{{Short description|Editorial syndication service}} {{Infobox company | name = Cagle Cartoons | logo = | type = Print and digital syndicate | founded = 2001 | founder = Daryl Cagle | hq_location = Santa Barbara, California, USA | industry = Political cartoons, Opinion columns | website = {{URL|http://www.caglecartoons.com}} }}
'''Cagle Cartoons, Inc.''' is a syndication service for political cartoons and opinion columnists.<ref name=EP>{{cite magazine| title=New syndication options for illustrators: Syndicates facilitate ongoing opportunity for creators of comics and puzzles| date=June 16, 2022| first=Rob| last=Tornoe| work=Editor & Publisher| url=https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/new-syndication-options-for-illustrators,231246}}</ref> Started by editorial cartoonist Daryl Cagle in 2001, Cagle Cartoons distributes the cartoons of sixty cartoonists and fourteen columnists to more than 850 subscribing newspapers in the United States and around the world, including over half of America's daily, paid-circulation newspapers.<ref>{{cite news|title=American political cartoonist Cagle says Ukraine needs stronger symbols|first=Oksana|last=Torhan|date=June 7, 2015|work=Kyiv Post|url=https://archive.kyivpost.com/article/guide/people/american-political-cartoonist-cagle-says-ukraine-needs-stronger-symbols-390471.html}}</ref><ref name=EP /><ref>{{cite web |title=Daryl Cagle bio | publisher=DarylCagle.com | url= http://darylcagle.com/bio/}}</ref>
Cagle Cartoons syndicates the political cartoons of four Pulitzer Prize winners: Adam Zyglis, Mike Keefe, Kevin Siers, and Steve Sack. Cagle Cartoons also syndicates the political cartoons of four winners of the “Cow” or the “Grand Prix de l'Humour Vache” from the Salon International de la Caricature, du Dessin de Presse et d’humour” in Saint-Just-le-Martel, France: Patrick Chappatte (2021),<ref>{{cite web |title="On est chez nous ici, on ne veut pas de Paris", dessinateurs et visiteurs du Salon de Saint-Just mobilisés | publisher=France Bleu | url= https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/societe/est-chez-nous-ici-ne-veut-pas-de-paris-dessinateurs-et-visiteurs-du-salon-de-saint-just-mobilises-1632675763}}</ref> Rayma Suprani (2014),<ref>{{cite web |title="Palmarès 2014 | publisher=Saint-Just Humour | url= https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/societe/est-chez-nous-ici-ne-veut-pas-de-paris-dessinateurs-et-visiteurs-du-salon-de-saint-just-mobilises-1632675763}}</ref> Angel Boligan (2017)<ref>{{cite web |title=Premian a Boligán en Francia… con una vaca | publisher=El Universal | url= https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/colaboracion/el-apunte/premian-caricaturista-mexicano-en-francia-con-una-vaca}}</ref> and Daryl Cagle (2013).<ref>{{cite web |title="Palmarès 2003 | publisher=Saint-Just Humour | url= https://centredessinpresse-stjust.com/portfolio/2013/}}</ref>
== Structure == Cagle Cartoons is a "package service" where subscribing publications receive all of the content and can reprint whatever they choose for one fee. Cagle does not charge delivery fees for his service, noting digital delivery replaced the cost of mailing features years ago.<ref name=EP /><ref>{{cite news |title=Digital Funnies | work=Editor & Publisher | url= http://www.editorandpublisher.com/Features/Article/Digital-Funnies|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715222910/http://www.editorandpublisher.com/Features/Article/Digital-Funnies|archive-date=15 July 2015|date=13 July 2013|first=Rob|last=Tornoe}}</ref>
== Controversy == In August 2020, a cartoon spotlighting racial injustice, drawn by David Fitzsimmons of the ''Arizona Daily Star'',<ref>{{cite web |title=George Floyd | publisher=Cagle Cartoons | url=http://caglecartoons.com/sku/239715/}}</ref> whose work is syndicated by Cagle Cartoons, drew controversy after it was shared to eighth-grade students by a teacher as part of an assignment to interpret the cartoon.<ref>{{cite web |title=Governor calls for Wylie ISD teacher to be fired over use of political cartoon in online study lesson | work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram | url=https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/education/article245121830.html|date=Aug 21, 2020|first=Bryan|last=Lopez}}</ref> Texas Governor Greg Abbott called for the teacher to be fired.<ref>{{cite web |title=Governor calls for Wylie ISD teacher to be fired over use of political cartoon in online study lesson | publisher=WFAA | url= https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/governor-calls-for-wylie-isd-teacher-to-be-fired-over-use-of-political-cartoon-in-online-study-lesson/287-058aa494-a4fb-4550-a908-026f46c0c3c5 | last = Reece | first= Kevin | date = August 23, 2020}}</ref>
== Notable cartoonists and columnists syndicated by Cagle Cartoons== {{columns-list|colwidth=18em| * Pat Bagley * Pat Byrnes * Patrick Chappatte * Jaume Capdevila * Daryl Cagle * Bill Day * Will Durst * Bob Englehart * Randall Enos * Christine Flowers * Peter Funt * Emad Hajjaj * Osama Hajjaj * Mike Keefe * Phil Kerpen * Yaakov Kirschen * Jeff Koterba * Peter Kuper * Dick Polman * Michael Reagan * Steve Sack * Kevin Siers * Rayma Suprani * Elwood Watson * Dave Whamond * Monte Wolverton * Adam Zyglis }}
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
==External links== *{{Official website|http://www.caglecartoons.com}}
Category:2001 establishments in California Category:Print syndication Category:Comic strip syndicates