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We’re nearly one year into Donald Trump’s second term in the White House, but so far there isn’t much that costs less then when he took office.

Clearly high prices are on the mind of readers. Our most-reprinted cartoon this week was a funny piece drawn by Dave Whamond arguing for a “celery cap” at the grocery store.

Editors also loved Milt Priggee’s cartoon about the middle class submerged underwater by the dual forces of high costs and income inequality. I bet most of us can relate.

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

#1. Dave Whamond

#2. Milt Priggee

#3.  John Darkow

#4. Dave Whamond

#5. Dick Wright

#6. Dave Granlund

#7. Dave Whamond

#8. John Darkow

#9. Jonathan Brown

#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

2026 should be a fun year for cartoonists… if we’re not all replaced by robots.

The fear of A.I. was front and center in a number of our most-popular cartoons this week, as technological terrors took the place of Baby New Year. But our most-reprinted cartoon was a funny New Year’s resolutions gag drawn by John Darkow.

While New Year’s related cartoons dominated this week’s list, I chuckled at Chris Weyant’s Christmas cartoon about out of control electric bills and Gary McCoy’s riff about a bossy chat bot. Just don’t talk bad about ChatGPT within earshot.

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

#1. John Darkow

#2. Dave Whamond

#3. Chris Weyant

#4. Bruce Plante

#5. Jeff Koterba

#6. Dave Granlund

#7. John Darkow

#8. Dick Wright

#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

The Christmas spirit has invaded cartoon world, with Santa and his elves predictably dominating our most-popular toons this week.

Gary McCoy topped out list with his cartoon about a father asking Santa for a peaceful world, which any parent can relate to. Chris Weyant also drew a popular cartoon along similar lines.

There were some pokes and prods as well. Dave Granlund draw a funny cartoon featuring politicians running to an airplane leaving Washington, D.C., the only time you see them hurrying to do anything. And I enjoyed Randall Enos’ jab at the release of the Epstein Files, with two guys at the bar having a redacted conversation.

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

#1. Gary McCoy

#2. Jeff Koterba

#3. Chris Weyant

#4. Chris Weyant

#5. John Darkow

#6. Dick Wright

#7. Dave Granlund

#8. Dave Granlund

#9. Randall Enos

#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

Two weeks out from Christmas, Santa Claus is already taking over the country’s op-ed pages.

Our list of most-reprinted cartoons this week is dominated by St. Nick, including two gut-busters drawn by Dave Whamond. One is a funny riff on the Epstein Files, while the other touches on America’s hatred of universal tipping.

There were also a few thoughts about price hikes coming to Obamacare at the beginning of the year due to expiring tax credits, including a beautifully-drawn cartoon by R.J. Matson featuring a congressional train with two locomotives.

Maybe ask Santa for health care?

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

#1. Dave Whamond

#2. Dave Whamond

#3. John Darkow

#4. Dave Granlund

#5. Dave Whamond

#6. Jeff Koterba

#7. R.J. Matson

#8. Gary McCoy

#9. Bob Englehart

#10. Bruce 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

Feeling festive yet?

It’s hard to escape the suffocating grasp of Christmas, which seems to show up earlier and earlier this year. No wonder editors flocked to download Pat Bagley’s funny cartoon about a Thanksgiving turkey getting hooked off the stage in favor of a surprised St. Nick.

As far as Christmas cartoons go, I laughed at Bob Englehart’s toon showing kids asking A.I. for presents and enjoyed Gary McCoy’s funny dig at cursing parents and relatives during the holidays. ‘Tis the season to be merry.

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

#1. Pat Bagley

#2. Dave Granlund

#3. Bob Englehart

#4. John Darkow

#5. John Darkow

#6. Gary McCoy

#7. John Darkow

#8. Dave Whamond

#9. Dave Whamond

#10. Chris Weyant

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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

I hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving, and tolerated their families enough to do it all over again in less than a month.

In cartoon world, most of our most-popular pieces this week revolved in some way around Turkey Day, whether it was avoiding the discussion of politics or the perils of holiday travel. Jeff Koterba’s riff on the classic kiddie table was easily our most-reprinted cartoon of the week.

But as Pat Bagley noted in his popular holiday cartoon, we’ve already moved on to Santa Claus. So goodbye turkey, hello tariffs.

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

#1. Jeff Koterba

#2. Chris Weyant

#3. Bob Englehart

#4. Pat Bagley

#5. Margolis & Cox

#6. Chris Weyant

#7. Dave Granlund

#8. Jeff Koterba

#9. Dave Whamond

#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

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