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  • Shame on you – woke shaming cartoon

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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 reaching for the moon

    cat and moon print art

    A cat reaching for the moon.

    The design shows a silhouette of a cat on a chimney reaching out to capture the moon.

    Designed as a wall print or a greetings card.
    Original version created: 1998
    Reference number: a891

  • Cat print design

    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

    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

    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.

    See an alternative version of this cartoon here.
    Cartoon reference number: env094c

  • Hunting endangered species cartoon

    Dr Seuss racism allegation cartoon

    Hunting wildlife to the verge of extinction cartoon.

    A cartoon showing hunters hunting a species to the verge of extinction.

    A cartoon about endangered species
    Drawn: 1991
    Cartoon reference number: env085

  • Commercial branding and political activism

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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-19 vaccination cartoon – several arrive at once

    covid-19 vaccine cartoon illustration

    Covid-19 vaccine illustration.

    A cartoon showing three Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine syringes arriving at the same time (just like buses).

    The vaccines have been developed by Pfizer/BioNTech, Oxford/AstraZenica and Moderna.
    A cartoon about the pandemic caused by the covid-19 virus.
    Drawn: 23rd November 2020
    Cartoon reference number: a866

  • Covid Christmas cartoon

    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

  • Covid-19 coronavirus New Year 2021 cartoon

    covid-19 new year father time cartoon

    Father Time in a Covid-19 coronavirus New Year 2021 cartoon.

    The year 2020, represented by Father Time with Covid-19 viruses behind him.
    He is looking at an iPad with a message on it: “You must now self-isolate forever.”

     
    Drawn: November 2020
    Cartoon reference number: a879

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  • Covid-19 virus New Year cartoon with Father Time

    covid-19 new year father time cartoon

    Covid-19 coronavirus New Year 2021 cartoon.

    The year 2020, represented by Father Time with a Covid-19 virus empaled on his scythe, walking into history (hopefully).

    Drawn: November 2020
    Cartoon reference number: a878

  • Covid-19 New Year 2021 Father Time cartoon

    covid-19 new year father time cartoon

    Covid-19 coronavirus New Year 2021 cartoon.

    2020, represented by Father Time with a Covid-19 virus empaled on his scythe, waving to a baby who is riding on a syringe of coronavirus vaccine representing 2021 (hopefully).

    Drawn: November 2020
    Cartoon reference number: a877

  • Covid-19 New Year 2021 cartoon

    covid-19 new year cartoon

    Covid-19 coronavirus New Year 2021 cartoon.

    A signpost pointing backwards to 2020 showing a Covid-19 virus, and also pointing forward into 2021 showing a coronavirus vaccine syringe.

    Drawn: November 2020
    Cartoon reference number: a876

  • Covid-19 virus Christmas robin cartoon

    covid-19 virus Christmas robin cartoon

    Coronavirus Christmas robin cartoon.

    The snowflakes are shaped like the Covid-19 virus

    Drawn: November 2020
    Cartoon reference number: a875

  • Coronavirus Christmas cartoon

    covid-19 virus Christmas tree decorations cartoon

    Covid-19 Christmas tree decorations cartoon.

    Cartoon showing a Christmas tree decorated with baubles shaped like the Cover-19 coronavirus.

    A cartoon possibly about the potential of spreading the coronavirus when families get together over the Christmas period.
    Drawn: November 2020
    Cartoon reference number: a874

  • Covid-19 virus Christmas decoration cartoon

    covid-19 virus Christmas decoration cartoon

    covid-19 Christmas tree decoration cartoon.

    Cartoon showing a Christmas tree decoration shaped like the Cover-19 coronavirus.

    A cartoon possibly about the potential of spreading the coronavirus when families meet up over the Christmas period.
    Drawn: November 2020
    Cartoon reference number: a873

  • Christmas Covid-19 – the grim reaper spreading the virus

    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

  • Christmas cartoon – covid-19 virus mistletoe

    Christmas cartoon covid-19 virus mistletoe

    Christmas cartoon – covid-19 virus mistletoe.

    A cartoon showing people kissing under the mistletoe and spreading the Covid-19 coronavirus as a result.

    Drawn: November 2020
    Cartoon reference number: a871