Lexington Herald-Leader Editorial Cartoonist Joel Pett looks back at 2021 in his annual year in review through the toons he drew. Dozens of infuriating Joel Pett political cartoons with some smooth piano background music to calm the nerves.
Editorial Cartoonist Clyde Wells has passed away. Clyde Stokes Wells May 18, 1934 – December 27, 2021 The Augusta Chronicle notice:Clyde Wells – the longtime Augusta Chronicle editorial cartoonist who used his deft pen and keen wit to render unwavering opinions from caustic to caring – died Monday morning at his home in Martinez. He was 87. A self-described “attack cartoonist,” […]
As the calendar flipped from 2020 to 2021, the world was optimistic. That optimism lasted a solid six days. A couple dozen Phil Hands cartoons with a Phil Hands introduction.
USA Today cartoonist Mike Thompson’s 2021 in review. Gannett, by way of The State Journal-Register, presents over two dozen Mike Thompson editoons.
Our picks of editorial cartoons posted by national syndicates. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch selects a mix of local and national cartoons.
The election of Joe Biden was supposed to usher in a return to normal, an end to the pandemic, a calming of the waters. Instead 2021 was a year of surprises — an attempted coup, a new spike in Covid, a deepening of the culture wars. Matt Wuerker did his best to keep up with […]
Ted Rall pulls no punches. He’s a patented political pugilist, landing haymaker after haymaker, week after week. Rall’s cartoons may not float like a butterfly, but they certainly sting like a bee. Here are some of our favorites from 2021. WhoWhatWhy presents a gallery of their favorite Ted Rall cartoons. cartoon © Ted Rall
Since 1986, Bruce MacKinnon has been the editorial cartoonist for The Chronicle Herald in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He has won multiple national and international awards, and his cartoons have been featured in publications and exhibits around the globe. Saltwire presents a Bruce MacKinnon gallery of 2021 cartoons.
One of the most pro-Trump and militantly anti-vaccine cartoonists is disappointed with his leader over The Donald’s recent pro-vaccine messaging. Donald Trump has most famously admitted that he is vaccinated and got boosted in his Trump-O’Reilly Tour. Trump has also encouraged people to get vaccinated in a recent interview with Candace Owens.Far right cartoonist Ben […]
Enquirer editorial cartoonist Kevin Necessary has been named the next president of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. The Cincinnati native will take over in January for current president Jen Sorensen who is stepping down at the end of the year. The Cincinnati Enquirer interviewed Kevin Necessary about his new position, about recent changes with […]
Chicago cartoonist Keith J. Taylor has passed away. Keith J. Taylor October 21, 1949 – December 16, 2021From Chicago Public Square (Keith’s recent home for his cartoons):R.I.P., Keith J. Taylor. Chicago Public Square’s award-winning breaking-news cartoonist died at 6:33 this morning, ending a long run with oral cancer and, more recently, COVID-19. From his first […]
Jen Sorensen has announced that she is turning over the leadership role of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists to Kevin Necessary who has accepted the responsibility of taking on the presidency of the organization. Jen informed the members: I wanted to let you know about a decision […]
The San Francisco Chronicle and Peter Hartlaub remember Don Asmussen. [Don] Asmussen, who drew cartoons and illustrations for The San Francisco Chronicle, died on Thursday, Dec. 9 at age 59. He entertained audiences around the world with his syndicated Bad Reporter comic, San Francisco Comic Strip and other local and national projects. Asmussen’s wit had […]
On Monday, Dec. 13, the Pritzker Military Museum & Library in downtown Chicago launched a virtual experience of its popular museum exhibit: “Drawn to Combat: Bill Mauldin and the Art of War.” The live exhibit, currently on display at the museum through April 2022, features nearly 150 of the Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist’s original drawings and […]
Gannett has begun their 2021 political cartooning year in review series and they have begun with Nathan Archer toons from The Tallahassee Democrat. © Tallahassee Democrat/Nathan Archer