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Graeme MacKay

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Afflicting the comfortable with insights here and there on daily events through drawn work featured in southern Ontario dailies—but who knows for how long? linktr.ee/mackaycartoons2

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Graeme MacKay @mackaycartoons.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
My Oct 1 cartoon in The Hamilton Spectator: www.thespec.com/opinion/edit...
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Graeme MacKay @mackaycartoons.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
My cartoon in The Hamilton Spectator on Canada’s National Day of Truth & Reconciliation: www.thespec.com/opinion/edit...
This editorial cartoon by Graeme MacKay for The Hamilton Spectator features a caricature of Mark Carney standing between two towering, colourful Indigenous totem poles. The totem pole on the left is labeled vertically with the word "TRUTH", while the pole on the right is labeled "RECONCILIATION". Both totem poles are depicted with expressive eyes looking down in shock or disbelief at Carney, who is pointing upward and stating in a speech bubble, "Canada is the most European of non-European countries." Carney is wearing a suit jacket adorned with an Order of Canada pin, and the entire scene is set against a vibrant orange gradient background.
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Graeme MacKay @mackaycartoons.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My cartoon in the Sept 29 Hamilton Spectator: www.thespec.com/opinion/edit...
An editorial cartoon titled "Wallowing in the Wings" by Graeme MacKay 
captures the political dynamic following Mark Carney’s Liberal majority victory, portraying opposition leaders Pierre Poilievre and Avi Lewis relegated to the backstage sidelines. On the left, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre sits clutching a script labeled "Pierre's CPC"while angrily accusing his counterpart of reading a "radical script" that keeps them "in the dark." Facing him on the right, NDP leader 
Avi Lewis holds a paper reading "Avi's NDP" and fires back, calling Poilievre a "political sideshow" and declaring that the public demands real leadership over a caricature. Meanwhile, the silhouette of Prime Minister Mark Carney occupies the 
brightly illuminated main stage in the background under a glowing "Canada 
Strong!" banner, symbolizing his centre-stage political dominance over the squabbling opposition.
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Graeme MacKay @mackaycartoons.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Dirty gold on offer thanks to the USAs dirtiest President www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/w...
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Trump Brought Venezuelan Gold to the U.S., but Refiners Won’t Touch It
The administration is brokering deals in a notoriously corrupt industry, including one with a company that the United States deems a security threat.
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Graeme MacKay @mackaycartoons.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My cartoon in the Sept 28 edition of The Toronto Star: www.thestar.com/opinion/edit...
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Graeme MacKay: In this Graeme MacKay’s cartoon, Canada is carefully planning for a worst-case scenario
Click here to view this article from www.thestar.com.
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Graeme MacKay @mackaycartoons.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
My cartoon the Toronto Sunday Star: www.thestar.com/opinion/edit...
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Graeme MacKay: Graeme MacKay depicts the recent Xi-Trump summit prioritizing spectacle over substance
Click here to view this article from www.thestar.com.
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Graeme MacKay @mackaycartoons.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Great time at the Association of Canadian Cartoonists gathering in Niagara Falls! Proud to receive the Rex Babin Award, presented by Clay Jones, Scott Burns, and John Auchter. Congrats to honorary Canuck Clay Jones and Townsie winners Guy Badeaux and Rod Emmerson!
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Graeme MacKay @mackaycartoons.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
My cartoon in the Sept 26 Hamilton Spectator: www.thespec.com/opinion/edit...
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Graeme MacKay @mackaycartoons.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Yes, it has come to this. My editorial cartoon in the Sept. 25 Hamilton Spectator: www.thespec.com/opinion/edit...
This two-panel political cartoon by MacKay contrasts past and present U.S.-Canada relations using scouts. In the top "THEN" panel, an American and a Canadian scout stand in a bright landscape, respectfully saluting a "BE PREPARED" monument. In the gloomy bottom "NOW" panel, the monument's trophy is bound by a red "MAGA" hat, and a newspaper at the base warns of a U.S. attack; instead of saluting, the two boys face each other in defensive, confrontational stances as the American asks, "WHY ARE WE DOING THIS?" and the Canadian replies, "ASK YOUR PRESIDENT."
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Graeme MacKay @mackaycartoons.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Let this sink in: “When pressed on whether he took Mr. Trump’s threats to make Canada a 51st state seriously, Mr. Carney suggested that he had carefully examined the possibility of U.S.-led military action, but declined to discuss in detail what that involved.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/w...
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Mark Carney Interview: Canada’s Leader Lays Out Vision for Breaking Reliance on U.S.
In a wide-ranging interview, Prime Minister Mark Carney described a tense, evolving relationship with President Trump.
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Graeme MacKay @mackaycartoons.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
My cartoon in the Sept 24 edition of The Hamilton Spectator: www.thespec.com/opinion/edit...
This political cartoon by Graeme MacKay for The Hamilton Spectator criticizes Donald Trump’s reliance on foreign resources by contrasting Belarusian and Russian potash with Canadian alternatives. On the left, an angry Donald Trump stands on a skull-and-crossbones crate labeled "Product of Belarus," holding an empty, leaking can of Russian potash while muttering, "Nasty Canadians." On the right, a smiling Canadian politician—representing Prime Minister Mark Carney stands atop a massive, orderly stack of crates labeled "Saskatchewan Potash," "Reliable," and "Ethical." As he sweeps dust away from Trump's face, the politician reassures him, "There, there, Donald. Looks like you're empty. Let's trade that dust for trust."
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Graeme MacKay @mackaycartoons.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
There’s no justification for shooting at any religious temple anywhere. It’s called terrorism. My cartoon in the Sept 23, 2026: www.thespec.com/opinion/edit...
An editorial cartoon from The Hamilton Spectator by cartoonist Graeme MacKay addresses antisemitism in Canada. In the top left corner, a newspaper headline reads, "News: Another Synagogue Shooting." The central focus is a large, vibrant red and orange maple leaf, a symbol of Canada, which a bright green caterpillar is eating through. The caterpillar has the word "ANTISEMITISM" written down its body in large, bold yellow capital letters, and the path it has chewed out through the center of the leaf forms a large swastika shape with black, jagged bite marks along the edges.
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Graeme MacKay @mackaycartoons.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Oh look, here comes “nasty” Canada coming to the USA’s aid on the potash shortage: www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
theglobeandmail.com
Canada and U.S. should form self-reliant bloc for fertilizer, Carney suggests
Prime Minister voiced proposal after Trump toyed with switching to Belarus as a supplier of potash, a major ingredient in helping crops grow
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Graeme MacKay @mackaycartoons.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
There goes Trump, claiming a ‘massive deal’ to buy fertilizer from Putin’s vassal state, Belarus, all to spite Canada. Too bad the cupboard is empty, eh? 🤣: thehill.com/policy/inter...
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Belarus says no potash left after Trump claims massive deal for fertilizer
Belarus’s authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko said Monday that there are no available volumes of fertilizer to send to the U.S. This came after President Trump announced that he was working o…
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Graeme MacKay @mackaycartoons.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
So delighted with this recognition from my newspaper, The Hamilton Spectator. Thanks again, @aaec-cartoonist.bsky.social #RexBabinAward www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...
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The Spec's Graeme MacKay recognized for local cartooning
Much of MacKay’s recent satirical work focuses on lampooning Ontario Premier Doug Ford.
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Graeme MacKay @mackaycartoons.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
My cartoon in the Sept 22 edition of The Hamilton Spectator: www.thespec.com/opinion/edit...
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Graeme MacKay @mackaycartoons.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
My cartoon in the Sept 21 edition of The Toronto Star: www.thestar.com/opinion/edit...
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Graeme MacKay: In Graeme MacKay’s latest cartoon, Trump pushes Canada toward the EU
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Graeme MacKay @mackaycartoons.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
My cartoon in the Sept 20 Toronto Sunday Star: www.thestar.com/opinion/edit...
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Graeme MacKay: In Graeme MacKay’s cartoon, Carney’s airport sell-off plan sparks concern
Click here to view this article from www.thestar.com.
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Graeme MacKay @mackaycartoons.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
So delighted to find out tonight that I won the Rex Babin Award for Excellence in Local Cartooning at the convention of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists in Sacramento CA! (photo credit: Eric Shansby)
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Graeme MacKay @mackaycartoons.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Hey America, you’re in a trade war with Canada. Wake up. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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I live and work in Canada and the U.S. Most of my American colleagues and friends know nothing about this trade war
The average Yank hasn’t been given reason to care - but they might soon be
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Graeme MacKay @mackaycartoons.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
My cartoon in the Sept 19 Hamilton Spectator www.thespec.com/opinion/edit...
A political cartoon titled "Birds of Obsession" depicts Ontario Premier Doug Ford and U.S. President Donald Trump caricatured as birds perched on a swing, hurling insults like "loser" and "slob" at each other. Ford's bird holds a crossed-out poster for "Toronto Bike Lanes," while Trump's bird holds a crossed-out poster for "The Kennedy Centre." They are distracted by these symbolic battles, completely unaware of a large black cat with green eyes watching them intently from below, symbolizing a looming threat or a critical observer.
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Graeme MacKay @mackaycartoons.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Delighted to have a cartoon included in this week’s Politico Cartoon Carousel: www.politico.com/gallery/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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Graeme MacKay @mackaycartoons.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
My cartoon in the Sept 18 Hamilton Spectator: www.thespec.com/opinion/edit...
This political cartoon by Graeme MacKay for The Hamilton Spectator criticizes Donald Trump's foreign and domestic policies by contrasting his disruptive actions with his dramatic reaction to international cooperation. On the left, six small panels depict controversial events linked to Trump: the January 6 Capitol attack with MAGA and Confederate flags; a military drone bombing a school in Iran; an asylum seeker being kicked out; and Trump tearing up the UN Climate Agreement and the USMCA, while warmly embracing Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un. On the right, a giant Trump points aggressively at smaller figures of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and EU President Ursula von der Leyen shaking hands, loudly declaring their alliance a "HOSTILE ACT!"
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Toronto Mike @torontomike.com · 17/09/2026
Thanks to Andy Donato's cousin, I have Andy's final editorial cartoon that was rejected by The Toronto Sun, resulting in Andy resigning from the paper after 55 years. www.torontomike.com/2026/09/andy...
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Andy Donato's Final Comic Rejected by Postmedia
On Wednesday I shared the sad news that Andy Donato had passed away at the age of 89. Until very recently, Andy was still getting published in The Toronto Sun, a Postmedia-owned newspaper. I attached ...
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Graeme MacKay @mackaycartoons.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
My cartoon in the Sept 17 Hamilton Spectator: www.thespec.com/opinion/edit...
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen standing back-to-back at the center of a global map. They are holding hands and extending their arms outward, attempting to physically pull Canada and the European Union closer together. On the outer edges of both landmasses, fierce orange flames represent widespread wildfires and global crises. In the bottom right corner, the image is signed by the artist, MacKay, for The Hamilton Spectator.
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Graeme MacKay @mackaycartoons.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
RIP Andy Donato: substack.com/@mackaycarto...
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The Graeme Gallery (@mackaycartoons)
RIP Andy Donato This morning I learned the devastating news of Andy Donato’s passing. My immediate thought that it happened on a golf course stirred that odd, comforting feeling that at least he went...
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Graeme MacKay @mackaycartoons.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“Satire has existed for millennia in one form or another. The urge to mock incompetence and corruption will exist as long as we can maintain a society which values free speech and its corollary, political humour.” www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: Irrational lampoon: Our absurd, polarized world is killing satire
Today’s satirists are as talented as ever, but our increasingly divided culture has eroded our capacity for irony and subtlety
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Graeme MacKay @mackaycartoons.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
My cartoon in the Sept 16 edition of The Hamilton Spectator: www.thespec.com/opinion/edit...
An editorial cartoon by MacKay for The Hamilton Spectator features two contrasting panels satirizing Mark Carney: the left panel shows him as a serious figure in a sharp gray suit at the "Canada Investment Summit" saying, "Help me build Canada strong!", while the right panel depicts him as a flamboyant, eccentric salesman in a loud purple plaid suit inside a chaotic terminal under a sign reading "Carney's Used Airports," shouting, "Yo! We've got a deal that's ready for take-off!!"
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Graeme MacKay @mackaycartoons.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Airport privatization? I haven’t the slightest idea if this is good policy or not but in the first whiffs it reeks: www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
thestar.com
Carney government will allow private ownership of Canadian airports
The federal government will allow private ownership of four major airports — including Toronto's Pearson, Canada's busiest — in a move that breaks with a decades-long arrangement that saw them
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Graeme MacKay @mackaycartoons.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Surrounded by big fish #foreign investment #editorialcartoon
An editorial cartoon showing a large Chinese flag fish about to swallow a medium American flag fish, which is swallowing a small Canadian flag fish trying to catch a fish labeled "FOREIGN INVESTMENT."
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Graeme MacKay @mackaycartoons.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Please stop liking and sharing the slop. substack.com/@mackaycarto...
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The Graeme Gallery (@mackaycartoons)
Editorial Cartoon AI slop If you’re knowingly sharing it please leave a comment to a human editorial cartoonist and interested parties below explaining why. If you really can’t tell the difference be...
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Graeme MacKay @mackaycartoons.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
In the Monday edition of The Toronto Star: www.thestar.com/opinion/edit...
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Graeme MacKay: Graeme MacKay depicts Donald Trump’s Nero-like leadership destabilizing trade
Click here to view this article from www.thestar.com.
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Graeme MacKay @mackaycartoons.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Trump calls this winning: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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Despite the trade war, some consumer prices are better in Canada than in the U.S.
Cashmere sweaters and Teslas are among the items that are more affordable north of the border
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Graeme MacKay @mackaycartoons.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
My cartoon in the Sept 13 Toronto Sunday Star: www.thestar.com/opinion/edit...
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Graeme MacKay: Graeme MacKay depicts Donald Trump’s chaotic trade war with Canada which defies traditional diplomacy
Click here to view this article from www.thestar.com.
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Graeme MacKay @mackaycartoons.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
My cartoon in the Sept. 12 Hamilton Spectator: www.thespec.com/opinion/edit...
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Graeme MacKay @mackaycartoons.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
“United we (don’t) stand” mackaycartoons.substack.com/p/twenty-fiv...
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Twenty-Five Years in 9/11 cartoons
Friday September 11, 2026 | Newsletter 91
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Graeme MacKay @mackaycartoons.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
My cartoon for the September 11 edition of The Hamilton Spectator: www.thespec.com/opinion/edit...
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Graeme MacKay @mackaycartoons.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
9/11 therapy session: substack.com/@mackaycarto...
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The Graeme Gallery (@mackaycartoons)
Too soon? No, this won’t be published. I’m sharing my Thursday feelings before the Friday reflections that will mark a day of memorial for the nearly 3,000 lives lost 25 years ago in a horrific act ...
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Graeme MacKay @mackaycartoons.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
What’s surprising is how surprised people are that the dumbest President in history is proposing this: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/u...
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Trump Wants to Give Out $5,000 Checks. It Would Cost More Than $1 Trillion.
The president’s pledge to hand every American adult a “dividend” if Republicans keep control of Congress in the midterm elections raises questions.
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Graeme MacKay @mackaycartoons.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
My cartoon in the Sept 10 edition of the Hamilton Spectator: www.thespec.com/opinion/edit...
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Graeme MacKay @mackaycartoons.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Spoiler alert, its named for a Florentine guy named Amerigo Vespucci: www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: Before renaming Lake Ontario, America should take a look at the history of its own name
Etymologically, it’s time to poke a hole in the inflated state of America
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Graeme MacKay @mackaycartoons.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Trump uses AI slop to spread his propaganda. Carney uses classic editorial cartoons to explain the stupidity of tariffs. substack.com/@mackaycarto...
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The Graeme Gallery (@mackaycartoons)
Yelling loudly… What impressed me most about Mark Carney’s presentation on the retaliatory tariffs against the U.S. was schooling viewers on the stupidity of such policies with the https://www.youtub...
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Graeme MacKay @mackaycartoons.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Depressingly accurate: “…the regime has ideological sympathizers in this country, whose imperviousness to reason is as absolute as that of the President they so admire – as, in some cases, is their hostility to Canada.” www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: It’s not disloyal to criticize the government’s handling of Trump – but it can be
There are various ways to read the conflict with the U.S. – and some of them deliberately ignore the context
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Graeme MacKay @mackaycartoons.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
My cartoon in the September 9 edition of The Hamilton Spectator: www.thespec.com/opinion/edit...
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Graeme MacKay @mackaycartoons.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Printerval keeps selling ripoffs of my work. Here’s my President James Garfield design. No, they didn’t get my permission, but I find the quality to be quite comical. See for yourself: printerval.com/president-ja...
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President-James-A.-Garfield-The-Truth-Will-Set-You-Free-(1) Tank Tops
Buy President-James-A.-Garfield-The-Truth-Will-Set-You-Free-(1) Tank Tops , designed & sold by Alanx Alexander. SKU 2269270780, listed on 12 17, 2025. Fast worldwide shipping. Save 5% with code SKUL25
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Graeme MacKay @mackaycartoons.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
And so the time has arrived… AI slop made editorial cartoons are now becoming acceptable among editors in mainstream media: www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...
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Baltimore Sun Going With A.I. Cartoons
A year after firing editorial cartoonist Kevin (KAL) Kallagher The Baltimore Sun has found a replacement: Artificial Intelligence. The editorial cartoon for the Sept. 4, 2026 edition of The Baltimore ...
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Graeme MacKay @mackaycartoons.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Everybody in Canada knows the long serving editorial cartoonist, the great Andy Donato. A distinguished career at a not so distinguished outlet, Sun Media. Congratulations to Andy Donato! torontosun.com/news/local-n...
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Andy Donato’s time with the Toronto Sun draws to a close
Andy Donato has been with the Toronto Sun from Day 1, first serving as a part-time political cartoonist. Read on for his farewell.
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Graeme MacKay @mackaycartoons.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
My cartoon in the Sept. 7 edition of The Toronto Star: www.thestar.com/opinion/edit...
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Graeme MacKay @mackaycartoons.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Just one of the glaring insanities of Trump Tariffs on an essential and reliable Canadian import to the U.S.A. Winning? Pfffft… www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/o...
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Opinion | Wondering How Nuts Trump’s Tariffs Are? Consider Aluminum.
Canada is better at making aluminum than we are. Let’s just import it and make something else.
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Graeme MacKay @mackaycartoons.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
“The President on Friday threatened during an Oval Office photo-op to stop all trade with Canada, Mexico, the European Union and Switzerland, claiming such a move would “save” the U.S. money.” www.theglobeandmail.com/world/us-pol...
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Canada, U.S. trade talks reach an impasse
Ottawa’s retaliatory tariffs, which will cover $28-billion worth of U.S. imports, are set to take effect on Tuesday
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