U.S. history to be indicted on criminal charges, as well as yet another school shooting, this time in Nashville, Tenn.

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. Dick Wright

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#4. John Darkow

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#5. Gary McCoy

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#6. R.J. Matson

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#7. John Darkow

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#8. Dave Whamond

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#9. Dick Wright

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#10. Rivers

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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.

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew faced blistering questions this week, as legislators try to decide whether to ban the Chinese-owned social media platform within the U.S.

The irony, of course, is politicians are trying to protect children from a website while not lifting a finger following the latest mass shooting at a school, this time The Covenant School in Nashville, Tenn.

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

#1. John Darkow

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#2. Dave Whamond

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#3. Monte Wolverton

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#4. Dave Granlund

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#5. Rivers

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#6. R.J. Matson

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#7. Rick McKee

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#8. R.J. Matson

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#9. Dave Granlund

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#10. Rick McKee

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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.