5 explosively funny cartoons about the 4th of July

Artists take on liberty and justice for all, a terrifying firework, and more

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This political cartoon takes place outside where a crowd of people are watching fireworks. The fireworks spell out, “Liberty and justice for all.” A woman says, “There’s something we can all agree on.” An angry man in a red hat says, “Naw…it’s too woke for me!”

(Image credit: David Horsey / Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency)

This cartoon takes place outside where two people are drawn in silhouette watching fireworks. The fireworks are labeled, “Trump spending bill $3 trillion debt.” One person says, “It’s not so much big and beautiful as it is deadly and terrifying!”

(Image credit: Christopher Weyant / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

This cartoon shows a frightened Uncle Sam strapped to a giant firework in the sky surrounded by explosions. The firework is labeled “Expansion of presidential powers.”

(Image credit: Rick McKee / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

This cartoon takes place at an outdoor fireworks stand. At right, a little kid that resembles Donald Trump is pulling a large missile on a wagon. The shop owner speaks to a second kid and says, “We’ve got super twizzlers, bottle rocks, barfing baboons, exploding pandas, black kat firecrackers, but sorry kid. That guy took our last bunker buster.”

(Image credit: Gary McCoy / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

This cartoon takes place in the emergency room where six people are waiting for treatment. One man is heavily bandaged. Another man points at him and says, “He talked politics at his family picnic.”

(Image credit: Joe Heller / Copyright 2025 Hellertoon.com)

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