Politics
Editorial: The Latest Political Cartoons From The Creators Syndicate
By CM Chaney · May 20, 2024
2024 Presidential Debate
About Steve Breen - Steve Breen was born in Los Angeles in 1970 and raised in Orange County. He received a degree in political science in 1992 from the University of California at Riverside. Steve began his editorial cartooning career at the Asbury Park Press (NJ) and was hired by The San Diego Union-Tribune in 2001. He is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Steve’s children’s books include “Stick,” “Violet the Pilot,” “Pug and Doug,” “Woodpecker Wants a Waffle,” “A Perfect Mess,” and “Unicorn Executions and Other Crazy Stuff My Kids Make Me Draw.” He is also the creator of the animated children's show “Powerbirds” for Universal Kids. Steve enjoys running, reading and playing the guitar. He lives in San Diego County with his wife and kids. Steve’s editorial cartoons and weekly caption contest, Caption It!, are nationally syndicated by Creators. Creators Syndicate
Assorted Shams
About Tom Stiglich - Tom attended the Art Institute of Philadelphia and graduated in June 1988. Tom's cartoons have appeared in the USA Today, The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Phila. Daily News, The Washington Post, Newsweek, Newsweek Japan, TIME magazine, TIME.com, Chicago Sun-Times, The Los Angeles Times, Mad Kids magazine and in the annual book series 'Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year.' He is a three-time recipient of the Citation of Excellence award from the United Nations and currently has a cartoon on exhibit at the Charles M. Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa, California. Creators Syndicate
Conditions For Debating
About Gary Varvel - Gary Varvel is the editorial cartoonist for The Indianapolis Star. Born in Indianapolis in 1957, Varvel was drawn to cartoons as a child when he saw a copy of MAD magazine. In 1974, he met Jerry Barnett, the editorial cartoonist for The Indianapolis News who mentored and encouraged him to pursue a career in cartooning. In 1994, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Charles Werner retired from The Indianapolis Star, and Varvel's dream came true when he landed the position. Creators Syndicate
14% For The Big Guy
About Steve Kelley - Steve Kelley of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is a syndicated editorial cartoonist, comic strip creator, comedian, and writer. He has previously served as staff political cartoonist for The San Diego Union / The San Diego Union-Tribune and The New Orleans Times-Picayune. He began work at the Post-Gazette in November 2018. Kelley is co-creator and writer of the award-winning syndicated comic strip Dustin which King Features Syndicate distributes to more than 370 newspaper clients and websites. Born in Richmond, Virginia, Kelley graduated from the Collegiate School, and was an honors graduate of Dartmouth College in 1981, where he drew cartoons for both the Daily Dartmouth and The Dartmouth Review. Creators Syndicate
Jewish Face Of Hamas
About A.F. Branco - Over the years, A.F. Branco created cartoons as a hobby. Once he saw America under assault by radical leftists, the hobby became a calling and another form of service to the country he loves and swore to protect from “all enemies, foreign and domestic.” His toons resonate and inform with razor-sharp humor, accruing a following of patriots everywhere. Creators Syndicate
Which One's Which?
About Michael Ramirez - In addition to the 1994 and 2008 Pulitzer Prizes, Ramirez was the 2008 winner of the prestigious Fischetti Award. He is a three-time Sigma Delta Chi, Society of Professional Journalism Award winner, a Lincoln Fellow and a recipient of the UCI Medal. He is a senior editor and the editorial cartoonist for Investor's Business Daily. He is formerly the editorial cartoonist for the Los Angeles Times, The Memphis Commercial Appeal and a contributing cartoonist for USA Today. His work is syndicated by Creators Syndicate. Creators Syndicate
Red Bull
About Steve Breen - Steve Breen was born in Los Angeles in 1970 and raised in Orange County. He received a degree in political science in 1992 from the University of California at Riverside. Steve began his editorial cartooning career at the Asbury Park Press (NJ) and was hired by The San Diego Union-Tribune in 2001. He is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Steve’s children’s books include “Stick,” “Violet the Pilot,” “Pug and Doug,” “Woodpecker Wants a Waffle,” “A Perfect Mess,” and “Unicorn Executions and Other Crazy Stuff My Kids Make Me Draw.” He is also the creator of the animated children's show “Powerbirds” for Universal Kids. Steve enjoys running, reading and playing the guitar. He lives in San Diego County with his wife and kids. Steve’s editorial cartoons and weekly caption contest, Caption It!, are nationally syndicated by Creators. Creators Syndicate
The Same NFL?
About Tom Stiglich - Tom attended the Art Institute of Philadelphia and graduated in June 1988. Tom's cartoons have appeared in the USA Today, The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Phila. Daily News, The Washington Post, Newsweek, Newsweek Japan, TIME magazine, TIME.com, Chicago Sun-Times, The Los Angeles Times, Mad Kids magazine and in the annual book series 'Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year.' He is a three-time recipient of the Citation of Excellence award from the United Nations and currently has a cartoon on exhibit at the Charles M. Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa, California. Creators Syndicate
No Debate
About A.F. Branco - Over the years, A.F. Branco created cartoons as a hobby. Once he saw America under assault by radical leftists, the hobby became a calling and another form of service to the country he loves and swore to protect from “all enemies, foreign and domestic.” His toons resonate and inform with razor-sharp humor, accruing a following of patriots everywhere. Creators Syndicate
Clows To The Left Of Me...
About Al Goodwyn - Al Goodwyn's cartoons have appeared in numerous newspapers including The Washington Post, the Washington Times, Politico and the Washington Examiner. He began cartooning in 1989 when he put his physics education and technical experience to work for an international physics publication, The Health Physics News, producing science-themed cartoons for 28 years. He has won numerous editorial cartooning awards including awards from the South Carolina Press Association in 2018 and 2019. He won the 2019 Dateline Award from the Washington, D.C., chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. In 2020, he won second place in the Green Eyeshade Award for editorial cartooning in the Southeast. Creators Syndicate
This Used To Be The Supreme Court Building
About John Deering - John Deering is chief editorial cartoonist for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, the state's largest newspaper. Five times a week, his cartoon comments entertain (or sometimes enrage) readers throughout Arkansas, in Washington, D.C., and across the country. Winner of the National Press Foundation's 1997 Berryman Award, Deering also gained top honors in the 1994 national John Fischetti Cartoon Competition and was the seven-time winner of the Arkansas Press Association's Best Editorial Cartoonist award. Creators Syndicate
The Trade War
About Michael Ramirez - In addition to the 1994 and 2008 Pulitzer Prizes, Ramirez was the 2008 winner of the prestigious Fischetti Award. He is a three-time Sigma Delta Chi, Society of Professional Journalism Award winner, a Lincoln Fellow and a recipient of the UCI Medal. He is a senior editor and the editorial cartoonist for Investor's Business Daily. He is formerly the editorial cartoonist for the Los Angeles Times, The Memphis Commercial Appeal and a contributing cartoonist for USA Today. His work is syndicated by Creators Syndicate. Creators Syndicate
Lie Alert
About Tom Stiglich - Tom attended the Art Institute of Philadelphia and graduated in June 1988. Tom's cartoons have appeared in the USA Today, The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Phila. Daily News, The Washington Post, Newsweek, Newsweek Japan, TIME magazine, TIME.com, Chicago Sun-Times, The Los Angeles Times, Mad Kids magazine and in the annual book series 'Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year.' He is a three-time recipient of the Citation of Excellence award from the United Nations and currently has a cartoon on exhibit at the Charles M. Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa, California. Creators Syndicate
Showing Support
About Mike Luckovich - Mike Luckovich of the Atlanta Constitution received two amazing honors in 2006, winning both a Pulitzer Prize and the Reuben award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year. This was the second Pulitzer for Luckovich; his first was awarded in 1995. He had previously received the Reuben award for Editorial Cartooning in 2001, but this was his first time to be named the overall outstanding cartoonist by a group of his peers. The Reuben awards are distributed each year by the National Cartoonists Society and are considered professional cartooning's highest honor. Creators Syndicate
2000 Insults For All Occassions
About Gary Markstein - Gary Markstein makes a living by skewering pompous public figures and politicians of every political stripe. Markstein, is an artist at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and was previously the cartoonist for the Tribune Newspapers in Arizona. His many awards for cartoons and illustrations include the Milwaukee Press Club Award, Cox Newspapers' Best Editorial Cartoonist award, a second-place National Headliner Award, a third-place Berryman award from the National Press Foundation (both in 1997) and the 1997 John Fischetti Editorial Cartoonist Competition for 1997. He won the Global Media Award for Excellence in Population Reporting two years in a row (2001, 2002). Creators Syndicate
Protecting The Building And Its People
About A.F. Branco - Over the years, A.F. Branco created cartoons as a hobby. Once he saw America under assault by radical leftists, the hobby became a calling and another form of service to the country he loves and swore to protect from “all enemies, foreign and domestic.” His toons resonate and inform with razor-sharp humor, accruing a following of patriots everywhere. Creators Syndicate
Haven't Noticed Any Issues
About Gary Varvel - Gary Varvel is the editorial cartoonist for The Indianapolis Star. Born in Indianapolis in 1957, Varvel was drawn to cartoons as a child when he saw a copy of MAD magazine. In 1974, he met Jerry Barnett, the editorial cartoonist for The Indianapolis News who mentored and encouraged him to pursue a career in cartooning. In 1994, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Charles Werner retired from The Indianapolis Star, and Varvel's dream came true when he landed the position. Creators Syndicate