LightWave Reports Daily Political Cartoon Round Up (July 18)
By CM Chaney ·
July 18, 2025
About Dave Granlund - Dave Granlunds cartoons have appeared in the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. Cagle CartoonsAbout Dave Whamond - Dave Whamonds work has appeared in magazines and newspapers including Wall Street Journal, Sports Illustrated, Readers Digest and many more. He has won 7 Silver Reubens from the National Cartoonists Society and several book awards. Dave has written and/or illustrated over 50 books and his syndicated comic, "Reality Check", has appeared in newspapers since 1995. Cagle CartoonsAbout Dave Whamond - Dave Whamonds work has appeared in magazines and newspapers including Wall Street Journal, Sports Illustrated, Readers Digest and many more. He has won 7 Silver Reubens from the National Cartoonists Society and several book awards. Dave has written and/or illustrated over 50 books and his syndicated comic, "Reality Check", has appeared in newspapers since 1995. Cagle CartoonsAbout Adam Zyglis - Adam Zyglis is the staff cartoonist for The Buffalo News. His cartoons are internationally syndicated by Cagle Cartoons. Cagle CartoonsAbout Gary McCoy - Gary McCoy and his brother Glenn create the internationally syndicated comic panel The Flying McCoys. Gary also freelances for Parade magazine, Playboy, greeting card companies and others. Cagle CartoonsAbout Ed Wexler - Ed served as a Creative Director at Disney Television Animation for nearly 30 years. He was also the illustrator for the Washington Whispers page in US News and World Report for 11 years, and created a series of popular group caricature covers and spreads for The Hollywood Reporter’s Emmy Awards and Academy Awards special issues for many years as well. Ed was nominated for an Emmy Award for animation direction. His editorial cartoons are internationally syndicated by Cagle Cartoons. Cagle CartoonsAbout Taylor Jones - Taylor Jones has been drawing caricatures, political cartoons and editorial illustrations for a rather long time. He does very little else except fidget, drawing for Cagle Cartoons and the Hoover Digest. Cagle CartoonsAbout John Darkow - John Darkow has been a professional cartoonist for over 20 years, spending the last 10 as the staff cartoonist at the Columbia Daily Tribune. He is syndicated internationally by Cagle Cartoons. Cagle CartoonsAbout Michael de Adder - Michael de Adder was a political cartoonist for various publications in Canada and the USA. His work has appeared in just about every newspaper in Canada. In 2020 he was awarded the Herblock Prize for editorial cartooning. Cagle CartoonsAbout Peter Kuper - Peter Kuper is a regular contributor to The New Yorker, The Nation and MAD magazine where he has written and illustrated SPY vs. SPY every issue since 1997. He is the co-founder and editor of World War 3 Illustrated a political graphics magazine that has given a forum to political artists for 40 years. He has produced over two dozen books including The System, Diario de Oaxaca, Ruins (winner of the 2016 Eisner Award) and adaptations of many of Franz Kafka's works into comics including The Metamorphosisand Kafkaesque (winner of the 2018 Reuben Award) . His latest graphic novel is an adaptation of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. He has lectured around the world and has taught comics courses at The School of Visual Arts in NYC and Harvard University. Cagle CartoonsAbout Harley Schwadron - Harley Schwadron is a cartoonist in Ann Arbor, Michigan. His cartoons have appeared in many major publications, including Barron’s, Harvard Business Review, Punch, Playboy, American Legion, New York Times, and Readers Digest. Many of Harley's cartoons deal with business, politics and financial investing. He has illustrated some 50 books. Cagle CartoonsAbout Jeff Koterba - After 31 years as the cartoonist for Nebraska's largest newspaper, Jeff suddenly found himself laid off. So he greatly appreciates the support of fans to keep drawing. Jeff's brilliant and moderate editorial cartoons are syndicated around the world and his original drawings have also flown aboard space shuttle Discovery. He's given Ted talks and is the lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter for the Prairie Cats, a swing and jump-blues band that has performed around the U.S. including the South by Southwest Music Festival. And he may be the most popular cartoonist with editors on all of Cagle.com. Cagle CartoonsAbout Harley Schwadron - Harley Schwadron is a cartoonist in Ann Arbor, Michigan. His cartoons have appeared in many major publications, including Barron’s, Harvard Business Review, Punch, Playboy, American Legion, New York Times, and Readers Digest. Many of Harley's cartoons deal with business, politics and financial investing. He has illustrated some 50 books. Cagle CartoonsAbout Bill Day - Bill Day is a two-time winner of the RFK Journalism Award in Cartooning, and his cartoons are syndicated internationally by Cagle Cartoons. He is currently the editorial cartoonist for FloridaPolitics.com Cagle Cartoons
