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

'MOSQUE NEAR GROUND ZERO': The Eight Most Eye-Catching Cartoons this week... [UPDATED]


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 really deliver on the issue -- to really nail it, whatever their stance. Today, having scoured scores of editorial illustrations, we let the cartoonists have their say in this space.

So here they are: the Eight "Ground Zero" Cartoons that most catch our eye...


MIKE LUCKOVICH:


(image courtesy of cagle.com)


MICHAEL RAMIREZ:


ROB ROGERS:


JIMMY MARGULIES:


ED STEIN:


R.J. MATSON:


STEVE BREEN:


And lastly, a new animation from syndicated political cartoonist MARK FIORE can be viewed at his page, markfiore.com..


By  |  03:00 PM ET, 08/20/2010

Categories:  The Political Cartoon | Tags:  Ed Stein, Jimmy Margulies, Mark Fiore, Michael Ramirez, Mike Luckovich, R.J. Matson, Rob Rogers, Steve Breen

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