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Demencrazy

On the road to the Strait of Hormuz.

Paco Baca · Editor and cartoonistApril 13, 2026 · 1 min read

Editorial cartoon by Paco Baca: Demencrazy — a war room, a globe, a television, and a funnel of gunpowder at Hormuz. — Cartoon by Paco Baca

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Today’s plate is the drawing that ran with the editorial “Demencrazy” on the Road to the Strait of Hormuz — filed from the Opinion desk, where it has been online. The caption is the title. The rest is ink.

Paco Baca draws for The Rocket News. The cartoon is his, and it runs when he files the plate. This one is filed.

Originally published at rocketmedia.news.

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