RWCW #6 (11-6-06)

With the midterm elections looming, the sixth installment of Rightwing Cartoon Watch chronicled the full-front assault on John Kerry's gaffe, with over one third of all conservative cartoons for the week focusing on it. Read the original post for the full range, but here's a sample from Mike Lester:


Chuck Asay's cartoon received votes for the "Most Offensive," repeating the theme of McCoy's recipient the previous week:



Meanwhile, Mike Shelton received special credit for a striking cartoon memorializing California firefighters:

RWCW #5 (10-28-06)

For the fifth installment of Rightwing Cartoon Watch, Iraq made a resurgence after being conspiciously avoided as a subject in previous weeks. The most popular subject, however, was the fast-approaching midterms elections. Demonize your opponent early, and often!

The pick for "Most Offensive Cartoon of the Week" wasn't even close. See the original post for the debunk and critique. From Glenn McCoy:

RWCW #4 (10-25-06)

For the fourth installment of Rightwing Cartoon Watch, the hottest topic remained North Korea. However, the leading contender for Most Offensive Cartoon of the Week seemed to be this Henry Payne cartoon on the the Foley scandal:


Foley, of course, did not resign volutarily, but only because ABC News had found him out. Hastert did not demand his resignation, because he only found out about it a couple of hours later. It's not as if there was anything honorable about Foley or how the GOP leadership handled it.

RWCW #3 (10-15-06)

For the third installment of Rightwing Cartoon Watch, the hottest topics were North Korea's nuclear test, and, for the second week in a row, the Mark Foley scandal. All three nominees for Most Offensive Cartoon of the Week centered on the Foley scandal. Click any cartoon for a slightly larger view. First, from Chuck Asay:


Then Chip Bok:


And finally, Mike Lester:

RWCW #2 (10-7-06)

For the second installment of Rightwing Cartoon Watch, the hottest topic was the Mark Foley scandal. Contenders for Most Offensive Cartoon of the Week included this one from Glenn McCoy:


This one from Cox and Forkum also merited consideration:


But the runaway winner was this cartoon from Mike Lester:

RWCW #1 (9-30-06)

For the first installment of Rightwing Cartoon Watch, readers picked the Paul Nowak cartoon above as the "Most Offensive of the Week." (Nowak actually copies an earlier, infamous one by Michael Ramirez.)