# Tom Toles is moving to the Washington Post!!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-toles-is-moving-to-the-washington-post/102819>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 10, 2002, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-toles-is-moving-to-the-washington-post/102819 "2002-04-10T12:56:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2002, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-toles-is-moving-to-the-washington-post/102819/1 "2002-04-10T12:56:14Z")

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The [Washington Post has snagged Tom Toles](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22710-2002Apr9.html) to be Herblock’s successor as the paper’s editorial cartoonist.

As a regular Washington Post reader, and as a _big_ Toles fan, I’m overjoyed. It’s been my opinion for some time that Toles is the best in the game\*. While I’m sorry for the folks of Buffalo who are losing his daily presence, I’m gonna be selfishly glad for me. I hope he stays with the Post for a long time. 🙂  
\*[sub]At least within the limits of what the audience of a major daily newspaper can deal with, that is. I’d like to live in a world where Tom Tomorrow or Ruben Bolling could be a paper’s editorial cartoonist without toning things down a couple of notches, but it ain’t happening soon. [/sub]

\*\*[sub]I wasn’t sure what forum to put this in. Toyed with GD and Cafe Society, but I figured it could go in either of them, or here. Mods, if you feel like moving this thread, go right ahead. [/sub]

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**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2002, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-toles-is-moving-to-the-washington-post/102819/2 "2002-04-10T18:22:07Z")

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Who is Tom Toles? Never heard of him.

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2002, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-toles-is-moving-to-the-washington-post/102819/3 "2002-04-10T18:46:05Z")

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He’s just this guy, you know.

But draws great political cartoons. Follow the link.

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**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2002, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-toles-is-moving-to-the-washington-post/102819/4 "2002-04-11T22:14:54Z")

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Oh, I love Toles! Especially the lower left corner with the extra punchline. There’s always a tiny little Tom Toles, at his drawing board: sometimes he makes the comment and sometimes it’s made by an equally tiny figure.

I have a collection of his cartoons. One that has stuck with me shows the world as a glass jar, filled almost to the brim with tiny little people. A sign propped against the jar states:

“Guess how many people this jar can hold before something really bad happens.  
Hint: Don’t guess wrong.”

In the corner, Tiny Toles adds, “Another hint: Guess soon.”