Putin without the shirt is gold for all cartoonists. 
And of course now the shirtlessness is dangerously metaphorical. 
Matt Davies is Newsday’s Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist. 
Mobile users: Visit newsday.com/mattdavies or click on the link above to see Davies' cartoons

Putin without the shirt is gold for all cartoonists. And of course now the shirtlessness is dangerously metaphorical. Matt Davies is Newsday’s Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist. Mobile users: Visit newsday.com/mattdavies or click on the link above to see Davies' cartoons

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Cartoon: Shirtless Putin

Matt Davies is Newsday’s Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist.

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