Gary Varvel: Best of 2024
A year in review through cartoons
It was difficult to pick just 20 cartoons because so much happened in 2024. Nevertheless, I narrowed it down to these 21. Enjoy.
After all of the attempts to remove Donald Trump from the presidential race, nothing stopped him.
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In February, I could see the handwriting on the wall (Daniel 5), that President Biden’s mental decline had Kamala Harris eyeing her boss’ job.
This April cartoon was in response to Biden saying that Bidenomics was working. According to the annual report from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. homelessness has doubled since Joe Biden entered the White House.
There’s a reason why members of Congress earn triple-digit returns in the stock market.
The Hamas - Israel war motivated antisemitic protesters at some college campuses to get arrested.
Dr. “Science” Fauci decided to retire before Trump returned to the White House. Sen. Rand Paul thinks he should “go to prison” over his “dishonesty” in handling the COVID-19 pandemic and lying to Congress.
In June the democrats and media warned about Trump seeking revenge if he is re-elected. Which is an admission of guilt in using lawfare against Trump.
On June 13th, I correctly predicted that Biden would pardon his son after the election.
June 18 — The George Clooney fundraiser that ended with President Obama leading Biden off the stage was the beginning of the democrats wanting Biden to drop out of the race.
June 28 — Nine days later, Biden’s disastrous presidential debate performance confirmed for democrats what the rest of the country already knew — Biden was not fit for the job.
July — Ryan Walters, Oklahoma Superintendent of Schools, ordered that the Bible must be included in teaching American history.
July 13 - The story of the year was the assassination attempt on Trump’s life. As I wrote in my newsletter the next day, “the hand of God kept the bullet from hitting its mark.” I also wrote about the true story of the Divine protection of the “Father of our Country.” You can read my post about the “Bulletproof George Washington” here.
July 15 - This iconic photo captured by Evan Vucci | AP of Trump fist pumping to the crowd after being shot in the ear, was only missing the Superman suit so I added it. You can still order a print here.
July 19 - I drew this cartoon and wrote, “Former President Obama, former Speaker Pelosi, Senate majority leader Schumer and Congressman Schiff are all pushing Ol’ Joe to the exit because polls show he can’t win in November.”
Two days later, Biden dropped out of the race for president and endorsed his Vice President.
Vice President Flip Flopper, Kamala Harris, replaced Biden in the race for president and immediately began denying that she was the Border Czar, that she was against fracking, and wanted to end private insurance for a “single-payer health care system” run by the government. She needed a “Men In Black” neuralyzer to erase a voter’s memories.
August - The woke Olympics.
Kamala Harris became known for her “word salads” answers to questions and her campaign strategy was to avoid the press as much as possible.
Meanwhile in the Middle East, the Israel Defense Force eliminated the leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah.
November 6 - My first post-election cartoon reflected Harris as the second woman beaten by Donald Trump.
Reminiscent of the 1948 “Dewey Defeats Truman” headline, the legacy media was shocked that Trump defeated Harris. In reality, he defeated multiple opponents to win the presidency again. Trump’s victory was the greatest comeback in political history.
December 11 - After Syrian President Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia, it appears that Iran’s proxy war against Israel has been disarmed.
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Great 2024 Cartoons, Gary! Happy New Year!
Thanks for the summary through your talent! Well said!