DarylCagle.comGod save the Queen! The eyes of the world are on England today as Queen Elizabeth begins the fourth day of celebrations marking her 60 years on the throne.
As an American, it’s weird to watch all the pomp and circumstance being devoted to members of a monarchy. Maybe that’s why not many U.S. cartoonists have drawn about The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Here are a handful of cartoons drawn about Elizabeth and her heir apparent, Prince Charles.
The big news today is May’s rotten jobs report, which shows a paltry 69,000 new jobs added and an unemployment rate that has inched up to 8.2 percent. Even more scary is corporate America continues to be able to make more money with about the same labor force, causing stock prices to soar but doing little for the growing number of unemployed workers looking for a job.
Here are six hard-hitting cartoons about the extended unemployment problem the U.S. faces. Anyone have a solution?
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.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is proposing a ban on the sale of large sodas and other sugary drinks in the city’s restaurants, delis and movie theaters in the hopes of combatting obesity. Aside from coffee, soda is the life blood of many cartoonists, so when politicians threaten to limit their intake, naturally they become leery.
Here are some recent cartoons about this latest onslaught against our favorite sugary drinks. What do you think? Comment below or drop us a note on our Facebook page.
In an effort to cut costs, some newspapers in the U.S. and Canada have announced they are shedding print editions and moving to digital delivery of news. The Ottawa Citizen, owned by Postmedia Network Inc., will print its last Sunday paper on July 15, and plans on eliminating 20 newsroom jobs.
I asked Cam Cardow, the brilliant Canadian cartoonist and longtime Citizen contributor (who I syndicate thru CagleCartoons.com), what he thought of the grim announcement:
I’m a little shell-shocked byt this. I’m looking at the huge losses Postmedia is reporting and understand that those losses will lead to even more cuts, meaning jobs. Apparently the Citizen is expecting more announcements this summer and I think everyone has to be realistic about where the industry is ended and what this means for their employment status. It is a truly sad outcome for those of us of grew up with newspapers, who love the feel of the paper and the smell of the ink. You always hope for the best, but at some point you have to accept that just because the band is playing on doesn’t mean the plunge into the cold, black icy abyss will be put off any longer.
Last night, Mitt Romney finally sealed up the Republican nomination, breaching the 1,144-delegate plateau with his victory in the Texas primary. It feels like this race has been going on forever, so I thought I’d share five terrific Mitt Romney cartoons from our archive. It’s only going to get more entertaining for cartoonists from here…
One of my favorite cartoonists is Mr. Fish (Dwayne Booth). He doesn’t censor himself for taste at all. I appreciate Fish’s unwillingness to compromise, so I thought I would post a handful of his controversial Memorial Day cartoons that I would never have drawn myself.
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.
Yesterday, columnist Tina Dupuy (who I syndicate to newspapers and Web sites nationwide) wrote about the need for gun control in America, noting that the NRA was for gun control over its first hundred years and only recently started to mention the Second Amendment as their cause.
There’s no cartoonist who cares about the issue of gun control more than Bill Day. Here are some of Day’s best cartoons about guns in America.
What do you think – do we need more gun control laws, or less? Comment below or weigh in on our Facebook page!
