Olympic legacy cartoon
The legacy may be an abandoned racing bike in every garage
Cartoon showing an expensive racing bike, bought in the sporting enthusiasm at the end of the Olympic games, abandoned and neglected in the back of a garage.
Cartoon drawn: 2012
Cartoon reference number: a384
Sports cartoon – running shoes with running blades as soles, paralympics style.
Sports shoes cartoon – paralympics blades
Cartoon showing customers leaving a sports footwear shop wearing new running shoes.
The running shoes have ‘blades’ instead of soles.
Running blades were made famous by Oscar Pistorius at the London 2012 paralympic games and olympic games
Curved springs similar to running blades were worn by dancers in the olympic opening ceremony if I’m not mistaken.
Drawn: 2012
Cartoon reference number: a383
Dalek cartoon. A dalek competing in the paralympics
Dalek cartoon – a Dalek competing in the paralympics.
This week (in 2012) the daleks were in Dr Who and the paralympics were taking place.
The daleks famously have restricted mobility, as they are basically motorised wheelchairs. So it’s a short step to imaging them taking part in the paralympics.
Here a dalek is taking part in the restricted mobility archery
Cartoon drawn: 2012
Cartoon reference number: a369
Nike appears on all Olympic medals. That’s Nike the Greek goddess, not Nike the sports shoe manufacturer
Olympic Games medals cartoon
Nike, Greek goddess of victory, appears on all Olympic medals
Nike is not only the name of the Greek goddess of victory, which appears on all Olympic medals – it’s also the name of a running shoe brand.
Nike, the sports shoe company, could be said to benefit by association with the fact that Nike the greek goddess is depicted on all medals in the Olympics.
A sort of subliminal product placement.
The cartoon implies that other running shoe manufacturers are unhappy about this, and have managed to impose a ‘gagging order’ on the press so that they can’t mention the fact that Nike is on the medals (which is perhaps the reason why so few people realise that she is).
A cartoon about product placement and sponsorship in the Olympic games.
Cartoon drawn: 2012
Cartoon reference number: oly010
Olympic Games empty seats cartoon – G4S security
Cartoon about Olympic Games empty seats and G4S
Showing empty seating in the Olympic stadium allocated to organisations linked to the Olympic Games.
The people whom the seats were given to haven’t bothered to turn up.
Security firm G4S recruited far too few security personnel for the 2012 Olympics in London.
The cartoon links the fact that security firm G4S fell short on staffing levels with the fact that the allocated hospitality seating at the Olympics had a shortfall in users.
A cartoon about corporate hospitality seating, Olympic ticketing.
Drawn: 2012
Cartoon reference number: oly009
Cartoon – Olympic rings logo copyright
Cartoon about copyright of the olympic rings logo.
Copyright violation and the olympic logo
The IOC (International Olympic Committee) keeps a very tight rein on the unauthorised use of the olympic rings symbol.
A cartoon about olympic commercialization and the copyright restrictions imposed on the use of olympic logos using copyright law and trademark law, and about merchandising, marketing and monetizing the olympic games.
The increasing commercialisation of the Olympic Games is shown by the way that small community projects and individuals are not allowed to use any trademarked olympic terms or objects – sometimes right down to local groups not being allowed to put the olympic rings in the icing on cakes.
Cartoon drawn: 2012
Cartoon reference number: oly008
Olympics cartoon – designated traffic lanes
Olympic games cartoon
A cartoon about the designated Olympic traffic lanes in London for the 2012 Olympics
If an unauthorised vehicle uses a designated Olympics traffic lane there is a fine of £130
This gag shows a pedestrian trying to cross the road by walking across an Olympic traffic lane and being fined £130 for the ‘offence’ by an officious traffic warden.
Cartoon reference number: a321
G4S cartoon – G4S security staff recruitment shortfall for olympics
G4S security staff recruitment shortfall for the 2012 Olympics
Security firm G4S has admitted that it has recruited far too few security personnel for the 2012 Olympics in London
Cartoon showing the reception hall in the headquarters of the security firm G4S, with no security staff at the desk.
Cartoon reference number: a316
Olympic torch cartoon, Olympic sponsorship
Cartoon – Olympic merchandising
Cartoon showing a stall selling ice creams in the shape of the 2012 Olympic torch
An official representing Olympic marketing is telling the stall holder that it is illegal to sell olympics-related merchandise unless you have permission from an official sponsor
The cartoon is a criticism of the profit motive as applied so ruthlessly and thoughtlessly to the olympic games.
Drawn: 2012
Cartoon reference number: a306
Anish Kapoor Orbit cartoon – as a fairground attraction
Cartoon about Anish Kapoor’s ArcelorMittal Orbit as a fairground attraction
The ArcelorMittal Orbit was designed by Anish Kapoor and Cecil Balmond as a legacy sculpture in the 2012 Olympic Park in Stratford, London.
This cartoon was drawn in 2012 when the sculpture was first built. An actual ‘fairground’ slide was added in 2016 (by Carsten Höller, previously best known in Britain for installing slides in the Tate Modern turbine hall).
In the cartoon the Olympic stadium is hosting the Final of the 100 metres dodgem race.
The main reason that the Orbit resembles a fairground attraction is the appearance of the mesh that encases the stairs, which spiral round the structure just like the slide on a helter skelter. This mesh is, I think, a compromise in the design, due to the restrictions imposed by health and safety regulations. Early versions of the design lacked this feature.
I’ve often thought that Anish Kapoor’s work had something of the fairground or amusement arcade about it – especially his distorting mirrors which resemble the mirrors found in a hall of mirrors.
Even his subtly curved and pigmented sculptures, which I like very much, seem to be the work of a master illusionist, and often prompts the question “Is this work a tour de force of special effects, or is it art?” followed by “Does it matter?”
Cartoon drawn: 2012
Cartoon reference number: a289
Cartoon of Olympic rings copyright violation
Cartoon about copyright infringement and the olympic rings logo.
The IOC (International Olympic Committee) keeps a very tight rein on the unauthorised use of the olympic rings symbol.
In this cartoon a policeman or security guard is apprehending someone in a café because the rings of his coffee cup have inadvertently created the olympic rings logo.
A cartoon about olympic commercialization and the copyright restrictions imposed on the use of olympic logos using copyright law and trademark law
The theme is about merchandising, marketing and monetizing the olympic games.
The increasing commercialisation of the Olympic Games is shown by the way that small community projects and individuals are not allowed to use any trademarked olympic terms or objects – seemingly right down to local groups not being allowed to put the olympic rings in the icing on cakes.
Drawn: 2012
Cartoon reference number: oly007
A message from our sponsors – merchandising and marketing the olympic games
Merchandising, marketing and monetizing the olympic games.
An oplympic winners’ podium with adverts on it.
Olympic marketing cartoon, showing an olympic podium with an advertising message on it
A cartoon about sponsorship in sport and sports merchandising.
Advertising slogans at the olympic games
Illustration showing an olympic advertising podium.
A cartoon about the commercialisation of sport, commercialization of the olympics, product endorsement, sports’ equipment endorsing, sporting celebrity marketing, product placement.
Drawn: 2012
Cartoon reference number: oly005
Sponsorship of the olympic games, and restrictions imposed by the sponsors
Merchandising, marketing and monetizing the olympic games
Olympic marketing cartoon, showing the 2012 olympic torch used as an ice cream cone
A cartoon about olympic sponsorship, commercialization and the restrictions imposed using copyright and trademark law
The increasing commercialisation of the Olympic Games is shown by the way that small community projects and individuals are not allowed to use any trademarked olympic terms or objects – right down to local groups not being allowed to put the olympic rings in the icing on cakes.
A cartoon about the commercialisation of the olympics, olympic sponsorship
Cartoon drawn: 2012
Cartoon reference number: oly004
Gene doping cartoon – gene doping and the Olympic Games
Gene doping cartoon – gene doping and the Olympic Games
The illustration shows a dna spiral with the Olympic rings integrated with it.
The illustration is to illustrate any links between gene doping in sport and the Olympic Games
A cartoon about the Olympics, genetic manipulation, genetic modification, gene therapy, cheating in sport.
Cartoon reference number: a234
Gene doping cartoon or illustration. Will gene doping occur in the 2012 Olympics?
Gene doping cartoon or illustration
A cartoon about gene doping in sport, Olympics gene doping. Genetic manipulation in competitive sport.
The illustration shows a hypodermic syringe with a double helix strand of dna inside it
Gene doping is defined by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) as the non-therapeutic use of cells, genes, or genetic elements to improve athletic performance.
Gene manipulation for muscle enhancement in athletics and other sport has bioethical implications similar to those involved in chemical doping and other methods of gaining an unfair advantage over sporting competitors.
Genetic manipulation in athletics and other sport may include ways of increasing muscle growth, altering blood characteristics, increasing endurance, enhancing oxygen dispersal and reducing pain perception.
A cartoon or illustration about gene therapy, genetic manipulation, ethics of gene doping.
Cartoon reference number: a232
Gene doping in sport. Genetic testing of athletes
Sports and Olympics cartoon. Genetic manipulation in competitive sport.
Sports cartoon or illustration. Gene doping in sport. Is genetic testing of athletes needed?
An illustration of the bulging biceps of a GMA (genetically modified athlete).
This illustration is particularly pertinent due to the approaching London Olympic Games.
The illustration shows a muscular arm (possibly of a weightlifter or shot putter) holding a gold medal signifying that the athlete has come first in an event at the Olympic Games or a similar competitive sporting event.
The bulging biceps on the arm display an armband type tattoo in the form of a dna double helix.
The implication is that the athlete’s genes (modified or not) have influenced the fact that he has won the gold medal in the competition.
Gene doping is defined by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) as the non-therapeutic use of cells, genes, or genetic elements to improve athletic performance.
Gene manipulation for muscle enhancement in athletics and other sport has bioethical implications similar to those involved in chemical doping and other methods of gaining an unfair advantage over sporting competitors.
Genetic manipulation in athletics and other sport may include ways of increasing muscle growth, altering blood characteristics, increasing endurance, enhancing oxygen dispersal and reducing pain perception.
A cartoon or illustration about gene therapy, genetic manipulation, ethics of gene doping.
Drawn: 2012
Cartoon reference number: a231
Olympic stadium legacy cartoon. Stonehenge cartoon
Olympic legacy cartoon
Stonehenge cartoon
A cartoon about the reason why Stonehenge was built
There is much concern about the London 2012 Olympic games legacy. This cartoon depicts the designers of an earlier Olympics stadium worrying about the same thing.
Drawn: 2011
Cartoon reference number: oly002
Cartoon about competition and competitiveness. If you don’t come in the top three you’re nowhere
Winners and losers cartoon
Sports cartoon
A cartoon about the nature of competition and competitiveness
An athletics cartoon or Olympics cartoon showing competitors on the podium.
Illustration showing the concept that if you’re not in the top three you’re nowhere.
Athletes on the winner’s podium, with losers sinking into the ground
The cartoon is not only relevant to sport. It applies to any area of competition, such as business, social dynamics, life in general
Cartoon reference number: spt001
Olympics cartoon. Synchronised Swimmers Creating the Olympic Rings Logo
Olympic logo cartoon
The Olympic rings logo being created by synchronized swimming.
The swimmers are creating the Olympic rings logo with the ripples in the water
Cartoon drawn: 2012
Cartoon reference number: oly001