Thanks to Barry Ritholz’s recent posts, I went hunting recently for the most trenchant financial cartoons. Not surprisingly, lots of cartoonists have been sharpening their pencils over all the market tumult lately. Here’s a quickie review of what’s out there:Winning the prize for most timely is probably Slate. Their cartoon section culls the best stuff published daily across a host of newspapers, with a special emphasis on both political and economic content. Definitely worth a peek.
If you’re looking for sheer click-mania volume, About.com’s Political Humor section includes a gallery devoted to Economic Cartoons.
The Corporate Leader Daily serves up a fresh financially-minded cartoon every day. Not as timely as the other sources listed here, but hey, with the markets acting crazy as they have been, sometimes you want to take a break from the news headlines.
Finally, this slideshow explaining the sub-prime mortgage crisis’ origins is a little off-color but oddly educational. Definitely a bittersweet laugh in light of how this crisis keeps spreading, but you may also learn something about the underlying drivers that started the whole situation. Watch out for some choice language on that one.
What about you cats? Seen any clever financial cartoons lately?
[image: Sharpen your pencil by Mysserli on flickr]
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