Happy New Year! Um, Happy New Year?

by Chip Bok at Townhall.com…

 by Walt Handelsman at GoComics.com…

Here were my top six favorite cartoons this week, starting with a twofer by Nate Beeler at Townhall.com…

My top six favorite political cartoons this week…

by Daryl Cagle at politicalcartoons.com…

 by Steve Breen at Townhall.com…

Hard to choose, but here were my top five favorite political cartoons this week…

by Jerry Holbert at Townhall.com…

Yes, Barack Obama has taken Big Bird under his wing as a vital campaign cause, to the consternation of Democrat operatives and even Sesame Street, which asked the Obama campaign to pull this ad, which it has thus far refused to do….

During his October 3 debate against Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, in describing how he would curtail government spending if elected president, told PBS moderator Jim Lehrer “I’m sorry Jim, I’m gonna stop the subsidy to PBS, I like PBS, I love Big Bird, I actually like you too, but I am not going to keep spending money on things to borrow money from China to pay for.”

Oh, dear. You’d have thought Romney was threatening to serve Big Bird for Thanksgiving dinner. As a matter of fact…

by Glenn Foden at Townhall.com…

by Lalo Alcaraz at GoComics.com…

If you thought the post-debate political cartoons were funny, check out these pre-debate cartoons mocking Mitt Romney in advance of an anticipated Obama blowout…

by Clay Bennett at GoComics.com…

 by Jack Ohman at GoComics.com…

Clint Eastwood’s previously maligned “empty chair” took prominence in both conservative and liberal political cartoons post-debate….

by John Darkow at Columbia Daily Tribune…

 by Steve Kelley at GoComics.com…

Here are my top five favorite political cartoons this week, beginning with a twofer by Glenn McCoy at Townhall.com…