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When will a presidential election NOT be the most important of our lifetime?

That’s the question John Darkow asked in his widely-reprinted cartoon this week about the upcoming election between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. He’s not the only cartoonist looking warily ahead – Rivers drew the 2024 contest as a tornado ready to rip through someone’s home, while Pat Bagley made it clear supporting a third-party candidate was like throwing your vote away.

The election is still six months away. Buckle up.

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

#1. John Darkow

#2. Jeff Koterba

#3. Rivers

#4. Chris Weyant

#5. Rivers

#6. Bob Englehart

#7. Dave Granlund

#8. Pat Bagley

#9. John Darkow

#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

School protests have dominated the headlines this week, as demonstrators have clashed with police at universities across the country attempting to voice their opposition to Israel’s war in Gaza.

Two of our most popular cartoons this week were about the protests, both drawn by Chris Weyant.

There was also South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s bizarre story about shooting and killing her young dog, brazenly told as an example of making the tough decisions. Editors enjoyed Rick McKee’s funny cartoon about Noem, which featured Snoopy being fired upon while flying his doghouse.

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

#1. Chris Weyant

#2. John Darkow

#3. Chris Weyant

#4. Rick McKee

#5. Taylor Jones

#6. Dick Wright

#7. Dave Whamond

#8. Dave Granlund

#9. Dave Whamond

#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

Editors were big fans of Chris Weyant this week, who had our top three most-reprinted cartoons.

All three touched on the unease heading into the 2024 election rematch between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Weyant and a couple of cartoonists riffed on the new movie “Civil War,” which has obviously political undertones for our divided nation.

We also got a popular cicada cartoon from Rick McKee, with the bugs worried what type of world their kids will crawl up into in the next decade. Even the insects are paranoid.

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

#1. Chris Weyant

#2. Chris Weyant

#3. Chris Weyant

#4. Rick McKee

#5. John Darkow

#6. Dave Granlund

#7. Dave Granlund

#8. Pat Byrnes

#9. Dick Wright

#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

The cost of everything, from gas to groceries, remains stubbornly high. But nothing seems as outrageously expensive as trying to buy a new home.

Home prices skyrocketed during the COVID pandemic, and inflation fears forced interest rates to rise. Rivers tapped into the economic insecurity over the housing market with a funny cartoon featuring two mutts striking it big by selling their tiny doghouse.

Another carton editors liked this week was Adam Zyglis’ take on the death of O.J. Simpson, whose funeral procession was drawn to resemble Simpson’s infamous Ford Bronco police chase.

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

#1. Rivers

#2. John Darkow

#3. Jeff Koterba

#4. Chris Weyant

#5. Gary McCoy

#6. Adam Zyglis

#7. Guy Parsons

#8. Jeff Koterba

#9. Dick Wright

#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

On Monday, a total solar eclipse will cross North America, a momentary break from the bad news we’ve all be drowning in the past few months.

I like Pat Byrnes cartoon in particular, noting how nice a change it will be to know why we’re all plunged in darkness – at least those in the path of the eclipse, as the moon blocks the face of the sun.

Unfortunately, the eclipse will only last a few hours. Too bad it couldn’t stick around through the election.

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

#1. Doug Plante

#2. Guy Parsons

#3. Pat Byrnes

#4. Jeff Koterba

#5. John Darkow

#6. Dave Granlund

#7. Jeff Koterba

#8. Jeff Koterba

#9. Chris Weyant

#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

It’s hard to satirize the news and Donald Trump with headlines like, “Ex-president selling bibles to help pay legal cost of porn star hush money trial.”

Chris Weyant has had a lot of success poking fun at Trump. He had our most reprinted cartoon this week, a funny look at the former president’s various trials through the lens of the NCAA tournament.

Speaking of madness, the Republicans and Speaker Mike Johnson have just a one seat majority in the House, thanks to some recent retirements. As John Darkow suggests in his popular cartoon this week, now is definitely a good time for Congress to go on spring break.

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

#1. Chris Weyant

#2. Dick Wright

#3. Guy Parsons

#4. Dave Granlund

#5. Jeff Koterba

#6. Dave Whamond

#7. John Darkow

#8. Dave Granlund

#9. John Darkow

#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

We’ve know for a long time the 2024 presidential election was likely to come down to Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump, a choice no one really seems too psyched about making.

Give Chris Weyant credit for coming up with a funny spin on the election with a cartoon featuring a ballot saying the obvious. In fact, several cartoons about the Biden vs. Trump rematch landed on this week’s Top 10 list.

But our most popular cartoon was Dave Granlund’s take on the country’s immigration problem, another issue that has lingered long enough it’s almost boring to draw about. The State of Liberty holding a Do Not Enter sign does sadly seem appropriate for the times.

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

#1. Dave Granlund

#2. Chris Weyant

#3. Dick Wright

#4. Jeff Koterba

#5. Gary McCoy

#6. John Darkow

#7. Jeff Koterba

#8. Dave Whamond

#9. Dave Granlund

#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

Get ready for a long campaign, as both Joe Biden and Donald Trump have officially secured their respective party’s presidential nomination.

Easily our most popular cartoon this week came from Chris Weyant, who deployed two aliens to mock America’s political re-run this year, one most Americans don’t want yet have to endure. The campaign could get even worse, if Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers takes Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. up on his offer to become his vice presidential candidate. I’m sure we’ll see plenty cartoons about that over the next few days.

Weyant was extremely popular with editors, as three of his cartoons were among our 10 most reprinted this week. He also mocked special counsel Robert Hur’s testimony this week about his investigation into Biden’s storage of classified documents and poked fun at criticism of the president’s age in a cartoon about the State of the Union, which only happened last week but already seems like the distant past.

Yup, this campaign is going to be long and painful. In the meantime, here are our top ten most reprinted cartoons of the week:

#1. Chris Weyant

#2. Guy Parsons

#3. John Darkow

#4. Adam Zyglis

#5. Jeff Koterba

#6. Dick Wright

#7. Dave Granlund

#8. Chris Weyant

#9. Chris Weyant

#10. Rivers

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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

Age is on the mind of voters in America, with 81-year-old Joe Biden and 77-year-old Donald Trump set to face off in November’s presidential election.

John Cole had a funny spin on the issue of age this week that struck a chord with editors. None of us are getting any younger, and we’re still eight stress-inducing months away from the election.

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

#1. John Cole

#2. Dick Wright

#3. Dave Granlund

#4. Rivers

#5. Chris Weyant

#6. Adam Zyglis

#7. Dave Whamond

#8. Gary McCoy

#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

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