Galileo cartoon.
The cartoon shows Galileo describing the discoveries that he has made about astronomy using his telescope to the pope.
Original version: 1996
This version: Sept 2020
Cartoon reference number: rel014b
Galileo
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Galileo cartoon
The cartoon shows Galileo describing the discoveries that he has made about astronomy using his telescope to the pope.
Original version: 1996
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Anti-enlightenment cartoon – the Endarkenment
From the Enlightenment to the Endarkenment – cartoon.
When I drew this cartoon I was very pleased when the term “The Endarkenment” came into my head as an original thought. I looked it up later and found that it’s been thought of before, to describe the same phenomenon.
I use it as a term for the current trend towards anti-rational thought, which includes anti-scientific, anti-historical and anti-establishment thought (I like to think I’m a bit anti-establishment myself, but definitely not anti-scientific or anti-historical).
The statue that is being toppled in the Endarkenment frame of the cartoon is based on the current phenomenon of the iconoclastic toppling of statues of establishment figures who are possibly linked to the slave trade (Many of them are, but the action is largely motivated by emotion, with little regard for historical context).
Drawn: September 2020
Cartoon reference number: a851
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Galileo cartoon
Galileo cartoon
Galileo discussing the discoveries he made through his telescope with the church
The representative from the church (the Pope?) is thinking of hitting Galileo on the head with his telescope in order to shut him up.
The joke is that Galileo’s telescope made the discoveries and the church wants to use Galileo’s telescope to silence him
A cartoon about anti-scientific religious thinking, anti-science, suppression of knowledge, fundamentalism, religion, doctrine, the Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Galileo Galilei, pope Urban VIII.
Original version drawn: 1996
Cartoon reference: rel014
