Chris Madden Cartoons

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Cartoon. “You can’t learn everything from books, you know. You should get an ipad”

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cant learn everything from books ipad cartoon

Cartoon showing a cartoon character saying to another one who’s reading a book, “You can’t learn everything from books, you know. You should get an ipad”.

Cartoon character reading a book. Another one saying “You can’t learn everything from books, you know. You should get an ipad”.

A cartoon about reading books, reading on iPads, Amazon kindle, reading habits, tablet technology, different reading platforms, books versus iPads.
Cartoon reference number: a072
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David Hockney cartoon. David Hockney iPad arts cartoon

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david hockney paintings ipad app

A cartoon about painting on an iPad, as popularised by David Hockney.

Cartoon. David Hockney iPad art.
Artist David Hockney’s recent work has involved painting directly onto an iPad.
It won’t be long before a special ‘David Hockney’ app will be available to let other people convert their photographs into David Hockney style images.
David Hockney’s iPad paintings (and other works) are on show in a major exhibition of his work, A Bigger Picture, at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, January – April 2012.

A cartoon about iPads, apps, digital painting, David Hockney, digital image filters, popular art, iPad art, iPad painting app.
Cartoon drawn: 2012
Cartoon reference number: hoc001

Cartoon – the difficulty for older people to understand modern technology

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Difficulty for older people using modern technology

Cartoon – the difficulty for older people to understand modern technology.

A woman having trouble programming a modern digital television tuner (or similar electronic device).
TYounger people adapt to using modern technology naturally (as they know nothing else).
The joke here is that the child who understands the new technology is a baby (who understands very little indeed in general).

A cartoon about child development, generational differences, generation gap, early learning, knowledge acquisition, technological illiteracy.
Cartoon reference number: a058

Cartoon. A possible danger of buying through ebay

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ebay car cartoon

Cartoon showing a second hand car bought on ebay. The car is a toy car but the buyer thought it was a full size, real sports car.

The ebay buyer is complaining that it’s hard to judge the size of objects when you see them on a computer screen.

A cartoon about internet sales, on-line marketing, deception, deceptive size.
The joke is that it’s impossible to judge goods properly when you buy them on line over the internet, especially through web-baased auction sites such as ebay.

Cartoon reference number: a049
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Computer cartoon. Are computers intuitive to use?

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computer use intuitive cartoon

Learning how to use a computer – cartoon. A man saying to a woman that computers are totally intuitive to use.

A cartoon showing a person using a computer and another person teaching computing skills.

A cartoon showing the difference in approach to knowledge and technology by men and women. The woman is unsure of her ability while the man is arrogant and sure.
A cartoon about computers and gender differences.
Cartoon reference number: a034
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Internet dependence cartoon

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internet weather cartoon

Internet dependence cartoon. Using the internet unnecessarily to find out something you can find in easier ways.

A cartoon showing a person using the internet to research information that doesn’t need the internet for the research.

A cartoon about the way that people are becoming over reliant on computers and the internet.
The fact that the person is looking at the weather on the internet is meant to point out that people are staying indoors in front of their computers rather than going outside.
An unhealthy aspect of computer use.
This version drawn: Oct 2011
Cartoon reference number: a033
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Computer cartoon. Turing test cartoon

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computer monitor and head transposed cartoon

Computer cartoon. Monitor and head transposed

A cartoon showing a person using a computer. The computer has a human head and the user has a computer monitor as a head.
I don’t know what this cartoon means.

Cartoon related to the Turing test.
A cartoon showing a computer monitor and a human head transposed.
Cartoon reference number: a032
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Computer cartoons. “Printer not found”

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computer printer not found cartoon

Computer cartoon. Printer not found message on computer screen

A cartoon showing a woman getting annoyed with her computer. A message on the computer screen says “Printer not found”. The printer is alongside the computer.

A cartoon about the frustration of using computers and their seemingly nonsensical, inexplicable or unfathomable messages.
This cartoon was drawn as a greetings card published by Paperlink.
Cartoon reference number: a031
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Cartoon. Childhood: physical play versus electronic play. The allure of the electronic.

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Cartoon child on phone on swing

A cartoon showing a child on a swing using a hand held device such as a phone or electronic game.
A cartoon about the allure of the electronic.

Cartoon showing a father pushing his child on a swing. The child is engrossed in a hand held device (perhaps a phone or an electronic gaming device).

A cartoon about childhood, attention, play, bonding, parenting, physical play versus electronic play.
Cartoon reference number: a007
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World overpopulation cartoon

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number of Facebook friends and world population cartoon

World population cartoon
The cartoon is also about the nature of Facebook friends

Cartoon about the fact that the earth’s population has passed seven billion, linking it to the number of Facebook friends some people have.
Most people have Facebook friends who are not real friends (or even people that they know). A cartoon showing a person who has more Facebook friends than there are people on the planet

A cartoon about population pressure, overpopulation, Facebook friends, the nature of friendship, computers, social networking sites

Drawn: 2011
Cartoon reference number: face91

Artificial life cartoon. Sentient computers

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Artificial life illustration. Artificial sperm

Artificial intelligence cartoon
Will computers become conscious?

An illustration showing computer mouse as sperm (a metaphor for life and consciousness)

A cartoon about artificial intelligence, ai, sentient computers, computer awareness, Turing test, reproduction, meaning of life, definition of life, digital intelligence, artificial lifeforms

Cartoon drawn: 2011
Cartoon reference number: spe711
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Twitter cartoon: I tweet therefore I am

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Twitter cartoon: I tweet therefore I am

Twitter cartoon
I tweet therefore I am

A cartoon showing a man posting a tweet and thinking “I tweet therefore I am”.
The quote refers to Rene Descartes saying “Cogito ergo sum” or “I think therefore I am” (or in French “Je pense donc je suis”).
The cartoon is partly a statement about the small things that give people’s lives purpose, meaning and a sense of agency.

A cartoon about philosophy, existentialism, existence, self awareness, purpose, twitter, tweets, tweeting, being connected, social media, social networking, followers, twitterati.

Cartoon reference number: tec006
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Bible cartoon. The Ten Commandments on digital tablets

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Ten commandments cartoon: the commandments on iPad type tablets

Bible Cartoon
Ten commandments cartoon

The Ten Commandments on stone tablets with self-righting text
(just like modern digital tablets such as the iPad and other digital devices)
A Biblical cartoon showing Moses descending from Mount Sinai with the stone tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
Moses pointing out that the text on the tablets rotates to be self-righting when the tablets are turned. This is even though the tablets are stone tablets and not modern digital tablets such as the iPad. It’s obviously a miracle because it defies the laws of physics.
“Truly the work of God!”

A cartoon about computers, iPads, iPad, digital tablets, miracles, the bible, religion, religious myths, tablets of stone.

Cartoon drawn: 2011
Cartoon reference number: rel016
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Cartoon: on the internet no one knows you’re a nerd

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Cartoon: internet nerd

Internet nerd cartoon
You can’t tell what people are like on the internet

Cartoon: a nerd on the internet thinking that other people on the internet wouldn’t realise that he was a nerd – even though he’s writing posts on a nerdy web forum.

A cartoon about computer nerds, chat rooms, internet anonymity, persona

Original version drawn: 2006
Cartoon reference number: tec005
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Computer cartoon. Is reading books better than looking at computer screens?

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Cartoon youth looking at computer screen - doesn't engage in the 'real' world - like reading books

Computer cartoon
Is reading books better than looking at computers?

Is reading books engaging in the real world in a way that using computers is not?
The cartoon is partly about the way that older people perceive books as being more worthy than digital media.

A cartoon about computer use and over-use, immersion in digital technology, facebook generation, generation gap, cultural shifts, generational differences, computers versus books, demise of printed media.
Drawn: 2007
Cartoon reference number: tec004

Language cartoon: the evolution of spelling

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young people talking in text message language cartoon, with text message spelling - txting

Language use cartoon – the evolution of spelling
Cartoon showing young people talking in text message language

The cartoon about the evolution and development of spelling, showing young people in conversation, with the spelling in the abbreviated form of text messages or sms messages. Two older people nearby are saying that they don’t understand a word young people are saying anymore.

A cartoon about progress, evolution of language, corruption of language, texting, sms messaging, c u l8er, linguistics, generation gap, generational differences, intergenerational cultural shifts.
Cartoon reference number: tec003
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Understanding digital technology cartoon

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Cartoon - adults and new technology

Digital technology cartoon

Cartoon showing the difficulty adults have with new technology
Cartoon shows a baby instructing its mother how to use a digital recorder

A cartoon about progress, technological innovation, technological illiteracy, keeping up with or being left behind by technology

Cartoon drawn: 2007
Cartoon reference number: tec002
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Cartoon: the first camera-phone

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first camera-phone or smart phone cartoon

Early camera phone cartoon
The world’s first smart phone

Cartoon showing a man from the Edwardian era with a camera phone constructed using the technology of the early twentieth century.

A cartoon about invention, progress, technological innovation, brick sized mobile phones, large cell phones, pre-digital technology.
Drawn: 2009 (The first iPhone was launched in 2007)
Cartoon reference number: tec001
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Cartoon: Steve Jobs dies

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steve jobs obituary cartoon

Cartoon: Steve Jobs dies

Editorial cartoon on the subject of the death of Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple computers.
Jobs quit his role as ceo of Apple several months ago due to ill health.
Showing the Apple logo falling from an apple tree, illustrating the death of Steve Jobs and perhaps illustrating Apple’s share price falling as a result (probably in several years’ time).

Ref: ap001