Podium worthy

Okay, so cartoonists have skated a bit recently, courtesy of ready-made Olympic metaphors. But in between the curling cracks, mismatched-political-pairs portrayals and giant-budget slaloms, a few deserve medals for being on their mettle. A bronze to Tony Auth’s unsure uninsured, who faced an uphill climb with no wheelchair lift. Pat Bagley’s money moguls earned plenty of silver in the double-cross. And Sergei Tunin tipped a macabre stocking cap to the opening-day luge tragedy, earning him black-humor gold.

-- Joel Pett

Joel Pett is the Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist for the Lexington Herald-Leader in Kentucky. His work also appears in USA Today.