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Cartoons: The Latest Editorial Cartoons From CounterPoint Media

By CM Chaney · March 12, 2025

Hold This

About Lisa Benson - Mix a snifter of Bill Mauldin, a dash of Jeff McNelly and a very large dollop of common sense, and you begin to get an idea of Lisa Benson's considerable talent.  CounterPoint Media

The Forever Stamp

About Tim Campbell - Tim was raised in Indianapolis with Hoosier values, a sense of humor and a pat on the head for coloring inside the lines. After graduating from Columbus College of Art and Design to pursue an illustration career, Tim discovered an opportunity to be an editorial cartoonist in 2006 and has never looked back.  CounterPoint Media

The Once-Great United States

About Clay Bennett - A nominated finalist for the Pulitzer 6 times since 1999, Chattanooga Times Free Press cartoonist Clay Bennett won the Prize in 2002. He has also earned just about every other editorial cartoon award there is, including the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, the John Fischetti Editorial Cartoon Competition, the Overseas Press Club's Thomas Nast Award, the National Headliner Award, the Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi Award, the National Journalism Award from the Scripps Howard Foundation, and the National Cartoonists Society Division Award for Best Editorial Cartoons. Bennett was also named Editorial Cartoonist of the Year by Editor & Publisher magazine in 2001.  CounterPoint Media

Stick A Fork In Em

About Tim Campbell - Tim was raised in Indianapolis with Hoosier values, a sense of humor and a pat on the head for coloring inside the lines. After graduating from Columbus College of Art and Design to pursue an illustration career, Tim discovered an opportunity to be an editorial cartoonist in 2006 and has never looked back.  CounterPoint Media

Churchill Bust

About Jeff Danziger - Jeff Danziger provides a scathing international take on politics, finance, and everything else you aren't allowed to discuss at the dinner table. Combining spot-on caricatures with razor-sharp writing, this feature will make you listen a little more closely to what they tell you on the news.  CounterPoint Media

Don't Wack Yourself

About Eric Allie - Eric Allie has been causing trouble with his drawings since third grade. He has been doing it professionally since 1993 when his college classmates commissioned a drawing of an unpopular professor for a 12-pack of Keystone Light. Over the years, the pay improved, and his political views improved. He went from being very liberal to very libertarian. That is the correct worldview. He can prove it. He'll draw you a picture to show you.  CounterPoint Media

Old No Guts

About Jeff Danziger - Jeff Danziger provides a scathing international take on politics, finance, and everything else you aren't allowed to discuss at the dinner table. Combining spot-on caricatures with razor-sharp writing, this feature will make you listen a little more closely to what they tell you on the news.  CounterPoint Media

DOGE Cuts

About Clay Bennett - A nominated finalist for the Pulitzer 6 times since 1999, Chattanooga Times Free Press cartoonist Clay Bennett won the Prize in 2002. He has also earned just about every other editorial cartoon award there is, including the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, the John Fischetti Editorial Cartoon Competition, the Overseas Press Club's Thomas Nast Award, the National Headliner Award, the Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi Award, the National Journalism Award from the Scripps Howard Foundation, and the National Cartoonists Society Division Award for Best Editorial Cartoons. Bennett was also named Editorial Cartoonist of the Year by Editor & Publisher magazine in 2001.  CounterPoint Media

Newsom Podcast

About Lisa Benson - Mix a snifter of Bill Mauldin, a dash of Jeff McNelly and a very large dollop of common sense, and you begin to get an idea of Lisa Benson's considerable talent.  CounterPoint Media

Two Rockets Blow

About Jeff Danziger - Jeff Danziger provides a scathing international take on politics, finance, and everything else you aren't allowed to discuss at the dinner table. Combining spot-on caricatures with razor-sharp writing, this feature will make you listen a little more closely to what they tell you on the news.  CounterPoint Media

One Reason

About Lisa Benson - Mix a snifter of Bill Mauldin, a dash of Jeff McNelly and a very large dollop of common sense, and you begin to get an idea of Lisa Benson's considerable talent.  CounterPoint Media

Had A Suit

About Pedro X. Molina - Pedro X. Molina is an internationally acclaimed political cartoonist who fled his native Nicaragua during a crackdown on journalists and government critics. He is currently an Artist Protection Fund Fellow in residence with Cornell University. Molina contributes six cartoons and one strip per week for Confidencial, which continues to publish online and is a regular contributor to Counterpoint.com. He has also been published in the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Courrier International (France), and many other publications.  CounterPoint Media

The Outbreak

About Clay Bennett - A nominated finalist for the Pulitzer 6 times since 1999, Chattanooga Times Free Press cartoonist Clay Bennett won the Prize in 2002. He has also earned just about every other editorial cartoon award there is, including the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, the John Fischetti Editorial Cartoon Competition, the Overseas Press Club's Thomas Nast Award, the National Headliner Award, the Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi Award, the National Journalism Award from the Scripps Howard Foundation, and the National Cartoonists Society Division Award for Best Editorial Cartoons. Bennett was also named Editorial Cartoonist of the Year by Editor & Publisher magazine in 2001.  CounterPoint Media

The Rebuttal

About Lisa Benson - Mix a snifter of Bill Mauldin, a dash of Jeff McNelly and a very large dollop of common sense, and you begin to get an idea of Lisa Benson's considerable talent.  CounterPoint Media

Trump Saw

About Pedro X. Molina - Pedro X. Molina is an internationally acclaimed political cartoonist who fled his native Nicaragua during a crackdown on journalists and government critics. He is currently an Artist Protection Fund Fellow in residence with Cornell University. Molina contributes six cartoons and one strip per week for Confidencial, which continues to publish online and is a regular contributor to Counterpoint.com. He has also been published in the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Courrier International (France), and many other publications.  CounterPoint Media

Available For Parties

About Mike Beckom - From the time Mike Beckom could hold a pen, his dad taught him how to draw and appreciate cartoons. As the years rolled by, Mike's dad would ask, "So what're you gonna DO with your talents?" Mostly, Mike didn't "do." Until his dad died. On that day, Mike set out to get just one cartoon published to tip his hat to his dad. What began as a labor of love has mushroomed into a nearly two-decades-long career of doodles and drawings that have graced the pages of newspapers and magazines in seven states.  CounterPoint Media

Just In Time

About Jeff Danziger - Jeff Danziger provides a scathing international take on politics, finance, and everything else you aren't allowed to discuss at the dinner table. Combining spot-on caricatures with razor-sharp writing, this feature will make you listen a little more closely to what they tell you on the news.  CounterPoint Media

Trade Wars

About Clay Bennett - A nominated finalist for the Pulitzer 6 times since 1999, Chattanooga Times Free Press cartoonist Clay Bennett won the Prize in 2002. He has also earned just about every other editorial cartoon award there is, including the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, the John Fischetti Editorial Cartoon Competition, the Overseas Press Club's Thomas Nast Award, the National Headliner Award, the Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi Award, the National Journalism Award from the Scripps Howard Foundation, and the National Cartoonists Society Division Award for Best Editorial Cartoons. Bennett was also named Editorial Cartoonist of the Year by Editor & Publisher magazine in 2001.  CounterPoint Media

Tariffs

About Tim Campbell - Tim was raised in Indianapolis with Hoosier values, a sense of humor and a pat on the head for coloring inside the lines. After graduating from Columbus College of Art and Design to pursue an illustration career, Tim discovered an opportunity to be an editorial cartoonist in 2006 and has never looked back.  CounterPoint Media

Say Thank You

About Pedro X. Molina - Pedro X. Molina is an internationally acclaimed political cartoonist who fled his native Nicaragua during a crackdown on journalists and government critics. He is currently an Artist Protection Fund Fellow in residence with Cornell University. Molina contributes six cartoons and one strip per week for Confidencial, which continues to publish online and is a regular contributor to Counterpoint.com. He has also been published in the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Courrier International (France), and many other publications.  CounterPoint Media

Saving You Time

About Jeff Danziger - Jeff Danziger provides a scathing international take on politics, finance, and everything else you aren't allowed to discuss at the dinner table. Combining spot-on caricatures with razor-sharp writing, this feature will make you listen a little more closely to what they tell you on the news.  CounterPoint Media

Dope

About Mike Beckom - From the time Mike Beckom could hold a pen, his dad taught him how to draw and appreciate cartoons. As the years rolled by, Mike's dad would ask, "So what're you gonna DO with your talents?" Mostly, Mike didn't "do." Until his dad died. On that day, Mike set out to get just one cartoon published to tip his hat to his dad. What began as a labor of love has mushroomed into a nearly two-decades-long career of doodles and drawings that have graced the pages of newspapers and magazines in seven states.  CounterPoint Media

President's Address To Congress

About Clay Bennett - A nominated finalist for the Pulitzer 6 times since 1999, Chattanooga Times Free Press cartoonist Clay Bennett won the Prize in 2002. He has also earned just about every other editorial cartoon award there is, including the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, the John Fischetti Editorial Cartoon Competition, the Overseas Press Club's Thomas Nast Award, the National Headliner Award, the Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi Award, the National Journalism Award from the Scripps Howard Foundation, and the National Cartoonists Society Division Award for Best Editorial Cartoons. Bennett was also named Editorial Cartoonist of the Year by Editor & Publisher magazine in 2001.  CounterPoint Media