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Will Greece remain in the Euro?

It’s a debate that’s flummoxing all of Europe at the moment. Leaders of the G8 industrialized nations agreed over the weekend that Greece should remain a member of the European Union, yet many, like Hungary’s finance minister, say openly that the only way forward is for Greece to leave the Euro.

[ Check out our collection of cartoons about the Crisis in Greece

Here’s my new cartoon about the craziness in Greece, featuring a Greek statue throwing a Euro coin at German Chancellor Angela Merkel…

Whenever anyone in the U.S. thinks of Greece, century-old temples and marble statues are often the first things that come to mind. Using these visual images makes it easier to express the dire situation Greece faces without getting into the weeds of numbers and details…

Of course, all the statues have to be armless. It’s like drawing a cheating politician in his underwear – white boxers with red hearts should always be revealed when their pants drop to the ground…

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Greece Merkel and the Euro

Greece  Merkel and the Euro © Daryl Cagle,MSNBC.com,Germany,Angela Merkel,euro,statue,discus,olympics,Greece

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Cartoonists Love The Titanic

“Titanic” has burst back into movie theaters sporting an $18 million dollar 3-D makeover. James Cameron, fresh from raking mud off the floor of the ocean, hopes to garner some greenbacks by tailing the re-release on the back of the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic in 1912.

Cartoonists are all about visual metaphors, and we love a good ship-sinking cartoon (with apologies to Costa Concordia captain Francesco Schettino). I dug through our archives and found these Titanic-themed cartoons that I’m excited to “re-release” to an entirely new audience. And it didn’t even cost me a dime…

Tom Janssen / PoliticalCartoons.com (click to view more cartoons by Janssen)
Pat Bagley / Salt Lake Tribune (click to view more cartoons by Bagley)
Nate Beeler / Washington Examiner (click to view more cartoons by Beeler)
Cam Cardow / Ottawa Citizen (click to view more cartoons by Cam)
Frederick Deligne / PoliticalCartoons.com (click to view more cartoons by Deligne)
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Best Political Cartoons Of The Week

Every Friday, we collect the best political cartoons of the week and stuff them into one big, glorious slideshow.

So just relax and catch up on a week’s worth of news with our Best Cartoons of the Week slideshow.

Nate Beeler / Washington Examiner (click to start slideshow)
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Greece Needs Work

Greece Needs Work © Daryl Cagle,MSNBC.com,Greece,Euro,Euro Zone,bailout,austerity,Venus De Milo,statue,Need Job,Begger,homeless

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EU and Greece Crisis

EU and Greece Crisis © Daryl Cagle,MSNBC.com,Venus de Milo,statue,European Union,EU,Greece,financial Crisis,debt,economy,greek