Comic Riffs: Mike Luckovich


Posted at 11:48 PM ET, 10/17/2012

OBAMA v. ROMNEY, ROUND 2: Love ‘em? Hate ‘em? Six Striking Debate Cartoons
By Michael Cavna
Love ‘em? Hate ‘em? Six striking debate cartoons.

By Michael Cavna  |  11:48 PM ET, 10/17/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  presidential debate cartoons, barack obama, mitt romney, candy crowley, bob gorrell, matt bors, glenn mccoy, mike luckovich, david fitzsimmons, next media animation

Posted at 01:41 AM ET, 09/08/2012

CONVENTION COVERAGE: 7 Eye-Catching DNC Cartoons for the Week
By Michael Cavna
Convention Coverage: 7 Eye-Catching DNC Cartoons

By Michael Cavna  |  01:41 AM ET, 09/08/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  nate beeler, signe wilkinson, michael ramirez, mike luckovich, walt handelsman, nick anderson, jim morin, democratic national convention

Posted at 11:55 PM ET, 08/06/2012

CHIK-FIL-A DEBATE: 10 Eye-Catching Cartoons about meals, marriage and rights
By Michael Cavna
Chik-fil-A chicken debate: 10 Eye-Catching Cartoons about meals, marriage and rights.

By Michael Cavna  |  11:55 PM ET, 08/06/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  chik-fil-a, jimmy margulies, mike luckovich, steve kelley, glenn mccoy, mark streeter, rick mckee, jack ohman, gary varvel, signe wilkinson, nick anderson

Posted at 11:52 AM ET, 06/29/2012

‘OBAMACARE UPHELD’: 6 Eye-Catching Cartoons react to the high court’s decision
By Michael Cavna
Pens sharpened like scalpels, cartoonists react to the Supreme Court’s “Obamacare” decision.

By Michael Cavna  |  11:52 AM ET, 06/29/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  obamacare, john cole, mike luckovich, bob gorrell, david fitzsimmons, adam zyglis, mike thompson

Posted at 02:12 PM ET, 05/15/2012

OBAMA on GAY MARRIAGE: The 8 Most Eye-Catching Cartoons
By Michael Cavna

By Michael Cavna  |  02:12 PM ET, 05/15/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  michael ramirez, mike luckovich, clay bennett, john cole, steve kelley, alex falco, steve benson, next media animation

Posted at 12:01 AM ET, 04/20/2012

(VICTORIA’S) SECRET SERVICE: The Six Most Eye-Catching Cartoons about the Colombian scandal
By Michael Cavna
Here are six of the most eye-catching editorial cartoons lampooning the steamy misconduct scandal in Colombia.

By Michael Cavna  |  12:01 AM ET, 04/20/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  secret service, next media animation, steve breen, chip bok, chris weyant, mike luckovich, pat bagley

Posted at 08:40 PM ET, 03/21/2012

CARTOON OF THE DAY: Etch-a-Sketching Mitt Romney
By Michael Cavna
Mike Luckovich delivers the satirical response of the day to the campaign news.

By Michael Cavna  |  08:40 PM ET, 03/21/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  mike luckovich, mitt romney, rick santorum, etch a sketch, ohio art

Posted at 12:01 AM ET, 12/17/2011

BEST QUOTES OF 2011: From Gaiman to Watterson, the Year in Comic Riffs
By Michael Cavna
From Neil Gaiman to Bill Watterson, here are our favorite witty and poignant lines this year straight from our interviews with cartoonists and other creators.

By Michael Cavna  |  12:01 AM ET, 12/17/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  bill watterson, neil gaiman, art spiegelman, berkeley breathed, jeff smith, roger ebert, richard thompson, david lloyd, susie cagle, sherif arafa, matthew inman, oatmeal comic, james ward byrkit, stan lee, garry trudeau, matt wuerker, joe simon, jerry robinson, vincent zurzolo, craig thompson, mark fiore, ana juan, lincoln peirce, jef mallett, mike luckovich, domitille collardey, julia wertz, dan didio, renae de liz, craig yoe, bob moyer, tom jenkins, sylvain chomet, mike keefe, josh neufeld, lauren redniss, g.b. tran, scott snyder, frank cho, stephen hess, tom toles, nate beeler, peter dunlap shohl, dalia ziada, darrin bell, molly norris, gary groth, r. crumb, roz chast, peter robbins, jean schulz, mike manley, tom wilson jr., kevin rechin, tom brevoort, lynda barry, dwayne mcduffie, kevin rechin, bil keane, eduardo barreto

Posted at 08:37 PM ET, 11/29/2011

HERMAN CAIN: Behind the lines, Luckovich sparks our Cartoon of the Day
By Michael Cavna

By Michael Cavna  |  08:37 PM ET, 11/29/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  mike luckovich, political cartoons

Posted at 10:00 PM ET, 10/18/2011

HERBLOCK TRIBUTE: Remembering The Post’s cartooning legend a decade after his death
By Michael Cavna

By Michael Cavna  |  10:00 PM ET, 10/18/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Herblock, Herb Block, library of congress, mike peters, jen sorensen, steve breen, matt davies, scott stantis, mike luckovich, matt wuerker, jimmy margulies

Posted at 09:30 AM ET, 09/30/2011

CHRIS CHRISTIE: The 7 Most Eye-Catching Cartoons
By Michael Cavna

By Michael Cavna  |  09:30 AM ET, 09/30/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  chris christie, next media animation, mike luckovich, nate beeler, rob tornoe, john darkow, jimmy marguilies, steve benson

Posted at 05:00 AM ET, 08/30/2011

DICK CHENEY’S MEMOIR: How to think (and satirize) like a cartoonist
By Michael Cavna

By Michael Cavna  |  05:00 AM ET, 08/30/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  dick cheney, mike luckovich, joe heller, rob rogers, ann telnaes, next media animation

Posted at 05:30 PM ET, 06/11/2011

‘WEINERGATE’: Cape. Tights. A Tale Writ Comically Large.
By Michael Cavna

By Michael Cavna  |  05:30 PM ET, 06/11/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  mike luckovich, adam zyglis, jack ohman, anthony weiner

Posted at 06:44 PM ET, 06/06/2011

ANTHONY WEINER: The most eye-catching ‘Weinergate’ cartoons so far...
By Michael Cavna

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Tags:  anthony weiner, nate beeler, steve breen, mike luckovich, next media animation, michael ramirez, adam zyglis

Posted at 02:00 PM ET, 11/18/2010

Artists in Afghanistan: Luckovich, Pastis & Keane moved by latest USO Tour
By Michael Cavna
Stephan Pastis (from left), Mike Luckovich, Jeff Keane, Rick Kirkman, Garry Trudeau and Tom Richmond in Kandahar in November. (images used by permission from Tom Richmond) The soberness of war emerged from the darkness before Mike Luckovich and his...

By Michael Cavna  |  02:00 PM ET, 11/18/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  General, General | Tags:  Garry Trudeau, Jeff Keane, Mike Luckovich, National Cartoonists Society, Rick Kirkman, Stephan Pastis, Tom Richmond, USO

Posted at 10:00 AM ET, 11/03/2010

ELECTION HANGOVER: The Seven Best Midterm Cartoons
By Michael Cavna
For political cartoonists, Election Day offers an embarrassment of quick riches. As the results roll in, these fast-sketch satirists become like Templeton in "Charlotte's Web," feasting till dawn on a nocturnal bacchanal of crestfallen candidacies and self-satisfied rhetoric. And...

By Michael Cavna  |  10:00 AM ET, 11/03/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  The Political Cartoon | Tags:  David Horsey, Michael Ramirez, Mike Luckovich, Mike Peters, Steve Breen, Tom Toles

Posted at 03:00 PM ET, 08/20/2010

'MOSQUE NEAR GROUND ZERO': The Eight Most Eye-Catching Cartoons this week... [UPDATED]
By Michael Cavna
In recent pages of The Post, everyone from Charles Krauthammer to Gene Robinson to Michael Gerson to Kathleen Parker has naturally had a say on the Islamic-Community-Center-near-Ground-Zero controversy. Meantime, Comic Riffs has waited for the nation's political cartoonists to...

By Michael Cavna  |  03:00 PM ET, 08/20/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  The Political Cartoon | Tags:  Ed Stein, Jimmy Margulies, Mark Fiore, Michael Ramirez, Mike Luckovich, R.J. Matson, Rob Rogers, Steve Breen

Posted at 09:10 AM ET, 06/15/2010

AQUAMAN DOWN: The 10 Best BP Spill Cartoons [UPDATED]
By Michael Cavna
Aquaman was among the first casualties, tragically washing up weeks ago. And as the BP oil spill has worn on -- long uncapped, uncontained and un-"killed," top or otherwise -- visual satirists have co-opted numerous other cartoon characters. Given...

By Michael Cavna  |  09:10 AM ET, 06/15/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  General | Tags:  Aquaman, BP Oil Spill, Bill Day, Matt Davies, Mike Keefe, Mike Luckovich, R.J. Matson, SpongeBob SquarePants

Posted at 11:15 AM ET, 05/20/2010

THEIR TURN: 12 top cartoonists offer their take on 'Draw Muhammad Day'
By Michael Cavna
"Shock for shock's sake." "Choreographed punditry." And "wrong, childish and needlessly provocative." That's what some critics think of today's Facebook-ignited campaign titled "Everybody Draw Muhammad Day." But those aren't Islamic extremists speaking. Those are the words of pro-free-speech political...

By Michael Cavna  |  11:15 AM ET, 05/20/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  The Political Cartoon, The Political Cartoon, The Political Cartoon | Tags:  Ann Telnaes, Clay Bennett, David Horsey, Mark Fiore, Matt Davies, Mike Luckovich, Mike Peters, Molly Norris, Nikahang Kowsar, Rex Babin, Scott Stantis, Steve Breen, Ted Rall

Posted at 10:45 AM ET, 02/21/2010

OLYMPICS GALLERY: Cartoons from the 2010 Games [UPDATED]
By Michael Cavna
With the images of ginormous dancing bears, towering trees and k.d. lang still dancing in our heads from the Opening Ceremonies, Comic Riffs is beginning to gather cartoons about the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver. Too little snow. Too...

By Michael Cavna  |  10:45 AM ET, 02/21/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  The Political Cartoon | Tags:  Drew Litton, Martin Sutovek, Mike Luckovich

Posted at 10:00 PM ET, 02/20/2010

TIGER TOONS: Cartoonists pull an irony out of their bag [UPDATED]
By Michael Cavna
[Note: This Friday post was updated Saturday at 1:50 and 10 p.m.] And now, a new wave of Tiger toons rolls in. On-air commentators immediately began having their say after Tiger Woods's 14-minute video apology and statement this morning, in...

By Michael Cavna  |  10:00 PM ET, 02/20/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  The Political Cartoon | Tags:  Bob Englehardt, Bruce Beattie, Mike Luckovich, Randy Bish, Tiger Woods

Posted at 09:05 AM ET, 01/26/2010

From Saints to would-be sinners: our Fave Five picks this minute...
By Michael Cavna
THE MORNING QUICKIE: From N'awlins to New Jersey, our fave five cartoon-related picks this minute... 5. FAVE POLITICAL CARTOON O' THE DAY: In the wake of the Supreme Court's recent ruling to remove curbs on corporate donations to political...

By Michael Cavna  |  09:05 AM ET, 01/26/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  The Morning Line, The Morning Line | Tags:  Drew Litton, Fredo&Pid'jin, Mike Luckovich, New Jersey Comic Con

Posted at 12:25 PM ET, 12/02/2009

'Riffs Picks: From Tiger's 'Transgressions' to the Salahis' Confessions
By Michael Cavna
From Escalade crashers to accused party crashers, here are today's top picks... So this morning, Tiger Woods essentially admitted, in standard PR parlance, to affairs. And all my mind can go back to is what Tiger told me in...

By Michael Cavna  |  12:25 PM ET, 12/02/2009 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  The Morning Line, The Morning Line | Tags:  Bruce Beattie, Jen Sorensen, Michael Jordan, Mike Luckovich, Steve Breen, Tareq and Michaele Salahi, Tiger Woods

Posted at 03:00 PM ET, 11/26/2009

Holiday helpings: Turkey Day cartoons we can be thankful for
By Michael Cavna
Today, we will pass on mixing ACORN jokes with our chestnuts and stuffing. We will not stoop to gags about doomed turkeys wanting better "health care." And it won't be a day to trot out cheap one-liners about whether...

By Michael Cavna  |  03:00 PM ET, 11/26/2009 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  The Political Cartoon | Tags:  Mike Luckovich; Gary Varvel; Jeff Parker; Nate Beeler