Dry Smoke: In shades of brown and tan, two men are illustrated sitting on a bench in a city with cars going by. They are wearing masks and there's smoke all around them. One says, "... But it's a dry smoke."
Credit: Peter Kuper, PoliticalCartoons.com / CTNewsJunkie via Cagle Cartoons / ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

“But it’s a dry smoke” plays on the current weather around the nation and world, which is enduring a prolonged heat wave with poor air quality and lots of smoke from wildfires. And Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is in the news because he publicly discusses a lot of unfounded conspiracies. Editorial cartoons by Peter Kuper and Christopher Weyant.

RFK Jr. Conspiracy Camelot: RFK Jr. is shown with a castle in the background. The title is Camelot but the "-lot" is crossed out, and it reads "Camelnot." He is holding a flag that says "Anti-Vax, Anti-Semitic, Anti-Asian Conspiracies" and he says, "Some people see things as they are and ask, 'why?' I dream up dangerous conspiracies that never were and say, 'why not?'"
Credit: Christopher Weyant, The Boston Globe and The New Yorker / CTNewsJunkie via Cagle Cartoons / ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Chris Weyant draws political cartoons for The Boston Globe, and the New Yorker. His cartoons are syndicated nationally by Cagle Cartoons.

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Peter Kuper is a regular contributor to The New Yorker, The Nation and MAD magazine where he has written and illustrated SPY vs. SPY every issue since 1997. He is the co-founder and editor of World War 3 Illustrated, a political graphics magazine that has given a forum to political artists for 40 years. He has produced over two dozen books including The System, Diario de Oaxaca, Ruins (winner of the 2016 Eisner Award) and adaptations of many of Franz Kafka's works into comics including The Metamorphosisand Kafkaesque (winner of the 2018 Reuben Award). His latest graphic novel is an adaptation of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. He has lectured around the world and has taught comics courses at The School of Visual Arts in NYC and Harvard University.

The views, opinions, positions, or strategies expressed by the author are theirs alone, and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, or positions of CTNewsJunkie.com.