
Marine waste cartoon

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by chrismadden
by chrismadden
by chrismadden
by chrismadden
Original version drawn: 1990
by chrismadden
The humour is in the fact that the rhino reading a book is an anthropomorphic animal, and is reading a book about anthropomorphism
Anthropomorphism is the projection of human characteristics onto animals
by chrismadden
This illustration would be a good illustration for an educational publication or similar
by chrismadden
A butterfly with hawk talons
by chrismadden
The joke here is that when the tv astronomer Professor Brian Cox says that everything is made of stardust he really lays it on thick in a way that many people, especially women, find very attractive. So here the woman is actually saying that she finds Brian Cox attractive, and it even affects her attitude to slugs
by chrismadden
This cartoon was drawn many years ago, but is relevant today due to the BBC series Alien Nation, about the bizarre and otherworldly appearance of insects. Fish look pretty weird too don’t you think?
by chrismadden
by chrismadden
by chrismadden
by chrismadden
The trap which is baited with food, and a monkey is approaching it with a hook and line to get the food without setting off the trap.
However, the trap is a sham or decoy trap, and the monkey is trapped in another, real trap
A cartoon about hunting, hunters, trapping, trappers, animal intelligence, intelligent apes, snares, clever animals
by chrismadden
by chrismadden
A cartoon about the fur trade, trapping, seal hunting
An earlier version of this cartoon appeared in my book of environmental cartoons, When Humans Roamed the Earth, published by Earthscan/WWF in 1991
by chrismadden
by chrismadden
A humorous illustration about endangered species, conservation, species extinction, extinct species
An previous version of this cartoon was published in my environmental cartoon book, When Humans Roamed the Earth, published by WWF/Earthscan
by chrismadden
A joke about anthropomorphic pandas, pandas as baddies or villains, endangered species
Drawn: 1991
by chrismadden
It’s also about animal rights, and where they should stop.
First version drawn: 1991
by chrismadden
by chrismadden
Part of the joke here is the anachronism of having a prehistoric caveman sitting at an office desk.
Drawn: 1991
by chrismadden
by chrismadden
by chrismadden
by chrismadden
by chrismadden
by chrismadden
by chrismadden
by chrismadden
Cartoon of a garden pond that has garden gnomes round the edge holding coils of barbed wire in order to keep cats away from the pond
Garden gnomes are normally holding fishing rods, spades, wheelbarrows or other gardening implements. Gnomes holding barbed wire is a novelty.
Part of the joke is that this particular type of garden gnome is actually useful rather than just being decorative.
by chrismadden
A cartoon about the innocence of childhood, garden pests, gardeners’ banes.