Mike Peterson

Mike Peterson

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Cartoons critic, history buff, retired editor, reporter, business and education writer. Amateur dog walker.

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Mike Peterson
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One more week and then we'll see. Come get psyched for Election Day with Amorim, Barry Blitt, Christopher Weyant, Dennis Goris, José Alberto Rodríguez Avila, Marty Two Bulls, Mike Konopacki & Nick Anderson www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

dailycartoonist.comCSotD: Into the Home StretchI remember when the polls told us Hilary Clinton was going to win and she didn’t. Then again, they didn’t predict a blow-out, and the current polls are calling for a truckload of Democratic Party vict...
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Nine more days of the Two Minutes Hate. Come join Bill Bramhall, Clay Jones, Jimmy Margulies, John Auchter, Mike Luckovich, Morten Morland, Paolo Calleri, Raul Sauvé & Rick McKee www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

dailycartoonist.comCSotD: Nine More Days of Two Minutes HateThe horrible thing about the Two Minutes Hate was not that one was obliged to act a part, but, on the contrary, that it was impossible to avoid joining in. Within thirty seconds any pretence was alway...
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Another one bites the dust & y'all shouldn't be feeling too good yourselves, with Ann Telnaes, Day by Dave, First Dog on the Moon, Guy Venables, Patrick Chappatte & Terry Anderson www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

dailycartoonist.comCSotD: The Way We Live NowBad news: Metro has cut their cartoonist, Guy Venables, effective the end of November. Granted, Metro isn’t exactly the Times of London, but then again, it seems aimed at giving people what they want ...
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A hateful ad in a broken world. We're back online to see it all, with Charles Beyl, Clay Jones, David Blower, Drew Sheneman, Guy Venables, Jack Ohman, Keith Knight, Martyn Turner, Pat Bagley & Special Guest David Low www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

dailycartoonist.comCSotD: While You Were OutVenables posted this yesterday, so I don’t suppose it got to as many people as it usually would, given how many sites in Britain and Europe went dark. I did see that the Guardian stayed up, but I read...
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Alternative facts have seized power. Come see the damage, along with Dave Granlund, Dave Whamond, Gary Varvel, Jonathan Brown, Lee Judge, Lisa Benson, Madam & Eve, Matt Golding & Rob Rogers www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

dailycartoonist.comCSotD: Coffee Break’s OverThe Big Story, of course, is Donald Trump’s decision to quit dodging, denying and lying about his affection for and loyalty to Vladimir Putin. At least it should be. But Steve Bannon had a good point:...
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Non-Topical Humor to amuse everyone but Raiders fans. Come join Deflocked, F Minus, Graham Annabele, Grand Avenue, Peanuts, Pearls Before Swine, Sherman's Lagoon & Speed Bump www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

dailycartoonist.comCSotD: A Dose of Non-Topical HumorWhen I was young, our TV stations signed off at night with “The Star Spangled Banner” and “O Canada,” which made it a better world on several levels. But politics aside, when we said “There’s nothing ...
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Embracing Putin, betraying Ukraine. Come view the damage, with Christian Adams, Daniel Boris, David Rowe, John Branch, Michael Ramirez, Mike Luckovich, Rob Rogers & Sean Leahy www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

dailycartoonist.comCSotD: The Cult of the ChameleonI’m going to be watching to see if the GOP continues to call Democratic candidates “communists,” now that Dear Leader has openly declared his support of Vladimir Putin. Boris notes that the Russian fl...
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Diesel deals, public executions & bot failures, with Adam Zyglis, Betty, David Horsey, Dennis Goris, First Dog on the Moon, Garth German, Guy Body, Jeff Danziger, Pat Bagley, Patrick Blower, Pedro X. Molina & Peter Brookes www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

dailycartoonist.comCSotD: 534 Years Later …Australia not much caring who discovered America, First Dog instead brought us up to date yesterday on what we’ve made of our corner of the place 534 years later. Someone posted on Xitter last week ab...
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The hoax is coming from inside the house! Join Dave Granlund, David Frum, David Rowe, Doonesbury, Ed Stein, Gary Huck, Greg Kearney, Jack Ohman, John Darkow, Marian Kamensky, Martyn Turner, Pat Hudson, Thomas Wittemore & Herblock www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

dailycartoonist.comCSotD: The Russia Hoax is Coming from Inside the House!Consider this cartoon from Ireland, a Western-facing but tacitly neutral nation. Turner bundles Trump, Putin, Netanyahu and Iranian leader Mojtaba Khamenei in a package of troublemakers.There was a ti...
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Funny stuff to relieve unfunny times. Come join Aadvik Singh, Carpe Diem, Crabgrass, Dave Ostow, Deflocked, Edison Lee, the Far Side, First Dog on the Moon, Megan Herbert & Tom Toro www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

dailycartoonist.comCSotD: Comic ReliefWhen No Tab Pete announced his big extravaganza, this Far Side was my first reaction. Call it “wishful thinking.” But given the overall reaction to his idea, I’d say he may find both his TV show and h...
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Hegseth distracts as the midterms approach. Come join Ann Telnaes, Dave Whamond, David Rowe, Deb Milbrath, Martyn Turner, Matt Golding, Matt Wuerker, Mike Luckovich, Steve Sack & Tom Tomorrow www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

dailycartoonist.comCSotD: DoD Help UsI like the fact that Wuerker has given this clown a 10-gallon hat and a six-shooter, because the sort of clown who serves as a distraction, the way this one does, is more like the ones who used to be ...
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Lessons to be taught and to be learned from the Cornell 7, with the help of Adam Zyglis, Daniel Boris, Dennis Goris, Jimmy Margulies, Joel Pett, Matt Davies & Nick Anderson www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

dailycartoonist.comCSotD: On Beyond the Cornell 7Looks like the Cornell 7 story is going to stick around awhile. That’s a good thing, because it’s a national conversation we need to have. And it’s a bad thing if it simply leaves the impression that ...
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Don't read this in front of witnesses, but come join Bruce MacKinnon, Clay Jones, Dave Granlund, Dave Whamond, Guy Body, Jimmy Margulies, Joel Pett, Kirk Anderson, Michael Ramirez, Steve Cousineau & special guest Herblock www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

dailycartoonist.comCSotD: Some Innocent Chit-ChatMargulies makes an excellent connection between people exiled to countries with which they have no connection and people who are experiencing the same disorienting thing without having to move at all....
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Women as warriors in America, and as the wounded in college. Come join Adam Zyglis, Bill Bramhall, Jesse Duquette, Kevin Kallaugher & special guest stars Louis Dalrymple & Thomas Nast www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

dailycartoonist.comCSotD: The Warriors and the WoundedKal wrote a piece about depicting democracy in the form of strong women, the top cartoon here being from four years ago, the second being current.I like the basic concept, but prefer the second becaus...
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Sick chick on the patio, Daddio! Grab some sauce and join Andertoons, Arlo & Janis, Barney & Clyde, Dark Side of the Horse, Jeremy Banx, Joy of Tech, Megan Herbert & Moderately Confused www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

dailycartoonist.comCSotD: Morning FrivolityThought I’d better get this Banx cartoon in before he has to change the sign over the door. though I suspect making the sign politically correct won’t change the gag.I could, of course, have run it la...
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A Series of Unfortunate Events, as seen through the pens of Clay Bennett, David Rowe, Deflocked, Jeff Stahler, Mike Luckovich, Nick Anderson, Schott & Sharon Murdoch www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

dailycartoonist.comCSotD: Come to the Talent RoundupSometimes there a story so ridiculous that people say “The jokes write themselves.” But Eric Schmitt (R-Mo)’s questioning of Jack Smith was so breath-takingly asinine that he left very little for the ...
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The matter of the Cornell 7 is another chapter in an ancient, avoidable story. Come consider things along with Benjamin Slyngstad, BevComics, Dennis Goris, Jeffrey Koterba, Kyle Bravo, Rose Anne Prevec & Zapiro www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

dailycartoonist.comCSotD: Cartoons and the Cornell 7The matter of the Cornell 7 is the sort of viral issue that offers a chance to discuss a critically important issue, but also offers the chance to go spinning off the rails and use the specific issues...
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Straight talk about a divided nation, as seen through the pens of Ann Telnaes, Bill Bramhall, Chris Slane, Christopher Downes, Clay Bennett, Daniel Boris, Gary Varvel, JD Crowe, Jeff Stahler, Mike Lester, Nick Anderson & Angel Boligan www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

dailycartoonist.comCSotD: Ignorance is StrengthIt’s lovely to think that, when a candidate makes a promise of “no new taxes,” the audience will respond by thinking of all they’d have to give up to make that promise true.Slane is being sarcastic, a...
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Catch up on things to start your week, with the help of Barney & Clyde, Cornered, First Dog on the Moon, Kyle Bravo, Moderately Confused, Mr Boffo, Pearls Before Swine & Trevor Spaulding www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

dailycartoonist.comCSotD: New Week, Same StoriesFirst Dog points out that, indeed, the whole world is watching. That wouldn’t be so bad if we were some obscure country nobody really cared about, so they could watch what we’re up to, snicker and shr...
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Come see how the top tenth lives, along with Ann Telnaes, Barry Blitt, Darío Castillejos, Jonathan Brown, Mike Luckovich, Pat Bagley, Steve Brodner, Ted Rall & Wiley Miller www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

dailycartoonist.comCSotD: Lifestyles of the Rich and FamousRall suggests that perhaps our national priorities are out of whack, though it might be a better world if they were this openly explained. It would also be a better country if someone, anyone spoke th...

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I noticed that the New York Times, which I unsubscribed to when they solf-sold Trump, has changed its policy on "gift" articles. You used to be able to read them. Now the NYT tells you: "Someone gifted this article to you. You must allow us to harvest your email address to read it." Ur, no. Go away.

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Pour a bowl of Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs and come check out Bliss, Dark Side of the Horse, Dave Granlund, Deflocked, Joe Heller, Kyle Bravo, Paul Noth, Peanuts & Tommy Siegel www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

dailycartoonist.comCSotD: Pour the Chocolate Frosted Sugar BombsI’m glad to have run into this pair in this order, because Heller’s bucked up my spirits somewhat after Granlund’s negative take on election signs. It is indeed fall, and as much as I look forward to ...
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A round-up of somewhat square news, with the assistance of Ben Jennings, Dave Granlund, Gary Varvel, Guy Venables, Max Espinoza, Mike Smith, Morten Morland, Nick Anderson & Steve Sack www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

dailycartoonist.comCSotD: Power of the PressThe banishment of the press has ended, thanks to some solidarity among the press corps and a judge who had apparently read the Constitution. However, as anticipated here yesterday, the boycott cost De...
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Timing matters, today, and for the long-term health of cartooning. Come join Adam Zyglis, Christopher Weyant, Free Range, Grand Avenue, Megan Herbert, Reality Check & Stacy Curtis www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

dailycartoonist.comCSotD: Timing, Immediate & Long-TermAs they say, timing is everything. They usually say it about comedy, but it’s obviously a factor in political cartooning and here’s a pair of cartoons that had everything except good timing, and, in t...
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If nobody covers it, did your speech make a sound? Come explore, with Bill Bramhall, David Rowe, Gary Huck, Gary Markstein, Joe Heller, Jonathan Brown, Lisa Benson, Martyn Turner, Michael de Adder, Mike Smith, Nick Anderson, Rick McKee & Steve Kelley www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

dailycartoonist.comCSotD: Stop the PressesIt is the elephant, not the president, who hesitates to dive into an empty pool. They’ve followed him faithfully since his first inauguration, but Republicans have been scrubbing their websites of men...
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A Political Round-up, with the help of Ann Telnaes, Barry Blitt, Dave Whamond, Existential Comics, Ivan Ehlers, John Buss, Marty Two Bulls, Michael de Adder, Morten Morland, Mr Boffo & Steve Artley www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

dailycartoonist.comCSotD: Random RantsI wasn’t going to do any Trump vs. the Press cartoons today, having pretty well exhausted the topic for a while, but Telnaes introduces a new character that cracks me up.The term “work wife” came up w...
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Dear Leader protects us from hoaxes and fake news! Come peek behind the curtain, with Daniel Boris, James Mellor, Pat Bagley, Paul Duginski, Pedro X. Molina, Rick McKee & Sally Lewis www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

dailycartoonist.comCSotD: Another Manic MondayWe discussed Dear Leader’s open warfare on the news yesterday, but it’s hardly a one-day story, and Lewis continues her own coverage, with the additional aspect of men in black removing news companies...
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Dear Leader makes war on the press. Come see it through the pens of Dave Granlund, Dave Whamond, Garth German, Gary Varvel, Glenn McCoy, John Deering, Mike Smith & Rick McKee www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

dailycartoonist.comCSotD: Communication BreakdownWe’ve discussed this expression before, but it’s a good starting point for today’s discussion and, besides, it’s so universally misunderstood that it doesn’t hurt to point it out again: First of all, ...
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Laughs, not all of them government approved. Come join the Barn, Brewster Rockit, Charles Beyl, David Sipress, Graham Annable, the Other Coast, Pardon My Planet & Prickly City www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

dailycartoonist.comCSotD: Cartoon CarnivalI’m not sure there are any nurses these days who still tell kids a shot isn’t going to hurt. I know my son the nurse is quite honest about it, explaining that, yes, it’s going to hurt, but only for a ...
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The Canada Geese are ready to fly, and the EU is preparing a nest. Come see their flight, with Amorim, Ann Telnaes, Brendan Loper, Chip Bok, Christo Komarnitski, David Rowe, Graeme MacKay, Michael Ramirez, Morten Morland & Theo Moudakis www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

dailycartoonist.comCSotD: GhostedNews and commentary are full of coverage of Canada’s potential to become the first “associate member” of the European Union, but Loper — who is not a political cartoonust — provides a simple explanati...
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It's a grand day for kvetching, the sun is flying high. Come join the Dogs of C-Kennel, Grand Avenue, Loose Parts, Madam & Eve, Rhymes with Orange, Tank McNamara, the Lockhorns & Wallace the Brave www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

dailycartoonist.comCSotD: It’s a Grand Day for KvetchingStart the day with a very old memory. In first grade, we got straws with our milk and we got butter on small plates on the cafeteria tables. In those days, O Best Beloved, the paper wrappers on straws...
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The curse of "Interesting Times," through the pens of Ann Telnaes, Enrico Bertuccioli, Glen Le Lievre, Jack Ohman, John Buss, Lar DeSousa, Matt Davies, Max Espinoza, Rick McKee, Steve Sack, Tom Tomorrow & Special Guest Herblock www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

dailycartoonist.comCSotD: Interesting TimesThere’s not really a Chinese curse, “May you live in interesting times,” but we sure do seem cursed with them. I feel particularly sorry for satirists like Tom Tomorrow and Andy Borowitz, who have bui...
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D'ya think we should do something about AI? Explore it with Bart van Leeuwen, Benjamin Slyngstad, Bill Bramhall, Daniel Boris, Garth German, Joe Heller, John Buss, Matt Golding, Michael de Adder, Paul Duginski, Pedro X. Molina, Rick McKee & Dr. Suess www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

dailycartoonist.comCSotD: Thinking AllowedAI says it’s time to wake up, Golding notes, and that if we don’t, we may not. The people who understand this stuff seem to agree that it’s in real danger of getting out of hand, and in a perfect worl...