My Missing Donald Trump Cartoon
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Debt Ceiling Blink First
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News of the World and Murdoch
Last Sunday was the last issue of the popular British tabloid News of the World, closed by owner Rupert Murdoch after the 168-year-old newspaper was brought down in a phone-hacking scandal. Despite shuttering the newspaper, Murdoch continues to remain under fire as more details emerge, including former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown accusing Murdoch’s papers of snooping on him.
Here’s my take on the whole scandal:
What do our cartoonists think this means for the future of Murdoch’s empire, which includes the New York Post, the Wall Street Journal and Fox News? Check out our collection of News of the World Scandal cartoons to find out.
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Rupert Murdoch Beast
No cartoonist has been more on the front lines of the end of the Space Shuttle program that Jeff Parker, the cartoonist for the Space Coast newspaper Florida Today. Jeff has covered the space shuttle program for years, and we thought it was worth a look back at some of his more pivotal cartoons.
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A Look Back at the Space Shuttle
With Atlantis set to lift off for the space shuttle’s very last flight, NASA faces the harsh reality of layoffs and questions about America’s commitment to leadership in space.
A symbol of progress and achievement, cartoonists have covered the space shuttle program for the last 30 years. Join us as we take a look back at the space shuttle program through the eyes of the nation’s best political cartoonists.
Click here to view more cartoons about the Space Shuttle program.
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Final Space Shuttle Mission Cartoons
Over a million people are expected to watch the space shuttle Atlantis launch on Friday, the final mission of NASA’s 30-year space shuttle program. Everyone wonders what will come next, even as lawmakers voted today to kill off funding for the successor to the vastly successful Hubble telescope.
What do cartoonists think about the end of the Space Shuttle program? Check out our Final Space Shuttle Mission cartoon slideshow to see for yourself.
People around the country are shocked that Casey Anthony was found not guilty after prosecutors failed to prove she killed her toddler daughter, Caylee Anthony. What do the nation’s cartoonists think about the trial, the verdict and the media’s obsession with the case?
Click here to view all our Casey Anthony cartoons. We’ll update it as new cartoons come in.
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American Flag Cartoons
Political cartoonists are a patriotic lot. You may not think it as they bash every politician that passes by and criticize nearly every aspect of the apparatus of our government, but their ultimate goal is to embarrass our current crop of Washington inhabitants into living up to the promise of our great country.
Cartoonists are all about symbols, and there is no more memorable symbol of our country, especially on Independence Day, then the stars and stripes.
Dave Granlund uses the layout of the flag as a way to remember those who fight and have made the ultimate sacrifice to protect our freedom…
Mike Keefe of the Denver Post uses the flag to put our debt, and debt holders, into context…
Florida Today cartoonist Jeff Parker gives us a quick reminder who provides us with the freedom our flag symbolizes…
Adam Zyglis of the Buffalo News worries about our growing prison population in his flag cartoon…
Costa Rican cartoonist Arcadio Esquivel reminds us about the origins of our country with his cartoon…
While Columbia Daily Tribune cartoonist John Darkow lets us know all American flags should come with an asterisk…
Arcadio also used the flag as a symbol to denounce America’s gun violence…
…a thought echoed by Mike Keefe…
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Cartoon Week in Review
As most of us have been waiting all week for the long weekend to come, the nation’s best cartoonists were hard at work opining about Gay Marriage in New York and infighting over the deficit, as well as drawing some great cartoons about Rod Blagojevich – they’re f’ing golden!
Click here to view our Week in Political Cartoons slideshow.
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California Internet Sales Tax
