The Bean in a pickle

The Bean in a pickle

Chicago in trouble, RFK Jr's medical advice, and more

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This cartoon depicts a woman looking into the reflective “bean” artwork in Chicago. The bean reflects her frightened face and a group of imposing, masked ICE agents lining the lakefront.

Michael de Adder / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.

This cartoon depicts two kids trick-or-treating. They are dressed as a ghost and a witch and are about to get candy from a woman on her front step. There is a skeleton in a chair next to them. The woman looks at the skeleton and says, “Him? He followed RFK Jr’s medical advice!”

Bob Englehart / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.

This cartoon takes place in a jail where a masked ICE agent opens the cell door and says to a group of peaceful protestors, “This is it, the free speech zone.” The protestors carry signs that say “No ICE” and “Immigrant rights are human rights.”

Pat Byrnes / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.

This cartoon is titled “Endless War” and shows an armed soldier picking the bloody leaves off a flower with a skull in the middle. The leaves look more like drops of blood than something from a plant.

Marco De Angelis / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.

This cartoon is titled “National Newspaper Week” and depicts a newspaper sitting on a front porch. The newspaper is called “Local News” and has headlines that read “Community Spirit” and “Public Conscience.” A quote from Luis A. Ferre is at the top left of the image and reads, “A city without a newspaper is a city without a soul.”

Joe Heller / Copyright 2025 Hellertoon.com

This editorial cartoon shows a diver in midair, having just jumped off a high dive. The diver wears a cowboy hat labelled “TX” and is doomed because he’s headed toward an empty pool that reads “Future water needs.”

Nick Anderson / Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency

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This is a somber editorial cartoon that depicts starving people, perhaps in Gaza, lifting their plates to the sky in hopes of getting food. Instead of food, the sky is filled with dangerous and sharp forks headed to the ground and impaling people.

Angel Boligan / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.