The top ten most reprinted editorial cartoons this week again show the stark contrast between what newspaper editors want, what cartoonists want to draw and what we are seeing on television news.
Cartoonists want to draw cartoons about Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine, which is dominating cable coverage. But editors have little interest in cartoons about the war. In the past week, only one popular cartoon mentions the war or mentions Putin, in a combined gag about Will Smith and President Biden. It seems like editorial cartoonists and newspaper editors are living in different worlds.
Historians look back at editorial cartoons as a window on their times, reflecting the concerns of readers about the issues of the day. This no longer works, and stopped being true during the Trump administration, when cartoonists were all drawing Trump, who dominated the news while editors had little interest in running editorial cartoons depicting Trump.
#1. Dave Granlund, Cagle.com
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#2. Rick McKee, Cagle.com
#3. Jeff Koterba, Cagle.com
#4. Ed Wexler, Cagle.com
#5. Dave Whamond, Cagle.com
#6. Adam Zyglis, Buffalo News
#7. Dave Whamond, Cagle.com
#8. Rivers, Cagle.com
#9. John Darkow, Columbia Missourian
#10. Rick McKee, Cagle.com
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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.
