How 12 Editorial Cartoons Remembered Reagan

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[summer]

How 12 Editorial Cartoons Remembered Reagan



1)
Steve Sack, Minnesota, The Minneapolis Star-Tribune



2)
Jeff Koterba, Omaha World Herald, NE



3)
Mike Keefe, The Denver Post



4)
Bill Schorr, United Media



5)
Steve Greenberg -- The Ventura County Star, CA



6)
Steve Breen -- The San Diego Union-Tribune



7)
Clay Jones, Virginia -- The Freelance-Star, Fredericksburg



8)
Steve Nease, Oakville Ontario, Steve is the daily cartoonist for the Oakville Beaver



9)
Brian Fairrington, caglecartoons.com



10)
Tim Morin, The Miami Herald



11)
Wayne Stayskal, Tampa, FL, The Tampa Tribune


12)
Bill Day, The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee

[Graymatter]

Even the cartoons can make me cry.

[epow]

I'll be darned if Cartoon #10 didn't make me cry. Sheesh.

I haven't been moved to tears yet, but #7 came close to doing the job.

All 12 are great cartoons, but I can't help wondering where those cartoonists were during the 1980s when RR was being savaged daily as an evil buffoon in most of those same papers.

Come to think of it, I suppose most of them were still in high school. I sometimes forget how old I am until my aching knees remind me.

[SolitaryMan]

I know what you mean....

[summer]

I haven't been moved to tears yet, but #7 came close to doing the job.

I really like #7, too.

[mwyounce]

Marshall Ramsey, The Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, Mississippi

[idkfa]

I have Mozilla and installed BugMeNots FireFox extension. Wow, now I totally bypass the registration screens! Thanks.

[brewcrew]

This is one of my favorites so far (Joe Heller of the Green Bay Press-Gazette):

[Captain Rabbit]

#4. Uncle Sam grieving. Very fitting. Thank you for the post.

[summer]

The cartoonist's art is a powerful one

I agree.

I was also struck by the overwhelming number of positive cartoons; usually cartoonists' opinions will split on "issues." But, the passing of this president did not seem to count as an "issue" for these cartoonists - it was handled very respectfully by about 99% of them, from what I could tell.

[summer]

#4. Uncle Sam grieving. Very fitting....

I agree. Thanks for your nice post.

[cgk]

Daryl Cagle, Slate.com

Scott Stantis, Birmingham News, Alabama

Jim McCloskey, The News Leader, Staunton, VA

Corky Trinidad, Honolulu Star-Bulletin

Bob Englehart, Hartford Courant, CT

Tab, Calgary Sun, Alberta Canada

Vic Harville, Stephens Media Group, Little Rock, AR

Joe Heller, Green Bay Press-Gazette

Dick Locher, Chicago tribune

Rick McKee, Augusta Chronicle, GA

Olle Johansson, Sweden

Robert Ariail, The State, NC

Gary Varvel, Indianapolis Star-News

Kevin Siers, The Charlotte Observer

Bob Gorrell, National/Syndicated

Steve Kelley, New Orleans Times-Picayune

Chris Britt, State-Journal Register, Springfield, IL

Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune

Gary Markstein, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

Don Wright, Palm Beach Post, FL

Marshall Ramsey, Clarion Ledger, MS

Dana Summers, Orlando Sentinel

Henry Payne, Detroit News,

[summer]

Re your post #47 - Thanks for posting that. Yes, I saw a number of jellybean-themed cartoons. I wanted to include one, so thanks for posting yours. :)

[summer]

Re your post #45 - Very nice. Thanks for posting that cartoon to this thread, mwyounce. :)

[summer]

RE your post #51 - Oh, thanks so much for posting all those cartoons, cgk! :)

[mwyounce]

A second one by Marshall Ramsey at the Jackson Clarion-Ledger:

[cgk]

Welcome! Another FReeper passed it on to me, so I'm passing it on, too.

[cgk]

:) Thank YOU for this thread. Many of them brought me to tears, again. We just went to the procession last night for his final trip "home" to the Library, and I am still awestruck.

[epow]

Ceaser, Napoleon, Wellington, MacArthur, Ike, move over, you were good but Reagan was even better.

You know, you're right. All those great generals won their victories at the cost of thousands of lives. RR totally defeated the most powerful and dangerous evil empire ever to menace the USA, and he did it without spilling a drop of American blood. Or Soviet blood either for that matter. It doesn't get any better than that.

Did God answer Reagan's prayer "God bless America" that he placed at the end of every TV address to the nation? You bet He did, and He did it by giving us such a great man as RR to lead America and the entire world through it's most dangerous years in recent history. President Bush prays that same prayer at the close of his speeches, let us all pray that God answers his prayers in the same manner in which he answered RR's, by total victory over terrorism.

[Cultural Jihad]

Does anyone remember the week-long media-orchestrated 'The Nation is in Mourning" period after Magic Johnson's tragic announcment that he'd been infected (and probably infected others) with the HIV virus?

[Brad’s Gramma]

Thanks summer! The tears keep coming for me....these are wonderful.