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Mike Peterson
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Cartoons critic, history buff, retired editor, reporter, business and education writer. Amateur dog walker.
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We could use some laughs. Here are some comics to blow you away, including Arctic Circle, Becky Barnicoat, Betty, Kyle Bravo, Pearls Before Swine, Reality Check, Speed Bump, Wallace the Brave, Willy 'n Ethel & Zits
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CSotD: A Little Seltzer Down Your Pants
A bit of synchronicity: We were just talking about this at the dog park yesterday. Actually, we were talking about the fact that it’s coyote mating season, and apparently they become aggressive then. ...
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January 18, 2026 at 11:29 AM
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A series of actions and reactions, plus the results. Come have a look, with Ann Telnaes, Garth German, Graeme MacKay, Jeff Stahler, John Darkow, Jonathan Brown, Lisa Benson, Matt Davies, Mike Luckovich, RJ Matson & Sean Leahy
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CSotD: Actions and Reactions
Canada has never been a non-aligned country; they were in both World Wars before the US shook off its isolationism. But Carney’s outreach to China reminds me of something a former official of Cambodia...
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January 17, 2026 at 11:19 AM
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To make converts, K.I.S.S. and avoid being "too smart for the room." For examples, see Dave Granlund, David Horsey, Jen Sorensen, John Buss, Matt Wuerker, Mike Smith, Nick Anderson, Pat Bagley & Steve Brodner
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CSotD: Keeping It Simple and/or Stupid
As noted yesterday, drawing for Politico gives Wuerker more latitude in creating cartoons that make intellectual demands on people. This, however, is a good example of a cartoon that would do well in ...
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January 16, 2026 at 12:10 PM
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When Robert Kraft handed Putin his Super Bowl ring, Putin thought it was meant as a gift and kept it. As far as I know, this didn't change the score of the game and it didn't make Putin a member of the team. I think Nobel Prize medals work more or less the same way.
January 15, 2026 at 10:10 PM
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A pause to discuss how this stuff works -- or doesn't -- with examples from Dave Brown, Fiona Katauskas, John Darkow, Matt Wuerker, Nick Anderson, Paolo Calleri, Randy Bish, Rico Schacherl, Rod Emmerson & Tom the Dancing Bug
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CSotD: Director’s Notes
If you’ve ever been in a play, you know that after a rehearsal, the director gathers the cast and provides a list of notes on what went well and what could have gone better in hopes of improving the n...
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January 15, 2026 at 12:05 PM
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But Karoline Leavitt assures us that the president has not profited from his time in office.

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UPDATE: The Saudi payback
On November 18, Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) visited President Trump at the White House.
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January 14, 2026 at 10:41 PM
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Avoid the Slough of Despond! Take a Hump Day break, along with archie and mehitabel, Bizarro, Brewster Rockit, Free Range, Grand Avenue, Guy Venables, James Gilray, Jim Benton, Non Sequitur, the Norm & the Toonerville Trolley www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...
CSotD: Hooray for Hump Day
There’s so much truly awful, frightening stuff going on that taking a day off to be silly seems, well, absolutely necessary. Maybe it’s the residual Yippie in me, but I think that, just as an army mar...
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January 14, 2026 at 12:31 PM
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Trump looks to conquer while the world looks on in horror. Come join Dave Whamond, David Low, Dennis Goris, Guy Body, Herbjørn Skogstad, Madam & Eve, Megan Herbert, Ratt, Rob Rogers, Rod Emmerson, Theo Moudakis & Tjeerd Royaards
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CSotD: Global Prospectives
Madam & Eve has been having fun with Trump’s expansionist ambitions, and why not? As noted before, they have no oil for him to covet and, thanks to his gullible acceptance of toxic, one-sided fables, ...
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January 13, 2026 at 12:32 PM
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Kosplay Kristi adds a dose of subjective truth to those alternative facts. Come join Clay Jones, Jimmy Margulies, Jonathan Brown, Kyle Bravo, Mike Luckovich, Nick Anderson, Randy Bish & RJ Matson
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CSotD: Subjective Truth, Alternative Facts
The story of George Washington and the cherry tree never happened; it was one of the tales invented by Parson Weems in a biography he wrote after Washington’s death, for which he made up stories to de...
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January 12, 2026 at 1:39 PM
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Some kinda funny Sunday Funnies, "funny" being relative these days. Come join Between Friends, Frazz, Jimmy Margulies, Jonesy, Lynn Hsu, Pardon My Planet, Paul Noth, Rabbits Against Magic, the Buckets, Theresa Burns Parkhurst & Tom Toro
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CSotD: Sunday Somewhat Funnies
When I was the at-home parent, I did most of my writing at night, and I had a clock on my desk set for 12:30, in part because I needed the reminder to get to bed, but also, as Kim notes, as a matter o...
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January 11, 2026 at 12:23 PM
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We shouldn't ignore the other chaos currently being unleashed. Come join Amorim, Brian McFadden, Dana Summers, Dave Granlund, Ivan Ehlers, Jeff Danziger, Kirk Anderson, Mike Smith, RJ Matson & Robert Ariail
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CSotD: Elsewhere Amid The Chaos
Creating a multi-panel, multi-gag comic poses an obvious problem: You have to be insightful with each panel, and most cartoonists do well to produce five in a row when they’re producing a single comic...
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January 10, 2026 at 12:26 PM
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Note to journalists: This is how your profession is supposed to work.

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Trump administration unleashes torrent of untruths after woman shot dead by ICE
Victim-blaming began almost as soon as Renee Nicole Good was killed – we examine the claims and the reality
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January 9, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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Not spin. Not a mistake. A set of full-out brazen lies.
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ICE Agent Not ‘Run Over’ in Minneapolis: NewsGuard’s False Claim of the Week
Conservatives, including President Trump, are falsely claiming that the ICE agent involved in Wednesday’s deadly shooting was run over by the victim’s vehicle.
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January 9, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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Manifest Destiny rides again! Come join Barry Blitt, Cathy Wilcox, Daron Parton, Dave Granlund, David Cohen, David Horsey, John Deering, Kal Kallaugher, Madam & Eve, Marian Kamensky, Morten Morland, Nick Anderson, Patrick Chappatte & Rod Emmerson
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CSotD: Manifest Destiny Rides Again
The world views with horror the killing of Renee Good, but Wilcox expands upon its significance by pointing out Dear Leader’s threats against Iran if it uses violence against demonstrators there. She ...
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January 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
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A woman dies and the world reacts. Maybe you should, too. Come join Badiucao, Glen Le Lievre, Joy of Tech, Mark Fiore, Megan Herbert, Michael de Adder, Randy Bish, Steve Brodner, Steve Stegelin & Ted Rall www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...
CSotD: Death Again in the Powderhorn
Stegelin’s New Year’s cartoon didn’t take long to come a cropper, but, then, it’s not as if we didn’t know it would fail. Steve Bannon’s advice to the rightwing was to “flood the zone with sh*t,” and ...
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January 8, 2026 at 12:04 PM
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Hump Day comes along just in the nick of time. Have a few much-needed laughs, along with Arlo & Janis, Barney & Clyde, Betty, Dark Side of the Horse, Jonesy, Non Sequitur, Rabbits Against Magic, Reply All & Speed Bump
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CSotD: TGIHD
Thank God it’s Hump Day, coming just as things began to be scary. But we’ll ease into the humor with Rabbits, which would be echoing what I said yesterday except that this strip ran Sunday. Credit whe...
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January 7, 2026 at 12:17 PM
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The traitors have given up all pretense of truth.

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The Dangerous Revision Of Jan 6 History On The Official WH Website
As I wrote to you last night, five years on from January 6, Donald Trump is trying to rewrite the history of the insurrection.
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January 6, 2026 at 10:38 PM
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How'd we get here? We the People elected him. Come see the results through the pens of Ben Jennings, Bob Englehardt, Fiona Katauskas, Megan Herbert, Nick Anderson, Pat Bagley, Paul Fell, Pedro X. Molina & Randy Bish
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CSotD: Cause and Effect
Jennings introduces today theme with what should be an obvious point, though perhaps it takes someone from outside the US (He’s British) to ask the question: Why all the surprise? To be fair, this is ...
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January 6, 2026 at 1:05 PM
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The whole world is watching. The whole world is always watching. Come join Chris Riddell, Fahd Bahady, Harm Bergen, Ivailo Tsvetkov, Jawad Morad, Jess Harwood, Luc Desheemaeker, Megan Herbert, Morten Morland, Patrick Chappatte & Warren Brown
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CSotD: The View From Abroad
Belgian cartoonist Descheemaeker has been busy and his page at Cartoon Movement is worth visiting to see his other commentary on the invasion of Venezuela. I particularly like this piece, first of all...
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January 5, 2026 at 11:36 AM
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Cartoonists react in the first 24 hours of the occupation of Venezuela. Come join Ann Telnaes, Dan McConnell, Dr. Macleod, Gary Huck, Glen Le Lievre, Nick Anderson, Osama Hajjaj, Paul Duginski, Ramon Diaz Yanes, Rick McKee & Steve Brodner
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CSotD: The First 24
I said yesterday that I assumed cartoonists would leap to their drawing boards over the US strike into Venezuela and they didn’t disappoint, though their newspapers and syndicates didn’t match their p...
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January 4, 2026 at 11:42 AM
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The new year's begun and we've plenty of work ahead. Come join Andy Davey, Dr Macleod, Giorgi Navana, Jimmy Margulies, John Branch, Lisa Benson, Martyn Turner, Paul Duginski, Paul Fell, Peter Schrank & Rob Rogers
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CSotD: Coffee Break’s Over
Another New Year’s cartoon as we get back to business, and Turner offers a menu of places where we could use a little hope in the coming year, though he deems it unlikely. That may not be the most pos...
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January 3, 2026 at 12:08 PM
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A whole bunch of mostly random funny stuff. Come have a laugh with the Argyle Sweater, Arlo & Janis, Betty, the Buckets, Crabgrass, Jim Benton, Joe Dator, Kyle Bravo, Nancy, Pardon My Planet, Pooch Cafe & Rip Haywire
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CSotD: Picking Up The Pieces
A random collection of cartoons and reactions today: Eddie, being a little kid, has an idealistic view of things and expects all the hoopla about the new year to mean that something is new. His mom ha...
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January 2, 2026 at 12:56 PM
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It's a new year, but the struggle remains the same. Come see the challenges, through the pens of Clay Jones, Garth German, Gary Varvel, Jeff Stahler, Marty Two Bulls & Steve Kelley
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CSotD: False Starts and Other Penalties
Bill Day takes what I believe to be an unnecessarily pessimistic look at the year ahead. He’s correct that the gloves are off and that Trump and his fellow travelers are not hiding their ambitions. Ho...
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January 1, 2026 at 12:31 PM
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Are we on the Eve of Destruction or the Eve of Change? Ponder the question along with Bill Bramhall, Chris Riddell, Clay Bennett, Ed Wexler, Joel Pett, Jonathan Brown, Lisa Benson, Mariano Ruszaj, Pedro X. Molina, Steve Brodner & Steve Kelley
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CSotD: On The Eve
Good advice from one traditional figure of the new year to another. Some years, the editorial cartoons look forward to progress and improvements, but this isn’t one of those years and nobody has any g...
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December 31, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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I wish 12-30 still felt like this.
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Twelve Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming To The Canyon)
YouTube video by The Mamas & the Papas - Topic
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December 30, 2025 at 9:37 PM