Cartoon – product bar code as prison bars October 31, 2011 by chrismadden Bar code cartoon. Bar codes as prison bars A person locked into the consumer society, symbolised by a bar code as bars of a prison A metaphor for the way that people can become trapped by dependence on consumerism A cartoon about capitalism, money, spending, debt, credit cards Drawn: 4th November 2009 Cartoon reference number: bar001 Related