50°Good evening

At the close of every year, Newsday Opinion turns its valuable pages over to this resident cartoonist to fill with some of my favorite drawings from the year. While COVID-19 and its diabolical variants exhausted us, national and local public figures seemed undeterred and continued to provide an energetic symphony of cartoon-worthy absurdities in 2021. While our politics are unlikely to calm down, my fingers are crossed for fewer global pandemic cartoons in 2022.

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2021 in review

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Zeldin in gov's race - January

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Too much screen time - January

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MAGA war on democracy - January

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Biden-Harris - a new dawn - January

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Shinnecock Nation - February

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Child migrant crisis - March

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Body camera - March

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White mask for safety - April

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Mass shootings - April

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Herd immunity - May

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Suffolk PD insignia guide - May

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Save our schools explainer chart - May

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Vaccine incentives - May

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Masked NY - July

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Fossil fuel view - June

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Astronauts then and now - July

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LI housing market - July

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I delta New York - July

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Anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers to the finish line - August

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Cuomo power point - August

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The four hoarsemen - August

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Missing - public concern for the disappeared not named Gabby - September

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Voted for Blakeman - November

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No complaints at UBS Arena - November

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Cuomo in the doghouse - November

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Heavy MTA overtime on track - November

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Reading the tea leaves - 2021 election - November

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PSEG LI servers - November

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COVID signs - November

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COVID signs - November

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