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Association of American Editorial Cartoonists

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The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) champions and defends editorial cartooning and free speech as essential to liberty in the United States and throughout the world. Website: editorialcartoonists.com

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Association of American Editorial Cartoonists @aaec-cartoonist.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Congratulations to @kaltoons.bsky.social, winner of the 2026 Overseas Press Club Award for editorial cartooning. editorialcartoonists.com/kal-wins-ove...

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KAL wins Overseas Press Club Award for editorial cartooning - AAEC

Kevin (KAL) Kallaugher is the winner of the 2026 Overseas Press Club Award for editorial cartooning. This is the sixth time KAL since 1998 that KAL has won the award. KAL’s winning portfolio spans car...

Association of American Editorial Cartoonists @aaec-cartoonist.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Join editorial cartoonists @anntelnaes.bsky.social, Steve Brodner, and Ruben Bolling for Drawing the Line, a virtual event Thursday, March 19, at 8 p.m. Eastern, co-hosted by @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social. www.mobilize.us/mediademocra...

Drawing the Line: An Evening with Political Cartoonists · The Media and Democracy Project

Since before the founding of the country, there have been political cartoons, often mocking the powerful with sharp humor, capturing the absurdity of the moment, shaping public opinion, and even expos...

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Cartoonists Rights @cartoonistsrights.org · 17/03/2026

1/2 We’re halfway through our presentation of findings from last year’s survey of cartoonists & problems they encounter online. In this fifth post in the series we focus on “shadow banning” – unacknowledged suppression of free expression. Find out more: cartoonistsrights.org/under-pressure-report

1/5 Regulating shadow banning of press cartoonists
Cartooning for Peace, Cartoonists Rights, Freedom Cartoonists, Reporters Without Borders

2/5 What is it?
Shadow banning refers to the practice whereby a digital platform limits the visibility of a user's content or account without warning them. This practice affects many cartoonists.
Nearly 50% of cartoonists suspect they have been victims of a "shadow ban."
In Asia, cartoonists report greater suspicion in this regard.

*Data from the research “Online experience of press cartoonists: global survey on freedom of expression” conducted among more than 250 editorial cartoonists as part of a project supported by UNESCO’s Global Media Defence Fund (GMDF).

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Mike Peterson @csotd.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

It's Humpday and just in time. Come have a laugh with Arlo & Janis, Becky Barnicoat, Between Friends, Edison Lee, F-Minus, Lola, Pearls Before Swine, Rubes, Speed Bump, Thatababy, the Other Coast & Wallace the Brave www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

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CSotD: Humpday Just When We Needed It

This may be a rerun, since the strip seems to be in that mode, but it’s timely enough to have Danny of an age to think of such things. It’s also timely because I’m trying to declutter and I have a box...

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Mike Peterson @csotd.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

With Liberty & Justice & Whatever. Pledge to come join Ann Telnaes, Dave Granlund, Drew Sheneman, Garth German, Gregory Kearney, Guy Body, Maarten Wolterink, Matt Davies, Morten Morland, Nicola Jennings, Pat Hudson, Rod Emmerson, Scott Stantis & You Damn Kid www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

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CSotD: With Liberty & Justice & Whatever

Granlund offers attractive art and an odd concept, which is how readily, and how quickly, we have allowed ourselves to be dragged back into another interminable, self-destructive war in the Middle Eas...

Association of American Editorial Cartoonists @aaec-cartoonist.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Get to know editorial cartoonist Don Landgren: editorialcartoonists.com/members/land...

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Don Landgren – AAEC

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Cartoonists Rights @cartoonistsrights.org · 14/03/2026

2/2 Further recommendations on content moderation & how it can be improved for censored cartoonists. With @cartooningforpeace.bsky.social @freedomcartoonists.bsky.social @forhum.bsky.social @cgfoe.bsky.social et al. Find out more: cartoonistsrights.org/under-pressure-report

4/6 Recommendations
Moderation
No final decision should be based solely on algorithmic moderation: moderation based entirely on artificial intelligence will not accurately interpret the contextual, cultural, and political content of cartoons.
Moderation decisions concerning journalistic and satirical content must be taken by specialised teams, fully cognizant of local issues, reflecting a diversity of sensibilities and representative of society, specifically trained in handling reports, working independently of national authorities and in close collaboration with specialist lawyers.

5/6 Recommendations cont.
Reasoned decision
Cartoonists must receive notice of any moderation measure affecting the visibility or dissemination of their content -, with reasons given, as with any moderation decision.
Appeal
Access to an appeal platform must be guaranteed in all circumstances and appeal mechanisms must be strengthened.

6/6 Find all the recommendations in the report.
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Cartoonists Rights @cartoonistsrights.org · 14/03/2026

1/2 Today, and through the coming week we present findings from last year’s survey of cartoonists and the problems they have encountered online. In this second post in the series we take a closer look at content moderation. Find out more: cartoonistsrights.org/under-pressure-report

1/6 Press cartoonists facing online censorship
Cartooning for Peace, Cartoonists Rights, Freedom Cartoonists, Reporters Without Borders

2/6 Findings
Graphic: 43% of press cartoonists report having had at least one of their cartoons removed from a platform
Graphic: 20% of press cartoonists have had their accounts temporarily suspended
Graphic: 8% have had their accounts permanently closed
In more than one in three cases, the platforms provided no explanation.

*Data from the research “Online experience of press cartoonists: global survey on freedom of expression” conducted among more than 250 editorial cartoonists as part of a project supported by UNESCO’s Global Media Defence Fund (GMDF).

3/6 Removal, suspension, closure
"Political content" is the primary reason given.
The vast majority of cartoonists appeal these decisions: less than half are successful.

Association of American Editorial Cartoonists @aaec-cartoonist.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Get to know editorial cartoonist Dennis Townsend: editorialcartoonists.com/members/town...

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Dennis Townsend – AAEC

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The Daily Cartoonist @dailycartoonist.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Today's Comic Strip of the Day "Dark Laughter Instead of Tears" featuring Ann Telnaes, Clay Jones, Dave Whamond, David Horsey, Drew Sheneman, Gregory Kearney, Matt Golding, Matt Wuerker, Mike Luckovich, Nick Anderson, RJ Matson, and Steve Brodner www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

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CSotD: Dark Laughter Instead of Tears

I woke up in the mood for a Humpday this morning, until I started going through the cartoons and realized there were more laughs in the rest of the paper. Granted, it’s dark humor, but dark humor is h...

Association of American Editorial Cartoonists @aaec-cartoonist.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Congratulations to @jackohman.bsky.social on winning the 2026 Herblock Prize for editorial cartooning. editorialcartoonists.com/jack-ohman-w...

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Jack Ohman wins 2026 Herblock Prize for Editorial Cartooning - AAEC

Jack Ohman was announced as the winner of the 2026 Herblock Prize for editorial cartooning. Pedro X. Molina was named as this year’s finalist. Ohman is the contributing cartoonist and columnist for th...

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Mike Peterson @csotd.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

1, 2, 3, What are we fighting for? Ask Cathy Wilcox, Fiona Katauskas, Joel Pett, Matt Davies, Matt Pritchett, Paul Fell, Phil Hands, Rick McKee, Sean Leahy, Steve Brodner & Ted Rall www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

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CSotD: 1, 2, 3, What Are We Fighting For?

Perhaps you have to be further away to see it clearly. Leahy views things from Australia, and apparently from there it appears that only Trump and Netanyahu think the war in Iran is a good idea, and a...

Association of American Editorial Cartoonists @aaec-cartoonist.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Get to know today's cartoonist (and musician) David Cohen: editorialcartoonists.com/members/cohe...

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Association of American Editorial Cartoonists @aaec-cartoonist.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

The AAEC joins 40 other civil-society and press-freedom organizations condemning the arrest and detention of Nashville journalist Estefany Rodriguez by ICE.

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Mike Peterson @csotd.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

March forth unto Hump Day, along with Andertoons, Betty, Between Friends, Dogs of C Kennel, F-Minus, Paul noth, Rico Schacherl, Scott Metzger, the Argyle Sweater & the Duplex www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

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CSotD: March Forth Unto Hump Day

Kim is losing her column and we’ll see where that leaves her. But her editor’s comment about not touching the comics is timely, because with Zits going into Mon-Sat reruns, our local paper is down to ...

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Mike Peterson @csotd.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Explore that old, familiar feeling, along with Benjamin Slyngstad, Bill Bramhall, Bob Englehart, Dana Summers, David Sipress, Gary Varvel, John Buss, John Deering, Michael Ramirez, Morten Morland, Nick Anderson & Patrick Chappatte www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

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CSotD: That Old Familiar Feeling

This isn’t a Juxtaposition of the Day because it’s a Juxtaposition of 23 Years. Bramhall’s is current, Englehart’s ran back when we went into Iraq in 2003 with the same goal of stopping terror. Both c...

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Mike Peterson @csotd.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Bill couldn't be SAVEd, so we're doing comedy instead of politics, along with Arctic Circle, Betty, Dennis Goris, Free Range, La Cucuracha, Madam & Eve, Pearls Before Swine, Red and Rover & Sherman's Lagoon www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

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CSotD: Friday Frivolity

But if your name is Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, your dreams just got shattered, because there aren’t enough Republicans to get you passed, or even enough to get rid of the filibuster rul...

Association of American Editorial Cartoonists @aaec-cartoonist.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Catch up on your editorial cartoons with this week's Cartoon Carousel from @politico.com: www.politico.com/gallery/2026...

The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics

Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in th...

Association of American Editorial Cartoonists @aaec-cartoonist.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Get to know cartoonist Al Goodwyn: editorialcartoonists.com/members/good...

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Association of American Editorial Cartoonists @aaec-cartoonist.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

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Donald Trump as Punch the monkey | Political cartoons for Feb. 26

Thursday’s editorial cartoons include the state of the union, the White House Zoo, and the impact of artificial intelligence.

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Mike Peterson @csotd.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

SOTU is over, but we've no shortage of issues. Come explore them, with Chip Bok, Dana Summers, David Horsey, Dr. Macleod, Gregory Kearney, James Mellor, Kevin Necessary, Lisa Benson, Mike Lester, Mike Smith, Patrick Blower, Paul Duginski & Victoria Roberts www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

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CSotD: On Beyond SOTU

A response to the braggadocio in Dear Leader’s speech. It’s not unusual for the SOTU to include some blue sky self-praise to go along with the more serious policy discussions, but this claim was not o...

Association of American Editorial Cartoonists @aaec-cartoonist.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Get to know editorial cartoonist Adam Zyglis: editorialcartoonists.com/members/zygl...

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Adam Zyglis – AAEC

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Mike Peterson @csotd.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

For every action, there is an unequal and opposite reaction. Come join Adam Zyglis, Andy Bunday, Cathy Wilcox, Dave Granlund, Ivan Ehlers, Jon Ostrove, Matt Davies, Max Espinoza, Patrick Chappatte, Paul Fell, Rick McKee & Tom Toro www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

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CSotD: Unequal and Opposite Reactions

I suppose we should have seen it a half century ago, when people started buying “Archie Bunker for President” merchandise. As I’ve said here often, I watched “All in the Family” for several weeks befo...

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Mike Peterson @csotd.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Gaslight is on TCM tonight & the State of the Union is also on TV. Make your choice with the help of Barry Blitt, Benjamin Slyngstad, Clay Bennett, Dennis Goris, John Deering, Nick Anderson, Paul Duginski, Prickly City & Zapiro www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

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CSotD: The War Between the States of the Union

President Donald Trump gives his State of the Union address tonight at 9 pm Eastern, one reason I miss living in Colorado, where news and sports came on at a decent hour. Winslow is right: 57% of Amer...

Association of American Editorial Cartoonists @aaec-cartoonist.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Get to know editorial cartoonist Wes Rowell: editorialcartoonists.com/members/wesr...

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Wes Rowell – AAEC

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pxmolina @pxmolina.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

#USA Find some of my cartoons at syracuse.com too!👇 www.syracuse.com/opinion/2026...

Association of American Editorial Cartoonists @aaec-cartoonist.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Check out the best editorial cartoons of the past week in Politico's Cartoon Carousel: www.politico.com/gallery/2026...

The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics

Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in th...

Association of American Editorial Cartoonists @aaec-cartoonist.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Get to know editorial cartoonist Steve Stegelin: editorialcartoonists.com/members/steg...

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Steve Stegelin – AAEC

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Mike Peterson @csotd.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Randy Andy, pudding and pie, went to jail and who's to cry? Come join Ann Telnaes, Bill Bramhall, David Rowe, Becs, Graeme MacKay, Guy Venables, Jonathan Brown, Mike Luckovich, Patrick Bagley, Rick McKee & RJ Matson www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

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CSotD: Randy Andy Pudding & Pie

A busy week: In South Korea, former President Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced to life in prison for having attempted to overturn election results and make himself president again, while in Britain, former...

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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Talking about our slide into authoritarianism and the media landscape with Patrick Chappatte @chappatte.bsky.social and Jason Chatfield @newyorkcartoons.bsky.social

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DMA#35: Drawing on the Edge of the Authoritarian Abyss with Ann Telnaes & Patrick Chappatte

"In an autocracy, the autocrat never picks up the phone. He doesn't have to."

Association of American Editorial Cartoonists @aaec-cartoonist.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Get to know editorial cartoonist Steve Greenberg: editorialcartoonists.com/members/gree...

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Steve Greenberg – AAEC

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Mike Peterson @csotd.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

The Homecoming Queen's Got A Gub. A bad day for Bondi, with commentary by Clay Jones, Dave Whamond, Jack Ohman, Kevin Kallaugher, Marty Two Bulls, Nick Anderson, Paresh Nath, Pedro X Molina, Rick McKee, RJ Matson & Robert Ariail www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

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CSotD: The Homecoming Queen’s Got A Gub

Poor Pam! She wanted to come across as a really tough loyalist, but she ran into too many Julie Browns. Obviously, one of them was Julie K. Brown, who is to Jeffrey Epstein as Woodward and Bernstein w...

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Mike Peterson @csotd.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

A Winter's Tail and other holiday humor. Come enjoy Betty, Bliss, Daddy's Home, Frazz, Shirley & Son, the Other Coast, They Can Talk, Tom Toro & Wallace the Brave www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

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CSotD: Holiday Humor

Presidents’ Day invariably involves snow in this part of the country, and, yes, finding a stick is finding a treasure. I have contrasting memories of the day:The Great Ice Storm of 1998 occurred just ...

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Chappatte Cartoons @chappatte.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Epstein: a shocking revelation - © Chappatte in Le Canard enchaîné, France 👉 www.chappatte.com/en/images/sh...

Association of American Editorial Cartoonists @aaec-cartoonist.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Get to know editorial cartoonist Shreyas Navarre: editorialcartoonists.com/members/nava...

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Shreyas Navare – AAEC

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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

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Presidents Day 2026

Association of American Editorial Cartoonists @aaec-cartoonist.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Get to know editorial cartoonist Russell Hodin: editorialcartoonists.com/members/hodi...

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Russell Hodin – AAEC

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Mike Peterson @csotd.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Following a few continuing stories and adding a new one or two. Come join Bill Bramhall, Clay Bennett, Clay Jones, Daniel Boris, Mark Fiore, Michael de Adder, Nick Anderson, Rick McKee, RJ Matson & Steve Sack www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

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CSotD: Follow-Up Friday

I’m not really introducing a new thing called “Follow-Up Friday,” but we seem to have a lot of topics hanging around, but getting new spin.I’ve seen a meme that mocks people who said they couldn’t und...

Association of American Editorial Cartoonists @aaec-cartoonist.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Get to know editorial cartoonist Ron Hill: editorialcartoonists.com/members/arti...

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Ron Hill – AAEC

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BergeToons @bergetoons.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

bergetoons.blogspot.com/2026/02/q-to... Our generation’s What Side Are You On moment #Minneapolis #Editorialcartoon #ICE #lgbtq #MinnesotaStrong

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Q Toon: Minnesota ICE

I wish I had come across this quotation by Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. in time to send this cartoon out for publication by the federal ho...

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Mike Peterson @csotd.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

The AG throws an HF right in front of Congress and the public and Ann Telnaes, Benjamin Slyngstad, Christopher Weyant, Drew Sheneman, Gary Varvel, Joe Heller, Mike Luckovich, Pedro X. Molina, Rick McKee, Steve Brodner & Steve Sack www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

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CSotD: The Attorney General Speaks

In case you missed it, Pam Bondi appeared before the House Judiciary Committee yesterday in order to throw an astonishing Mean Girl Hissy Fit because Representatives had the gall to ask her questions ...

Association of American Editorial Cartoonists @aaec-cartoonist.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Get to know editorial cartoonist Ron Hague: editorialcartoonists.com/members/ronh...

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Ron Hauge – AAEC

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Mike Peterson @csotd.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Lovers and Demons and other Hump Day denizens. Come see, along with Between Friends, Dark Side of the Horse, Doonesbury, Jonesy, Kyle Bravo, Loose Parts, Macanudo, Rhymes with Orange & Speed Bump www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

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CSotD: Hump Day Revisited

We’re coming up on another obligatory non-holiday which you have to observe but for which you don’t get time off. Blazek is right that the apostrophe belongs before, not after, the S, though if you po...

Association of American Editorial Cartoonists @aaec-cartoonist.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Get to know editorial cartoonist Robert McCray: editorialcartoonists.com/members/mccr...

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Robert McCray – AAEC

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Mike Peterson @csotd.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

As the lady said, "His mind is up his sleeve, and his talk is make believe." Come join Brendan Loper, Dave Granlund, Dennis Goris, Guy Venables, Jeff Stahler, Kevin Kallaugher, Matt Golding, Nick Anderson & Zez Vas www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

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CSotD: A Mind Up His Sleeve

I don’t know that Loper has pinned down the entire Bad Bunny controversey, but he made me laugh and that’s a good thing. Certainly, in the days after the Super Bowl, I’ve seen lots of praise and suppo...

Association of American Editorial Cartoonists @aaec-cartoonist.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Get to know editorial cartoonist Robert Ariail. editorialcartoonists.com/members/robe...

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Robert Ariail – AAEC

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Clay Jones @claytoonz.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Drawn in 30 seconds #WashingtonPost

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Mike Peterson @csotd.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Don't blame Dear Leader: He's suffering from a staff infection. Come join Cathy Wilcox, Christian Adams, Clay Jones, Ed Stein, Ella Baron, Guy Venables, Jon Ostrove, Mike Smith, Monte Wolverton & Peter Brookes www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

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CSotD: Staff Infections & Other Excuses

I hit “record” and shut off the Super Bowl last night, knowing I’d wake up to a bunch of spoilers. However, as I write this, I don’t know who won because as I went through social media picking out car...

Association of American Editorial Cartoonists @aaec-cartoonist.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

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The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics

Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in th...

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Steve Stegelin @stegelin.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

This week’s #cartoon at @chascitypaper.bsky.social looks at recent pages from the SC GOP culture war journal charlestoncitypaper.com/2026/02/05/s... #dei #bathroomban #10commandments @aaec-cartoonist.bsky.social

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