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The Week’s October 2, 2026, political-cartoon gallery focuses on re-election fears, Pete Hegseth framed as a hero, and congressional purse strings. It credits ten cartoonists. Those are the themes and artists in this dated selection—not a claim that every cartoon published that day covered the same subjects.

What are the October 2 political cartoons about?

The Week describes its Friday selection as covering “re-election fears, Hegseth the hero, and congressional purse strings.” The phrase is the publisher’s framing of its own gallery; the available page text does not provide detailed explanations of each cartoon or establish what every artist intended.

See The Week’s “Political cartoons for October 2” gallery.

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Who drew The Week’s October 2 cartoons?

The gallery credits these ten artists:

  • Steve Breen
  • John Darkow
  • Michael Ramirez
  • Bill Bramhall
  • Drew Sheneman
  • Bruce Plante
  • David Horsey
  • R.J. Matson
  • Mike Luckovich
  • Bill Day

The displayed credits also name Creators Syndicate, Cagle Cartoons, Inc. and Tribune Content Agency. These are the gallery’s credits; they do not establish that the cartoons are available for purchase as prints.

Other political-cartoon coverage published October 2

Other outlets published distinct selections that day, so their subjects should not be mistaken for The Week gallery’s contents.

CT Insider’s weekly roundup

John Breunig’s October 2 CT Insider roundup describes cartoons responding to Senator Eric Schmitt’s questioning of former special counsel Jack Smith, including a mix-up involving the Atlanta Hawks and Iowa Hawkeyes. It also discusses cartoonists’ use of AI themes, dairy-farm dependence on immigrant workers and a Wile E. Coyote gag. Those are subjects Breunig reports in his roundup, not descriptions of The Week’s ten cartoons or independent verification of the underlying political matters. Read the CT Insider roundup.

The New Yorker’s daily cartoon

The New Yorker published a separate October 2 cartoon by Enrico Pinto with the caption “How can you stand it out there?” The page text gives no visual context for the caption, so it is not enough to identify the cartoon’s intended political target. It is not part of The Week’s gallery. View the New Yorker cartoon page.

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