{"id":6610,"date":"2011-12-31T00:02:34","date_gmt":"2011-12-31T08:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=6610"},"modified":"2011-12-31T00:22:33","modified_gmt":"2011-12-31T08:22:33","slug":"a-look-back-at-politics-plus-cartoons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/31\/a-look-back-at-politics-plus-cartoons\/","title":{"rendered":"A Look Back at Politics Plus Cartoons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">For well over a year, I had posted a Cartoon in the daily Open Thread here.\u00a0 Darryl Cagle&#8217;s MSN site used to allow bloggers to embed cartoons to increase their own traffic, but they discontinued that practice, making it a \u00a9 violation to use their work.\u00a0 I switched to another site that allowed embeds, but they merged with another site that does not.\u00a0 So in mid-June, I started making them myself.\u00a0 They\u2019re not really cartoons, per se.\u00a0 They are graphics, but I call them cartoons because they serve that function here.\u00a0 Except for sick days, I\u2019ve posted one daily ever since, and let me tell you this.\u00a0 Some days coming up with an idea is a huge challenge.\u00a0 As 2011 comes to an end, here is a look back at one cartoon from each month from June on.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">June<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline;\" title=\"5Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/5Cartoon1.jpg\" alt=\"5Cartoon\" width=\"650\" height=\"546\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">July<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline;\" title=\"24Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/24Cartoon1.jpg\" alt=\"24Cartoon\" width=\"650\" height=\"411\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">August<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline;\" title=\"31Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/31Cartoon1.jpg\" alt=\"31Cartoon\" width=\"650\" height=\"406\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">September<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline;\" title=\"25Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/25Cartoon1.jpg\" alt=\"25Cartoon\" width=\"650\" height=\"361\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">October<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline;\" title=\"30Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/30Cartoon1.jpg\" alt=\"30Cartoon\" width=\"650\" height=\"418\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">November<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline;\" title=\"24Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/24Cartoon2.jpg\" alt=\"24Cartoon\" width=\"650\" height=\"380\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">December<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline;\" title=\"11Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/11Cartoon1.jpg\" alt=\"11Cartoon\" width=\"650\" height=\"440\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">I hope the daily cartoons have brightened your days, and provoked thought.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For well over a year, I had posted a Cartoon in the daily Open Thread here.\u00a0 Darryl Cagle&#8217;s MSN site used to allow bloggers to embed cartoons to increase their own traffic, but they discontinued that practice, making it a \u00a9 violation to use their work.\u00a0 I switched to another site that allowed embeds, but <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/31\/a-look-back-at-politics-plus-cartoons\/' 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