Reader Poll: Which Cartoon Grads Make the Grade?

As college and high school graduations near and grads seek work, perhaps there's only one career that's benefiting from the unfortuate timing: the nation's political cartooning. As always, tough times make for fertile fodder.

Today, Comic Riffs -- also seizing on the circumstance, if not the pomp -- has assembled a half-dozen of our recent editorial cartoons that pity the poor graduate. Unemployment may be high, but 'Riffs does have a job for you, if you're interested: Vote for your fave cartoon from among these.

JOHN COLE (Scranton Times Tribune):

'COLE' (cagle.com)

MATT DAVIES (Journal News [N.Y.]):

'DAVIES' (cagle.com)Enlarge Image

JOE HELLER (Green Bay Press Gazette):

'HELLER' (cagle.com)

ROB ROGERS (Pittsburgh Post Gazette):

'ROGERS' (cagle.com)

SCOTT STANTIS (Birmingham News):

'STANTIS' (cagle.com)

DON WRIGHT (Syndicated):

'WRIGHT' (cagle.com)