Chris Madden Cartoons

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Shame on you – woke shaming cartoon

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Shame on you - woke shaming cartoon

Woke shaming cartoon

A cartoon about the tendency among some of the woke to attempt to humiliate and belittle those who think differently to them by ‘shaming’ them. The process of shaming is a convenient way to dismiss other points of view without engaging with it, and of dismissing the person whose view it is.

A cartoon about wokeness, tolerance, intolerence, shaming, shame culture. Published in the Critic magazine, June 2021.
Drawn: October 2020
Cartoon reference number: a900

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Missing Donald Trump outrage cartoon

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Missing Donald Trump outrage cartoon

Politics isn’t the same without Donald Trump

Although it’s generally agreed that the defeat of Donald Trump in the US elections was a good thing, his outrageous behaviour as president was a perversely energising occurrence during the doldrums of the Covid-19 restrictions.

Drawn: January 2021
Cartoon reference number: a897

“No one is safe until everyone is safe” cartoon

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covid-19 vaccine cartoon desert island

Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine cartoon.
“No one’s safe until everyone’s safe.”

The cartoon shows a man on a desert island having a Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine dropped to him by plane.
He is having the vaccine delivered because, as the UK government says “No one is safe until everyone is safe”

Drawn: January 2021
Cartoon reference number: a895

Covid-19 buying puppies cartoon

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covid-19 buying puppies cartoon

Covid-19 coronavirus puppy buying cartoon.

The Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic has resulted in an epidemic of puppy buying.
Will the new owners still be pleased to have their new pets after the pandemic has ended?

Drawn: January 2021
Cartoon reference number: a893

Covid-19 coronavirus lockdown enforcement cartoon

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covid-19 lockdown enforcement cartoon

Covid-19 coronavirus lockdown enforcement cartoon.

The police telling someone who lives in a very densely populated urban area to return to the area in which they live.
Lockdowns are much more onerous for city dwellers compared to people who live in the countryside

 
Drawn: January 2021
Cartoon reference number: a896

Cat print design

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cat print art

A cat with a bowl of milk.

The design shows a humorous image of a cat next to a bowl of milk, looking up at the observer.

A brightly coloured design drawn in a simple naive style, similar to a silk screen print. Designed as a wall print or a greetings card.
Created: 2017
Reference number: a890

Cat cartoon

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birthday card cat cartoon

Cat cartoon.

A cartoon showing cats creating. a birthday message that they are going to send.

A cartoon about cats, Instagram, messaging, birthdays, cards.
Cartoon reference number: a888

Marine waste cartoon

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Hermit crab with tin can as a shell - cartoon

A cartoon about marine pollution showing a hermit crab using an old tin can instead of a shell

The cartoon could be interpreted as showing wildlife desperately trying to adapt to a changed ecosystem.
A cartoon about waste recycling, household waste, wildlife in danger.

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Cartoon reference number: env094c

Commercial branding and political activism

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CND logo branding cartoon

Branding cartoon

This cartoon was drawn at a time when political and social causes were in decline and individualism and consumerism were on the ascendant. It shows a teenage girl (who is very concerned about fashion and branding) asking her mother (who in her youth was a social activist) which brand the CND logo represents, as the girl doesn’t recognise it as the symbol of a campaign group.

Now (2021) there is a resurgence in social and political activism, however some of the campaigns are deliberately adopted by commercial organisations to boost their profile in the social concern stakes. A typical example is the commercialisation of Gay Pride.
Drawn: 2003
Cartoon reference number: env0027a

Critical Race Theory cartoon – crt applied to a snowman

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Critical Race Theory cartoon

Critical Race Theory cartoon.

Critical Race Theory (CRT) applied to a snowman.

A person is asking why the snowman is white.  One of the points of the cartoon is that once a social theory has been formulated (any theory, not just crt) it is often used to interpret matters to which it does not apply.
Drawn: December 2020
Cartoon reference number: a886

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Philosophy cartoon – the big question

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Philosophy cartoon – the big question

Philosophy cartoon – the big question

An illustration showing someone contemplating the ‘big question’ (in the form of a question mark). Notice that the big question mark is too big to fit the image, symbolic of the fact that the biggest questions are too big to comprehend.

Drawn: 2020
Cartoon reference number: a887

Cartoon predicts riot on Capitol Hill

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US Trump Biden election 2020 ballot box fire cartoon

Trump encourages riot on Capitol Hill.

This cartoon was drawn on 4th November 2020, to express concern about the possible direction of the US presidential election, with specific concern about the way that Trump was encouraging his supporters.

Drawn: 4th November 2020
Cartoon reference number: a859

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Fishing quotas after Brexit

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Brexit fishing quotas cartoon

A cartoon about the fishing quotas following Brexit.

The cartoon shows a UK fishing boat and seagulls that are trying to take some of the fish.

 
Drawn: December 2020
Cartoon reference number: a885

Eton public school and its traditions cartoon

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Eton tradition cartoon

Modernising Eton cartoon.

A cartoon about attempts to modernise the attitudes at Eton College by the current head master, Simon Henderson,
His resolve has led to the sacking of Eton master Will Knowland on the grounds that a lecture that he prepared on the subject of patriarchy was deemed to be objectionable.

Part of the irony of the situation is that Eton is a hugely influential boys-only school steeped in out-dated tradition. If any part of the British education system can be accused of promoting the patriarchy this is it.
A cartoon about patriarchy, tradition, misogyny, free speech, progressive views and political correctness.
Drawn: Dec 2020
Cartoon reference number: a884

Eton sacking cartoon

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Eton cartoon

Eton sacking cartoon.

A cartoon about the modernising of the attitudes at Eton College, which has led to the sacking of Eton master Will Knowland following a lecture that he prepared about patriarchy and related subjects which was deemed to be objectionable.

The current head master of Eton is Simon Henderson, who has resolved to make the attitudes within the school more in line with current trends.
Part of the irony of the situation is that Eton is a hugely influential boys-only school. If any part of the British education system can be accused of promoting the patriarchy this is it.
A cartoon about patriarchy, tradition, misogyny, free speech, progressive views and political correctness.
Drawn: Dec 2020
Cartoon reference number: a883

Environmental approaches to domestic heating cartoon

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environmental domestic heating cartoon

Environmental approaches to domestic heating cartoon.

A cartoon about two alternative ways to keep warm in the winter.
Either install (and run) an expensive central heating system or put on a few more clothes.
This cartoon has relevance for the fuel crisis of 2022, when fuel prices and the price of gas and electricity rose hugely.

Drawn: December 11th 2020
Cartoon reference number: a882

Chess cartoon. Each side playing with a mixture of black and white chess pieces

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chess cartoon

A cartoon about chess in which the black and white chess pieces are mixed.

In the layout of the chess board depicted the black and white chess pieces don’t occupy opposite ends of the board, but are mixed equally at each end.

The mixing of the black and white chess pieces symbolises the mixing of different types of people (not necessarily linked to race) rather than the polarising effect of each colour of piece congregating at one end.
As a result of the mixing of the pieces, with each ‘side’ in the chess game being made up of the two colours, it’s impossible for the two sides to engage in ‘battle’.

Drawn: December 2020
Cartoon reference number: a881

Covid Christmas cartoon

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covid-19 Christmas lockdown cartoon

Covid-19 coronavirus Christmas cartoon.

People seeing the announcement that “the country will be open for Christmas”, and wishing that it wasn’t.
There is a possibility that over the Christmas period people will mix with each other excessively and will cause a big peak of infections in January.

Also, quite a lot of people would probably prefer a quiet Christmas anyway.
Drawn: November 2020
Cartoon reference number: a880

Christmas Covid-19 – the grim reaper spreading the virus

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Christmas cartoon covid-19 virus grim reaper

Christmas covid-19 – the grim reaper spreading the virus.

In the cartoon the grim reaper is giving a little girl some party balloons that are shaped like the Cover-19 coronavirus.

A cartoon about the potential of spreading the coronavirus when families meet up over the Christmas period.
Drawn: November 2020
Cartoon reference number: a872