BergeToons
@bergetoons.bsky.social
Editorial cartoonist for Q Syndicate on LGBTQ+ issues; blogger on cartooning history and editorial cartoons in general; non-attorney spokesman; just a guy, you know?
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Miss Columbia in 18th and 19th Century #cartoons — part one of this week’s Graphical #History Tour
Miss Columbia in 18th and 19th Century #cartoons — part one of this week’s Graphical #History Tour
Hail, Columbia...
Today's Graphical History Tour was inspired by a reader who was curious about the cartoon figure of Miss (sometimes Lady) Columbia. "Americ...
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January 24, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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Miss Columbia in 18th and 19th Century #cartoons — part one of this week’s Graphical #History Tour
Miss Columbia in 18th and 19th Century #cartoons — part one of this week’s Graphical #History Tour
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Coach Kavanaugh reviews the roster.
#supremecourt #scotus #transgender #athletics #lgbtq #editorialcartoon #kavanaugh #gorsuch #merrickgarland
Coach Kavanaugh reviews the roster.
#supremecourt #scotus #transgender #athletics #lgbtq #editorialcartoon #kavanaugh #gorsuch #merrickgarland
Q Toon: None Taken
The Supreme Court heard arguments last week in a pair of cases over transgender student athletes' rights in Idaho and West Virginia. The tw...
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January 22, 2026 at 11:14 AM
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Coach Kavanaugh reviews the roster.
#supremecourt #scotus #transgender #athletics #lgbtq #editorialcartoon #kavanaugh #gorsuch #merrickgarland
Coach Kavanaugh reviews the roster.
#supremecourt #scotus #transgender #athletics #lgbtq #editorialcartoon #kavanaugh #gorsuch #merrickgarland
Let’s just say that Mr Art o’ the Deal wants to negotiate a trade for #Greenland. What is he offering in exchange? Territory? Cash?
In what universe does he have 67 votes in the Senate to ratify THAT treaty?
In what universe does he have 67 votes in the Senate to ratify THAT treaty?
January 19, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Let’s just say that Mr Art o’ the Deal wants to negotiate a trade for #Greenland. What is he offering in exchange? Territory? Cash?
In what universe does he have 67 votes in the Senate to ratify THAT treaty?
In what universe does he have 67 votes in the Senate to ratify THAT treaty?
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C’mon, you can’t expect Uncle Sam to get over his crippling shyness all at once.
#editorialcartoon #history #coolidge #court #TheHague #UncleSam
C’mon, you can’t expect Uncle Sam to get over his crippling shyness all at once.
#editorialcartoon #history #coolidge #court #TheHague #UncleSam
Uncle Samicus Curiae Mundi
The Graphical History Tour returns to January of 1926, and a moment when it appeared that Uncle Sam was ready to break out of his isolationi...
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January 17, 2026 at 1:24 PM
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C’mon, you can’t expect Uncle Sam to get over his crippling shyness all at once.
#editorialcartoon #history #coolidge #court #TheHague #UncleSam
C’mon, you can’t expect Uncle Sam to get over his crippling shyness all at once.
#editorialcartoon #history #coolidge #court #TheHague #UncleSam
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Can cooler heads prevail when confronted with cold-blooded hotheads?
#editorialcartoon #kristinoem #reneegood #minneapolis #ice #lgbtq #minnesota
Can cooler heads prevail when confronted with cold-blooded hotheads?
#editorialcartoon #kristinoem #reneegood #minneapolis #ice #lgbtq #minnesota
Q Toon: Besmirching Her Good Name
Watching Homeland Security Secretary Cosplay Kristi Noem's press announcement defending her ICE agent killing a woman in Minneapolis as she ...
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January 15, 2026 at 1:28 PM
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Can cooler heads prevail when confronted with cold-blooded hotheads?
#editorialcartoon #kristinoem #reneegood #minneapolis #ice #lgbtq #minnesota
Can cooler heads prevail when confronted with cold-blooded hotheads?
#editorialcartoon #kristinoem #reneegood #minneapolis #ice #lgbtq #minnesota
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This Week’s Graphical #History Tour leafs through my #editorialcartoons from 10, 20, 30, and 40 Januaries ago…
This Week’s Graphical #History Tour leafs through my #editorialcartoons from 10, 20, 30, and 40 Januaries ago…
January ’Sixes
This week's Graphical History Tour opens on a somber note, as we come to January, 1986, and one of those moments where anybody alive them re...
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January 10, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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This Week’s Graphical #History Tour leafs through my #editorialcartoons from 10, 20, 30, and 40 Januaries ago…
This Week’s Graphical #History Tour leafs through my #editorialcartoons from 10, 20, 30, and 40 Januaries ago…
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Swinging into a focus on the Average American at #CBS:
#cbsnews #venezuela #media #television #editorialcartoon #lgbtq
Swinging into a focus on the Average American at #CBS:
#cbsnews #venezuela #media #television #editorialcartoon #lgbtq
Q Toon: The Sun Will Come Out, Ed Murrow
I had to draw this week's cartoon Sunday night, without knowing what the CBS Evening News set behind Tony Dokoupil took was going to look l...
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January 8, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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Swinging into a focus on the Average American at #CBS:
#cbsnews #venezuela #media #television #editorialcartoon #lgbtq
Swinging into a focus on the Average American at #CBS:
#cbsnews #venezuela #media #television #editorialcartoon #lgbtq
Wow-- I've got a threepeat (or a three-for-all, or a throuple feature?) in this month's www.qsaltlake.com (pages 22 and 9)
January 5, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Wow-- I've got a threepeat (or a three-for-all, or a throuple feature?) in this month's www.qsaltlake.com (pages 22 and 9)
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It’s not too late to ring in 1926 with HT Webster, JT Alley, OP Williams, Leslie Rogers, Gustavo Bronstrup, and more, in today’s Graphical #History Tour:
#editorialcartoons #newyear #Coolidge #race #Mississippi #Peru
It’s not too late to ring in 1926 with HT Webster, JT Alley, OP Williams, Leslie Rogers, Gustavo Bronstrup, and more, in today’s Graphical #History Tour:
#editorialcartoons #newyear #Coolidge #race #Mississippi #Peru
...In with the Old
In keeping with the turn to a fresh calendar this week, Our Graphical History Tour moves on to a New Year: 1926 "The Cut-in Dance" by Fred G...
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January 3, 2026 at 12:58 PM
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It’s not too late to ring in 1926 with HT Webster, JT Alley, OP Williams, Leslie Rogers, Gustavo Bronstrup, and more, in today’s Graphical #History Tour:
#editorialcartoons #newyear #Coolidge #race #Mississippi #Peru
It’s not too late to ring in 1926 with HT Webster, JT Alley, OP Williams, Leslie Rogers, Gustavo Bronstrup, and more, in today’s Graphical #History Tour:
#editorialcartoons #newyear #Coolidge #race #Mississippi #Peru
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2025 in headlines
2025 in headlines
Out with the News...
I started taking photographs of each year's newspaper headlines way back at the end of 1973 as a way of making bookmarks in my photo albums....
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January 1, 2026 at 1:40 PM
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2025 in headlines
2025 in headlines
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The DJTJFK Center offers another Silent Night:
#editorialcartoon #lgbtq #KennedyCenter #cancelculture #trumpism
The DJTJFK Center offers another Silent Night:
#editorialcartoon #lgbtq #KennedyCenter #cancelculture #trumpism
Q Toon: Culture Cancels Back
Who says there's never any news between the holidays? Chuck Redd is a jazz vibraphonist and drummer who has presented the Christmas Eve "Ja...
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December 31, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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The DJTJFK Center offers another Silent Night:
#editorialcartoon #lgbtq #KennedyCenter #cancelculture #trumpism
The DJTJFK Center offers another Silent Night:
#editorialcartoon #lgbtq #KennedyCenter #cancelculture #trumpism
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The final Graphical #History Tour of 2025 pulls together the episodes of Leo’s abduction by #ICE.
#editorialcartoons #Lgbtq #trump #Canada #HomelandSecurity
The final Graphical #History Tour of 2025 pulls together the episodes of Leo’s abduction by #ICE.
#editorialcartoons #Lgbtq #trump #Canada #HomelandSecurity
The Year I Almost Broke Up Max and Leo
This week's Graphical History Tour looks back on the year 2025. You may have heard of it. I was going to post enough of my cartoons to give...
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December 27, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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The final Graphical #History Tour of 2025 pulls together the episodes of Leo’s abduction by #ICE.
#editorialcartoons #Lgbtq #trump #Canada #HomelandSecurity
The final Graphical #History Tour of 2025 pulls together the episodes of Leo’s abduction by #ICE.
#editorialcartoons #Lgbtq #trump #Canada #HomelandSecurity
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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby? Can you tell me where he’s gone?
#editorialcartoon #transgender #healthcare #lgbtq #hhs #rfkjr
Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby? Can you tell me where he’s gone?
#editorialcartoon #transgender #healthcare #lgbtq #hhs #rfkjr
Q Toon: Kennedy-nial of Care
During Donald Joffrey Trump's first term, I drew a cartoon about his transphobic policies that suggested that he was only pursuing them ...
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December 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby? Can you tell me where he’s gone?
#editorialcartoon #transgender #healthcare #lgbtq #hhs #rfkjr
Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby? Can you tell me where he’s gone?
#editorialcartoon #transgender #healthcare #lgbtq #hhs #rfkjr
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Bygone #editorialcartoons from #UnitedStates, #Germany, and #Canada to wish you a merry #Christmas— with surprise guest Chester Gould:
Bygone #editorialcartoons from #UnitedStates, #Germany, and #Canada to wish you a merry #Christmas— with surprise guest Chester Gould:
Christmas 1925
Welcome to our Graphical History Tour Christmas Special! We're just about through with the year 1925, when peace, goodwill, and sobriety rei...
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December 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Bygone #editorialcartoons from #UnitedStates, #Germany, and #Canada to wish you a merry #Christmas— with surprise guest Chester Gould:
Bygone #editorialcartoons from #UnitedStates, #Germany, and #Canada to wish you a merry #Christmas— with surprise guest Chester Gould:
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I’ll take this other #presidential address, thank you.
#lgbtq #editorialcartoon #biden #newyear #victory #youth #missmeyet
I’ll take this other #presidential address, thank you.
#lgbtq #editorialcartoon #biden #newyear #victory #youth #missmeyet
Q Toon: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
Few of us editorial cartoonists are known for drawing cartoons that second what a politician has said, but given the distressing events...
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December 18, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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I’ll take this other #presidential address, thank you.
#lgbtq #editorialcartoon #biden #newyear #victory #youth #missmeyet
I’ll take this other #presidential address, thank you.
#lgbtq #editorialcartoon #biden #newyear #victory #youth #missmeyet
Half a century of December #editorialcartoons in today’s Graphical #History Tour:
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I Guano Wish You a Merry Christmas
Hi there! You're just in time to join another Graphical History Tour through the archives of your humble scribbler's December cartoons, care...
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December 13, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Half a century of December #editorialcartoons in today’s Graphical #History Tour:
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Prepare the coastal highway…
#editorialcartoon #florida #lgbtq
Prepare the coastal highway…
#editorialcartoon #florida #lgbtq
Q Toon: Driven to Distraction
I was halfway through inking last week's cartoon when I came up with this idea, which is not how things generally work inside this old nogg...
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December 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Prepare the coastal highway…
#editorialcartoon #florida #lgbtq
Prepare the coastal highway…
#editorialcartoon #florida #lgbtq
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Join Smith, Fitzpatrick, Low, Wright, Conrad, Sanders, and others on a Graphical #History Tour of depravity:
#editorialcartoons #Nuremberg #Vietnam #Iraq #Afghanistan
Join Smith, Fitzpatrick, Low, Wright, Conrad, Sanders, and others on a Graphical #History Tour of depravity:
#editorialcartoons #Nuremberg #Vietnam #Iraq #Afghanistan
War Crimes Edition
With self-styled Secretary of War Pete HIC!seth's Leave No Survivors rules of engagement in the present regime's gratuitous War in the Carib...
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December 6, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Join Smith, Fitzpatrick, Low, Wright, Conrad, Sanders, and others on a Graphical #History Tour of depravity:
#editorialcartoons #Nuremberg #Vietnam #Iraq #Afghanistan
Join Smith, Fitzpatrick, Low, Wright, Conrad, Sanders, and others on a Graphical #History Tour of depravity:
#editorialcartoons #Nuremberg #Vietnam #Iraq #Afghanistan
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Movin’ to Montana soon?
#editorialcartoon #lgbtq #bessent #inflation
Movin’ to Montana soon?
#editorialcartoon #lgbtq #bessent #inflation
Q Toon: Moving Right Along
With our self-styled Secretary of War ordering war crimes in the Caribbean, and the President of the United States falling asleep at a meeti...
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December 4, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Movin’ to Montana soon?
#editorialcartoon #lgbtq #bessent #inflation
Movin’ to Montana soon?
#editorialcartoon #lgbtq #bessent #inflation
In memory of Tom Stoppard, here I am in -- what may or may not be -- the title role of St. Olaf's 1978 production of "The Real Inspector Hound." With Kit Carson, Tom Angland, Dona Werner, Carl DeSanti, Julia Reinertsen, Karen Gudknecht, Matt Haas, and Stephen Bergen
November 29, 2025 at 7:50 PM
In memory of Tom Stoppard, here I am in -- what may or may not be -- the title role of St. Olaf's 1978 production of "The Real Inspector Hound." With Kit Carson, Tom Angland, Dona Werner, Carl DeSanti, Julia Reinertsen, Karen Gudknecht, Matt Haas, and Stephen Bergen
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Were in the giblets! Plenty of leftover turkey toons from 1925:
Were in the giblets! Plenty of leftover turkey toons from 1925:
Got the Kit As Well As the Kaboodle
Today's Graphical History Tour serves up some leftover turkey from Thanksgiving Day, 1925. "Your Uncle Sam Is Good at This" by Dorman H. Smi...
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November 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Were in the giblets! Plenty of leftover turkey toons from 1925:
Were in the giblets! Plenty of leftover turkey toons from 1925:
Leo and Max are back in this week's #editorialcartoon and I guess they have a dog now.
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#CDC #WorldAIDSday #HIV/AIDS #RFKJr #lgbtq #HHS #Trump #vaccines #antivaxxers
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#CDC #WorldAIDSday #HIV/AIDS #RFKJr #lgbtq #HHS #Trump #vaccines #antivaxxers
Q Toon: Scoff Drops
Leo and Max, my heteropolitical homosexual couple, are back. And they have a dog! Earlier this month, the CDC website under Health and Huma...
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November 26, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Leo and Max are back in this week's #editorialcartoon and I guess they have a dog now.
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#CDC #WorldAIDSday #HIV/AIDS #RFKJr #lgbtq #HHS #Trump #vaccines #antivaxxers
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#CDC #WorldAIDSday #HIV/AIDS #RFKJr #lgbtq #HHS #Trump #vaccines #antivaxxers
“The thing we have to be careful of — and I always caution myself on this, and I ran into this trouble with Trump — is we cannot mistake absurdity for lack of danger. Because it takes people with no shame to do shameful things.” —Jon Stewart
November 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
“The thing we have to be careful of — and I always caution myself on this, and I ran into this trouble with Trump — is we cannot mistake absurdity for lack of danger. Because it takes people with no shame to do shameful things.” —Jon Stewart
Peace in their time— with #editorialcartoons by Raemaekers, Jordaan, Johnson, Kirby, Rogers, and more. bergetoons.blogspot.com/2025/11/awak...
Awakening the Spirit of Locarno
Our Graphical History Tour, as is so often its wont (where there’s a will, there’s a wont), journeys back a century ago to check up on inter...
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November 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Peace in their time— with #editorialcartoons by Raemaekers, Jordaan, Johnson, Kirby, Rogers, and more. bergetoons.blogspot.com/2025/11/awak...
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Cheer up, Kim. You don’t have to sign marriage licenses for anybody any more.
#marriageequality #editorialcartoon #supremecourt #scotus #kentucky #lgbtq
Cheer up, Kim. You don’t have to sign marriage licenses for anybody any more.
#marriageequality #editorialcartoon #supremecourt #scotus #kentucky #lgbtq
Q Toon: Just Deserted
The Supreme Court declined to hear Kim Davis's appeal of a $100,000 judgment against her in suit brought against her by David Moore and Da...
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November 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Cheer up, Kim. You don’t have to sign marriage licenses for anybody any more.
#marriageequality #editorialcartoon #supremecourt #scotus #kentucky #lgbtq
Cheer up, Kim. You don’t have to sign marriage licenses for anybody any more.
#marriageequality #editorialcartoon #supremecourt #scotus #kentucky #lgbtq