I drew about 75 cartoons on the BP oil spill in 2010, and several more in the six years since. Here are a few that help tell the story.

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The cartoon showed Mr. Obama with his arm around the shoulder of a BP executive, surveying the oily Gulf of Mexico, saying, "Heckuva job, BP." ...