UK Political Cartoons Mega Thread Part 3 (Australian Cartoons Now Welcome)

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Fluo: May 25, 2007

Steve Bell

Steve Bell is an English political cartoonist, whose work appears in The Guardian and other publications. He is known for his left-wing views and caricatures. Bell is fond of parodying famous paintings. He has been going since the 70s.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/stevebell+content/video

A handful on Youtube and most are on that guardian link. (Like the Osborne bum nose one).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8aT1WeiJ6s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iquJvlEXhJ8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouyoK96G5q0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dczJMQO4AsQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpilXpPt4y8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CjHEtRxJb8

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Martin Rowson

Martin George Edmund Rowson is a British cartoonist and novelist. His genre is political satire and his style is scathing and graphic. His work frequently appears in The Guardian and The Independent. He also contributes freelance cartoons to other publications, such as The Daily Mirror and the Morning Star. He also tweets quite alot compared to all the other cartoonists.
https://twitter.com/MartinRowson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeoeIPG_YrY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdTS45f2qgk

He also did it an updated verison of Gulliver's Travels.

quote:

Dr Gulliver, Oxfam's "mutilations strategy" manager, is driving through a Paris underpass in 1997 when his car crashes, flinging him into a strangely shallow sea. On the horizon is Lilliput, now ruled by a beaming, Blair-like dictator ("tough on eggs and tough on the causes of eggs") and populated by shoppers and censors. The country's "progress" is down to the original Lemuel Gulliver, whose accounts of Enlightenment Europe helped shape a dystopian society that subsists on slurry and cant. Like his ancestor, our hero is soon swept up by the giant Brobdingnagians � who, alarmed at Lemuel's tales, have engineered a tactical retreat into savagery � before visiting floating islands, warring wizards and talking horses. The satire is often broad and the modern targets are rarely surprising, but the Guardian cartoonist's latest is a thoroughly enjoyable update of Swift's classic. The artwork serves up grotesque detail with glee, whether honing in on parasites or picturing the prone Gulliver, surrounded by helicopters and a great mass of miniature men.

Note this one, this is how you do labels.

Some of Rowson's older stuff.

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Chris Riddell

Chris Riddell is a British illustrator and occasional writer of children's books and a political cartoonist for The Observer. He has won two Kate Greenaway Medals, the British librarians' annual award for the best-illustrated children's book, and two of his works were commended runners up, a distinction dropped after 2002.

He has done mass amounts of books (seriously its pretty impressive) , both as an author and illustrator eg:

However he also does Politicial Cartoons, alot of the time they tend to be over labeled which kind of spoils the masterpieces of his skilful art. Once in awhile its spot on as he didn't :words:

it and over label it.

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Thatcher: A Dole Playing Game http://imgur.com/a/zwHfd

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The most successful comic strips depend more on the right villain than any hero or combination of protagonists, so this quirky little oddment was better placed than most for success. Created by British legends Pat Mills and Hunt Emerson this strident, polemical satire puts the boot in on the appalling tactics and philosophies of the third term Thatcher government with savagely hilarious art and stunningly biting writing.

The concept is simple now but groundbreaking in 1987. The reader is to be Prime Minister Maggie who, by reading sections of the book and selecting a choice of action at the end of each chapter is directed to another page to experience the ramifications of that decision. The objective is to win another election, and the method is to make only vote-winning decisions � thus the multiple-choice page-endings. The intention is not to win the game, obviously.

This powerful piece of graphic propaganda may have dated on some levels but the home-truths are still as pertinent. Even as Maggie and her demented pack of lap-dogs wriggled and squirmed on Mills and Emerson�s pen-points, their legacy of personal gain was supplanting both personal and communal responsibility to become the new norm. Today�s Britain is their fault and this book still reminds us of a struggle too few joined and a fight we should have won, but didn�t.

It�s still really, really funny though�

David Pope bio here

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Fluo: May 25, 2007

Christian Adams
Can't really find much about him, so here is his own words from his site.

He works for the Torygraph [well if he works for Spectator where else is he meant to make his cash?]. Somehow he got cartoonist of the year, which I still can't work out why.

http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/news/content/view/full/126997

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To be trapped in a room with Britain's leading cartoonists is to feel very vulnerable - you expect barbed arrows to suddenly start flying at you. But, in the flesh, they are in fact a very friendly bunch and disarmingly peaceable.

Their barbs and cruel wit are, thankfully, pinned firmly on the walls of the gallery.

On Thursday the annual Political Cartoon Of The Year Award ceremony took place at Ellwood Atfield Gallery in London's Smith Square, ironically the former HQ of the Conservative Party. As you might expect most of the barbs of this year's cartoons are aimed at the Con-Dem coalition.

The Political Cartoon Society's members select the two best overall cartoonists in any given year with Christian Adams from The Daily Telegraph getting most votes this time around and with it the Low Trophy.

The second prize, the Tenniel Tankard, went to our own serial award collector Martin Rowson - you may have noticed that he also contributes to the Guradian.

The audience vote at the awards in a secret ballot to award the third prize for the Political Cartoon Of The Year with the Gilray Goblet as a prize.

The cartoons on display in the gallery are selected by the cartoonists themselves, so if they do not win the popular vote they've only got themselves to blame.

Dave Brown demonstrated vision and cunning by exhibiting his topical and venomously accurate cartoon The Last, Last, Last Chance Saloon (above) - a biting satire on post-Leveson Tory blues.

Brown loves taking classical paintings as his inspiration for viciously witty portrayals of the Eton boys now running the country and he draws inspiration from L'Absinthe by Degas, with David Cameron as the prostitute and Rupert Murdoch and Lord Leveson as the table legs.

There is no doubt that the present atavistic coalition government is providing ample subjects and "personalities" to keep the cartoonists happy.

Political Cartoon Society director Tim Benson has secured a deal to publish a book of the best of the cartoons entered in this annual competition, so look out for it if you want a good laugh.

How did he win this?

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Bob Moran

Bob Moran is weird, not much known about him apart from:

quote:

Bob is a freelance cartoonist and illustrator. He graduated from the illustration degree at University College Falmouth in 2008 and has since worked for a range of national and international clients. Bob occasionally does political cartoons for The Guardian and is a regular cartoonist for The Daily Telegraph.

Quite weird he does for both the Guardian and the Telegraph.

His Guardian Stuff:

His Telegraph Stuff:

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Dave Brown

Dave Brown is a British political cartoonist for the Independent newspaper in London. Brown began his career on The Sunday Times in 1989, working for other publications before joining The Independent in 1996.

Brown became well known for his cartoon of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon as a "Monster eating Palestinian babies" in a paraphrase on Saturn Devouring One of his Children, a grotesque painting done by Francisco de Goya in 1819. For this cartoon, Brown won the 2003 Political Cartoon of the Year award, presented by the former cabinet minister Clare Short on 25 November 2003 at the headquarters of The Economist in London

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Stanley McMurtry aka MAC [From the Daily Mail]

I love how people say he is apolitical when he is a massive right-wing poo poo.

quote:

Mac was granted an MBE in the 2003 New Year's honours list for "services to the newspaper industry"

In most of his daily cartoons, Mac includes a small portrait of his wife hidden within the picture. He does not include her when the cartoon makes a political statement, or when it depicts a tragedy

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'Isn't that romantic, George, dear? Mr and Mr Smith would like the bridal suite.'

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�Thank heavens today we won�t be wasting time discussing the economy or Syria.�

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�We�ve been invited to a wedding�Who the hell are Hotlips and Bunnykins?�

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Ralph Steadman

Ralph Steadman is a British cartoonist best known for his work with American author Hunter S. Thompson.

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Gerald Scarfe

Gerald Anthony Scarfe, CBE, RDI, is an English cartoonist and illustrator. He worked as editorial cartoonist for The Sunday Times and illustrator for The New Yorker. His most famous work outside of the United Kingdom was for rock group Pink Floyd, particularly on the The Wall album (1979), film (1982), and tour (1980-81, 2010-12) and his work as the production designer on the Disney animated feature, Hercules.

Fluo fucked around with this message at 00:35 on Sep 3, 2013

# ¿ Dec 14, 2012 21:26

Fluo: May 25, 2007

Stephen Collins

Stephen Collins is a UK illustrator and cartoonist whose work has appeared in many publications worldwide. He has won several awards, including the Jonathan Cape/Observer Graphic Short Story Prize 2010, The Society for News Design Award of Excellence for Feature Design 2008, The Cartoon Arts Trust Best Strip Cartoonist 2008, and the Images 32 Bronze Editorial Award for 2008.

He has a weekly cartoon in The Guardian Weekend and a monthly one in Prospect magazine. He is currently working on a graphic novel to be published by Jonathan Cape in early 2013, about a man who grows a really massive beard. Like, really massive.

PREVIOUS CLIENTS:

The Times
Wall Street Journal
BBC
Deutsche Bank
Wired
The Guardian
GQ
The Spectator
La Repubblica
Stolichnaya
FHM
The Independent
Radio Times
(and many more)

Geokinesis posted:

A fresh new thread!

Have the Stephen Collins ones from the guardian that I posted in the other cartoon thread.
(He has a non political book out next year called 'The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil')

One about the Education secretary Michael Gove being terrible.

What the Queen wanted the Jubilee to be like.

On the conservatives branding 'Big Society'.

North Korea and folk music being the real threat. (Thumbnailed as for some reason it is massive.)

Also two that are less political:
Other people's children are hell.

Ask doctor Internet.

Flython posted:

This isn't political but I really like this one from Stephen.

On The Origin Of Darwin

I love that Gove one, he looks like a character from Chulip.

Mr. Squishy posted:

That's from Collins' other gig at Prospect Magazine (who they?). He had a great one there about Milliband's field of disinterest, but I can't be bothered to find it, so have this weird one about Jeremy Hunt

He's also got a book coming out soonish, so watch out for that.
e:"collin's"

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Matt Pritchett (MATT)

Matthew Pritchett has been the pocket cartoonist on the Daily Telegraph newspaper since 1988.
Pritchett studied graphics at St. Martins School of Art. Unable to get work as a film cameraman, he worked as a waiter in a pizza restaurant, drawing cartoons in his spare time. Matt had his first drawings published in the New Statesman and his work has also appeared in Punch and The Spectator.
The son of Telegraph columnist Oliver Pritchett and the grandson of V. S. Pritchett, Matt and his wife have four children. He was awarded an MBE in 2002 and, in 2003, The Observer listed him as one of the 50 funniest people in the UK.
On 23 February 2006, the Matt cartoon became available in the Daily Telegraph podcast's picture window

Stottie Kyek posted:

I don't know if he really needs to be there, just that I've seen far more of his cartoons than I ever wanted to and he really does make you appreciate Bell and Rowson et al, but we've already got Mac in the OP for that.

Back in my second year of uni, my mam got me a calendar of Matt cartoons. She'd never seen any of them, but my boyfriend at the time was also called Matt and she noticed it in a shop and thought it'd be sweet to have something to remind me of him in the holidays when we were apart.

On the first of each month she and I would turn the calendar over and groan in unison. It was always something like a couple of talking heads on a snowy day saying "ha ha I hope global warming hurries up". Or another couple of talking heads saying something like "this news story sure is a thing that happened". It wasn't outright offensive like Mac, but just really dull or nonsensical or demonstrated a real lack of understanding (like with the global warming thing, climate change fucks up the Gulf Stream and makes it snow more in Britain). Like the kind of daft joke you might make as small talk at the bus stop really early in the morning when you're not quite with it.

At least, I don't think he's as offensive as Mac. Like these: the "joke" is so bewildering that I don't know if it's homophobic or not.

There was another one he did a while ago about a church being infested with gay bats or something, I didn't get that one either. Maybe he's actually a genius and my mam and I just don't get his jokes or appreciate his art.

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Ingram Pinn

Ingram Pinn was born in Bristol in 1950, and studied Fine Art at Camberwell School of Art before working as an art teacher and graphic designer at London University. Pinn became a regular contributor to The Times, The Sunday Times, The Observer and New Scientist, and in 1984 he began working for the Financial Times, illustrating articles on the comment page twice a week, and contributing his own topical comment every Saturday. �The tradition started with me,� says Pinn, �I hope it doesn�t die with me.�

Zegnar posted:

The FT's editorial cartoons - pretty good! No labels here.

Zegnar posted:

"The Obama administration and European leaders express their concerns about David Cameron steering the UK out of the EU"

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Nick Hayes

quote:

Nick Hayes is a writer and illustrator who lives in East London. His graphic novel, The Rime of the Modern Mariner, was published in 2011 by Jonathan Cape and he is working on his second, the Parable of Parayiah Raj. His website is foghorn-http://foghorn-hayes.co.uk/

Some of his past cartoons.

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Peter Duggan

quote:

Peter Duggan's satirical take on the art world, with a tongue-in-cheek tribute to an artist every week

Some of his past works.

The pre-Raphaelites
William Holman Hunt, Edward Burne-Jones, John Millais, Ford Madox Brown and Dante Gabriel Rossetti would rather be seen as radical than Romantic in Peter Duggan's reworking of art history

Surrealists in love � Magritte and Dal�
Cartoonist Peter Duggan gives his own surreal interpretation of what happened when Ren� Magritte's The Rape met Salvador Dal�'s Soft Self Portrait with Grilled Bacon

Is this the world's best art teacher?
The cartoonist looks at the influence a teacher might have had on Edward Hopper's Early Sunday Morning, Hans Holbein's The Ambassadors, Chris Burden's 1971 performance piece Shoot and Marcel Duchamp's The Large Glass

Peter Duggan spots a spark between two artists who both currently have Tate Modern retrospectives. Part1.

Two artists with a penchant for spots, cartoonist Peter Duggan finds the relationship hanging on a knife-edge Part2.

Fluo fucked around with this message at 03:15 on May 8, 2013

# ¿ Dec 14, 2012 21:26

Fluo: May 25, 2007

The Supreme Court posted:

Really appreciate you including Mac recently, it's almost too easy to take Steve Bell/ Riddell etc. for granted.

These three are just drat glorious:

And the one a couple of days ago where Theresa May was listening in was magnificent.

Might start photoshopping the labels out of Riddell.

Just updated it, was missing the black squirrel Mac one. Got some to add but you guys could just add them, as less wall of pictures. :3:

Was hunting for the Riddell from the last thread where a goon edited out the labels / words and it made it 150% better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCPRqmMsKYI

Edit:

The Supreme Court posted:

Did some quick and dirty fixes to Riddell to see what they'd look like without the labels:

Ahahaha loving amazing!

Ichabod Sexbeast posted:

You're having a Scarfe section, but not the Belgrano cartoon?

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Fluo fucked around with this message at 23:03 on Dec 14, 2012

# ¿ Dec 14, 2012 22:57

Fluo: May 25, 2007

Jedit posted:

Why a new thread already? The old one was only 1500 posts.

Fresh start is always nice, was more then a year ago and its nice to have a fresh OP of the different cartoonists and such.

# ¿ Dec 14, 2012 23:04

Fluo: May 25, 2007

prefect posted:

You poms really put the "mega" in "mega thread".

(Apologies if "poms" is seriously offensive; I'm hoping it's kind of an affectionate thing.)

I don't mind poms, or limey etc. :3:

# ¿ Dec 14, 2012 23:49

Fluo: May 25, 2007

Stottie Kyek posted:

Are we going to bother including Matt or are his lazy scribbles so bland and unfunny that it's not worth it?

The saved space I'm saving to add to some of the other ones. Might add Matt if you want me to. :3:

# ¿ Dec 15, 2012 00:05

Fluo: May 25, 2007

Stephen Collins is loving great, how did I forget about him. :smith:

# ¿ Dec 15, 2012 01:50

Fluo: May 25, 2007

Got round to getting buying banner space this time, since its a new thread.

Might need acouple more at end of the month if anyone is bored and fancy making one and I will add the :10bux:

to add for amonth.

Guardian:

Cameron and Clegg's clash over drug law reforms.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20720122

Telegraph:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/dec/14/miliband-english-language-integration

# ¿ Dec 15, 2012 05:22

Fluo: May 25, 2007

Updated the OPs, added Matt and Stephen Collins.

Guardian:

Collins

I don't know if its related however http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-20737378

Telegraph:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20744701 :911:

Indy:

Seriously fracking is loving awful.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20595228
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-20725887

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20711702

The Supreme Court posted:

Did some quick and dirty fixes to Riddell to see what they'd look like without the labels:

Why can't he do this? Most people can understand them. :3:

Its like in films when the director thinks his viewers are dumber then himself. I don't know. :smithcloud:

Fluo fucked around with this message at 05:32 on Dec 16, 2012

# ¿ Dec 16, 2012 01:12

Fluo: May 25, 2007

Exclamation Marx posted:

Look at that loving sloth

Found a lecture thing with Steve Bell on youtube a wee while ago. Sound's a bit poo poo but it has lots of his '80s stuff etc.

Apparently his Bush caricature is a chimp in reference to this photo

~*the more you know*~

Sloth is super :3:

. By the way speaking of Reagan have this! :3:

Have a nightmare.

# ¿ Dec 16, 2012 05:56

Fluo: May 25, 2007

Flython posted:

His Miliband is absolutely amazing. All of his caricatures are brilliant really. Thanks for keeping these threads going Fluo, they're a great pallet cleanser after visiting the political cartoons thread.

Thanks mate. :yayclod:

Clapham Omnibus posted:

One thing I've always liked about certain British cartoonists is the love of the grotesque, e.g. Scarfe, Bell and Rowson. The savagery they draw their subjects (victims?) really makes you think they care about the point they are trying to put across. Even warped and misshapen you can still make out who they are trying to represent though.

I just don't see the same in American cartoons, 90% of the time you can't even tell who they are portraying and it feels like they don't even give a poo poo. Is this just a biased view from the American Cartoon thread or are there any good grotesque American cartoonists out there?

I generally haven't came across one. It isn't a UK vs US thing. I think talented US cartoonists don't go for the political cartoon route because they make more money elsewhere I guess.

# ¿ Dec 16, 2012 14:37

Fluo: May 25, 2007

Guardian:

Looking forward to seeing where this goes. :3:

Labour leader's stand against the Chancellor's welfare cuts.

Libdems.

Telegraph:

# ¿ Dec 17, 2012 05:47

Fluo: May 25, 2007

Guardian:

The deputy PM has reiterated his call for the welfare squeeze to include universal welfare benefits of pensions. Also 5th year as LibDem leader.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/dec/17/nick-clegg-lib-dems-record

Torygraph:

Indy:

...A condom on Clegg? I'm confused, is there something I've missed in the news?

Daily :psyduck:

quote:

�If we do lose our winter fuel allowance, Godfrey is keen to have the Berlusconi heating system installed in his room..whatever that is.�

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Also when watching Sunday Politics (or was it BBC News) [on Sunday] they were talking to some LibDem and he was saying how Nick Clegg doesn't want to 'go out his way' to get the left vote. Since 'you can never win with them' and how they hate 'all governments'.
:psyboom:

Fluo fucked around with this message at 06:20 on Dec 18, 2012

# ¿ Dec 18, 2012 06:17

Fluo: May 25, 2007

Mr. Squishy posted:

Along with talking about how he still wants to cut benefits for the wealthy, Clegg's been saying that the country should be thankful to the lib dems for all the heinous poo poo they stopped the conservatives from doing. This claim is ridiculed as Cameron's depicted as a mad axe-wielding bastard with Clegg a useless prophylaxis failing to stop the cuts.

Ohh, I like it. Good cartoon I think?

# ¿ Dec 18, 2012 16:54

Fluo: May 25, 2007

Guardian:

A previously-unnamed tract of frozen land in the British Antarctic Territory has been named after the monarch. (Queen Elizabeth Land :suicide:

).
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20757382
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/dec/18/queen-attends-cabinet-meeting1
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20770308
(These cover the cartoon news links.)

quote:

Twice the size of the United Kingdom, Queen Elizabeth Land is a strange, beautiful and dangerous world of towering mountains and infinite ice.

Torygraph:

Indy:

Daily Mail:

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'Would you mind calling another Cabinet meeting? The quenn thinks it'll do wonders for insomnia'

Same as the torygraph / guardian story wise.

Also lol Daily Mail typo.

# ¿ Dec 19, 2012 02:58

Fluo: May 25, 2007

Guardian:

The Andrew Mitchell plebgate row.

Telegraph:

Independent:

Daily Mail:

quote:

�Sorry, constable. But after your fib the only way to end this feud is to let Chief Whips do what Chief Whips do...�

# ¿ Dec 20, 2012 16:40

Fluo: May 25, 2007

END OF THE WORLD CARTOON DAY, it seems. :suicide:

Torygraph:

Indy:

Daily

quote:

�Well honestly! I bet he won�t be nipping out to the service station buying her Christmas presents!�

# ¿ Dec 21, 2012 05:07

Fluo: May 25, 2007

Guardian:

Many Liberal Democrats feel that they have no option but to stay on the chancellor's hard road of austerity

Torygraph:

Indy:

# ¿ Dec 22, 2012 07:13

Fluo: May 25, 2007

Guardian:

Telegraph:

Indy:

# ¿ Dec 23, 2012 06:41

Fluo: May 25, 2007

Guardian:

The former chief whip says he was accused of using 'awful toxic language' in an attempt to destroy his political career

Torygraph:

Seriously, I still can not get my head around how he won cartoonist of the year. :psyboom:

Indy:

# ¿ Dec 24, 2012 06:35

Fluo: May 25, 2007

mfcrocker posted:

Looks like the Indy cartoonist has been taking a page out of Riddell's book.

Yeah.

# ¿ Dec 24, 2012 10:23

Fluo: May 25, 2007

It's way to late now. Should have posted it earlier. Have them anyway.
Martin Rowson christmas cards.
Humanist:

2006:

2008:

2009:

There is other ones but unable to find them.

Here is some Steve Bell / Martin Rowson themed political cartoons from past years.

Fluo fucked around with this message at 09:39 on Dec 25, 2012

# ¿ Dec 25, 2012 09:34

Fluo: May 25, 2007

Only two today. Being boxing day and all I guess.

Guardian:

Ben Jennings, not seen his stuff in awhile and normally its awful, however this one seems ok.

Indy:

Clegg is already hosed and then somehow starts to disagree after 2 years of pure bile support thinking people will forget.

# ¿ Dec 26, 2012 12:49

Fluo: May 25, 2007

Seems Rowson and Bell are not back till New Year. Everyone needs a holiday.

Guardian:

Senior Tories discount any parliamentary vote soon on repeal due to 'no chance' of winning a majority. For some reason not signed, however done by Nick Hayes*.

What the gently caress is this doing on the guardian and not some badly made blog. Made by Peter Duggan, It links to this youtube. Made by Peter Duggan*.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3RSRrUL1Os

quote:

This festive sendup of the art world tells the story of Bernini's mythical sculpture Apollo and Daphne � a god of music that's down on his luck and a tree that saved Christmas

Torygraph:

Independent:

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*Nick Hayes:

quote:

Nick Hayes is a writer and illustrator who lives in East London. His graphic novel, The Rime of the Modern Mariner, was published in 2011 by Jonathan Cape and he is working on his second, the Parable of Parayiah Raj. His website is foghorn-http://foghorn-hayes.co.uk/

Some of his past cartoons.

*Peter Duggan:

quote:

Peter Duggan's satirical take on the art world, with a tongue-in-cheek tribute to an artist every week

Some of his past works.

Peter Duggan spots a spark between two artists who both currently have Tate Modern retrospectives. Part1.

Two artists with a penchant for spots, cartoonist Peter Duggan finds the relationship hanging on a knife-edge Part2.

In Peter Duggan's redrawing of art history, he imagines how MI6 might have responded to the CIA's real-life decision in the 1950s to secretly promote abstract expressionists during the fight against communism.

I find his stuff seems to be hit and miss, if he put a lot more effort into the art work its stuff it could be pretty good. Quite ironic redrawing of art history series where the drawings itself isn't good.

# ¿ Dec 27, 2012 19:53

Fluo: May 25, 2007

prefect posted:

It says "thanks to Ling" at the bottom. Is this one of those homages to some famous painting?

Trying to work out if its the Artist, which Artist. A lot artists with surnames as Ling. Closest I could find was Simon Ling.

Titled "We'll always have eggs" was made in 2001, oil on canvas.

His bio is Here.

I can not work out if its all oil on canvas (if so he is insanely good at doing realism), or he put stuff on top of it, or he took a photo and then painted over the photo, however it could be that he is painting over the jacket and motherboards and such and calling them his 'canvas', gotta love post modernism :rolleyes:

. I really do not know never heard of Simon Ling. Might not be Simon Ling but first artist that came up which had a kind of link.
Some of his other stuff.

Meat or Veg, 2001, oil on canvas.

Gravity's Garden, 2003, Oil on canvas.

Also BBC says a little thing of 3 of his paintings (well 1 and they seem to have forgot to add the other 2... lol) http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/artists/simon-ling/paintings/slideshow

Please correct me if I'm way off.

Fluo fucked around with this message at 20:37 on Dec 27, 2012

# ¿ Dec 27, 2012 20:23

Fluo: May 25, 2007

Leonard Hatred posted:

Usually when Bell/Rowson do a pastiche of some artwork they'll put 'after Delacroix/Monet/Rolf Harris etc' but they'll sometimes put 'thanks to Bill/Ben/other flowerpot men etc' which I assume is a friend who gave them the idea for a joke or cartoon.

Yeah this, too use to over thinking.

If anyone hasn't seen Rude Britannia, its worth checking out. 3 Episodes, 1 hour each. Here is some clips from it.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00srf2d

A History Most Satirical, Bawdy, Lewd and Offensive (Part1) posted:

In the early 18th century, Georgian Britain was a nation openly, gloriously and often shockingly rude. This was found in the graphic art of Hogarth, Gillray, Rowlandson and George Cruikshank, and the rude theatrical world of John Gay and Henry Fielding. Singer Lucie Skeaping helps show the Georgian taste for lewd and bawdy ballads, and there is a dip into the literary tradition of rude words via the poetry of Alexander Pope, Jonathan Swift and Lord Byron, and Laurence Sterne's novel Tristram Shandy.

A History Most Satirical, Bawdy, Lewd and Offensive (Part2) posted:

A popular culture of rudeness managed to survive and even thrive in the long era of Victorian values, from the coronation of Queen Victoria in 1837 until the 1950s. The arrival of photography in the Victorian age sparked a moral panic, as rude and saucy images became available to anyone who had the money to buy them.

Current-day performers recreate the acts of celebrated rude music hall stars such as Champagne Charlie and Marie Lloyd, and there is a look at the satirical and rude world of one of Britain's first comic book icons, boozy anti-hero Ally Sloper. The documentary shows how a 20th century seaside culture of rudeness emerged, with peepshows on the pier - the Mutoscopes - and the picture postcard art of Donald McGill.

You Never Had It So Rude (Part3) posted:

The final part of a series exploring British traditions of satire and bawdy humour brings the story of a naughty nation up to date and explores how a mass democracy of rude emerged, beginning with the 1960s revolutions and continuing with the today's controversies.

There is a look at how a tradition of rude cartooning came back to life, as cartoonists draw the iconic political figures of the last 50 years: Gerald Scarfe captures Harold Macmillan, Steve Bell does Margaret Thatcher and Martin Rowson depicts Tony Blair.

The rude comic art of Viz is revealed in the characters of Sid the Sexist and the Fat Slags, and the rude theatre of Joe Orton, the rude radio of Round the Horne and the hippy rudeness of underground magazine Oz are also investigated.

And the history of rude television is traced from Till Death Us Do Part via Spitting Image to Little Britain. Finally, there is a look at how rude comedy begins to be seen as offensive in sexist and racist ways.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0T56-ibBQZ4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPckjH6uj3g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLUPtWpByaU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzqQR-18e80

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FDsVsQHnOA

Fluo fucked around with this message at 01:02 on Dec 28, 2012

# ¿ Dec 28, 2012 01:00

Fluo: May 25, 2007

Guardian:

Independent:

Thunderbirds Creator died.

No Daily Hitler Mac cartoons today, howver I laughed my rear end off at the idea of someone paying �25 for a signed Mac.

quote:

Prints cost �15 including postage and packing.
To order a Mac print, please write enclosing your cheque made out to Solo Syndication, direct to:
Solo Syndication
Northcliffe House
2 Derry Street
London
W8 5TT
Please specify the publication date, subject matter of the cartoon and return address details. Please allow up to 28 days delivery. For further queries, please call Solo on 020 7566 0360.
* Please note: Signed Mac prints are available at �25 each.

# ¿ Dec 28, 2012 08:11

Fluo: May 25, 2007

GTO posted:

It seems like the main thing about these is whether you know enough about art to understand them. Most of them are not particularly funny beyond that.

The 2 part spot ones I swear I saw in Private Eye awhile ago, they just seem to be trying to be smart for the sake of looking smart, its like Boris Johnson name dropping some 17th mass murderer he has a fetish to show he knows him. As the cold war one I found to be a tiny bit funny. But looking back after having a sleep it seems that's the only one and its just like a 'heh' laugh.

One hit and it was more so the bat was in the way of the ball. :negative:

Fluo fucked around with this message at 16:57 on Dec 28, 2012

# ¿ Dec 28, 2012 16:55

Fluo: May 25, 2007

Jedit posted:

I've been reading the Eye for 15 years at least, and I've never seen those before. Googling, it seems he did them for the Guardian.

I quite like this one:

I really need to stop buying the guardian same time when I once in awhile get private eye. I remember the Tate Modern ones and I thought they were so bad I must have read them in Private Eye it seems. :doh:

Seriously, I've never met anyone who bought Private Eye and enjoys the cartoons. The one is quite good, however the only one I remember clearly was that Tate Modern one.

Edit: I'm confusing that artist with Andrew Birch. :doh:

Fluo fucked around with this message at 20:41 on Dec 28, 2012

# ¿ Dec 28, 2012 20:21

Fluo: May 25, 2007

Jedit posted:

*coughs discreetly*

Eye cartoons are variable, but there's some really good ones in there like Banx, Bestie, Ken Pyne, Graeme Keyes, Tony Husband and of course the legendary Ed McLachlan.

You've broken me, you've truly broken me. I can't tell if you're joking or not. :psyduck:

# ¿ Dec 28, 2012 21:32

Fluo: May 25, 2007

happyhippy posted:

I agree most fall flat, but I have a soft spot for Tony Husband as he did comics for an 1980's comic called Oink that I worshipped as a kid.

The funniest ones in Private Eye tend to be the one offs by people you never seen before.

I need to dig some up for this thread it. :3:

# ¿ Dec 29, 2012 00:26

Fluo: May 25, 2007

Guardian:

The deputy prime minister plans to be a continued influence in government.

Torygraph:

Independent:

This is the best Fiscal Cliff one I've seen so far.

Fluo fucked around with this message at 06:20 on Dec 29, 2012

# ¿ Dec 29, 2012 06:15

Fluo: May 25, 2007

Jonnty posted:

Why are they so intent on labeling the fiscal cliff? It's possibly the most transparent metaphor in recent times.

Yeah, its still one of the better ones compared to the ones with 4 labels. :smith:

However it really doesn't need it, I never understand why political cartoonists think it needs it. Only reason I can think of is they think the readers are dumber then they are? I understand why some do it because the stuff they draw look nothing like it. However with Riddell and such its depressing as they should know better. :smith:

Fluo fucked around with this message at 19:13 on Dec 29, 2012

# ¿ Dec 29, 2012 18:34

Fluo: May 25, 2007

Guardian:
Seems the Guardian is giving other Cartoons some views when Bell / Rowson are on holiday, which I guess is nice.

Iain Green* on the coalition, the new year and welfare cuts.

New years.

Torygraph:

He sure is the cartoonist of the year......... :psyduck:

!

Independent:

Daily :
Seems to have done the 'best of MAC' since its end of year. This is what they picked. (One for each month).

JANUARY: Drugs offence guidelines suggest lighter sentencing for 'social dealers' who buy drugs to share with friends.

FEBRUARY: Former International Monetary Fund boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn is arrested and quizzed about procuring prostitutes for orgies.

MARCH: The Environment Agency warns of widespread drought conditions if Britain's dry weather continues.

APRIL: London-based Muslim cleric Abu Hamza fights extradition to the U.S. to face terrorism charges.

MAY: Surface-to-air missiles are to be situated on the roofs of private flats in East London during the Olympics.

JUNE: A historic strike by doctors and surgeons over pension reforms could mean that thousands of operations will be postponed.

JULY: Athletes start arriving to compete in the London 2012 Olympics as Britain suffers interminable torrential downpours.

AUGUST: Cycling fever grips Britain after Bradley Wiggins's triumph in the Tour de France and gold medal at the London Olympics.

SEPTEMBER: Prince Andrew abseils down Europe's tallest building, the Shard in the City of London, to raise money for charity.

OCTOBER: British forests face an 'unprecedented' threat from a deadly disease that affects ash trees.

NOVEMBER: The Leveson Report into the Press is finally published, and recommends a new regulatory body.

DECEMBER: David Cameron promises to introduce a bill legalising gay marriage next year.

___________________________________________

*Iain Green stuff here and here. Political cartoonist at The Scotsman and Holyrood magazine normally. His twitter here. Can't really find any bio on him.

# ¿ Dec 31, 2012 12:42

Fluo: May 25, 2007

Guardian:

Phil Disley on the Tories' 2013 economic difficulties.

Iain Green on rail fare rises.
Inflation-busting price rises are going to make 2013 even more miserable for cash-strapped commuters.

Have a guess.

Torygraph:

Cartoonist of the year! :downsbravo:

Independent:

Daily :

quote:

��.and guess what, Mother. Bernard is sticking to his resolution. Nearly 12 hours since he touched a cigarette.

# ¿ Jan 2, 2013 21:13

Fluo: May 25, 2007

Only 1 cartoon today from the Independent.

Not much in the news either to report in. So quite a small post... sorry. D:

# ¿ Jan 3, 2013 15:03

Fluo: May 25, 2007

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad posted:

Ichabod Sexbeast posted:
I sense Bozza's next avatar!

No, the logo from this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Star_Parcels

I'm awful with photoshop but here is some as I was bored.

# ¿ Jan 3, 2013 23:13

Fluo: May 25, 2007

Guardian:

Obese people could be monitored to check whether they are taking exercise and have their benefits cut if they fail to do so

(timg'd as abit big).

Telegraph:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20896050
When will Argentina shut the gently caress up? They do this saber ratting whenever they are hated by their public to score some cheap political points. They do it every couple of months and Britain generally does nothing back, however since the Falklands War got Thatcher elected again. I think maybe Cameron might go for the same.

quote:

Buenos Aires, January 3rd, 2013

Mr Prime Minister David Cameron,

One hundred and eighty years ago on the same date, January 3rd, in a blatant exercise of 19th-century colonialism, Argentina was forcibly stripped of the Malvinas Islands, which are situated 14,000km (8700 miles) away from London.

The Argentines on the Islands were expelled by the Royal Navy and the United Kingdom subsequently began a population implantation process similar to that applied to other territories under colonial rule.

Since then, Britain, the colonial power, has refused to return the territories to the Argentine Republic, thus preventing it from restoring its territorial integrity.

The Question of the Malvinas Islands is also a cause embraced by Latin America and by a vast majority of peoples and governments around the world that reject colonialism.

In 1960, the United Nations proclaimed the necessity of "bringing to an end colonialism in all its forms and manifestations". In 1965, the General Assembly adopted, with no votes against (not even by the United Kingdom), a resolution considering the Malvinas Islands a colonial case and inviting the two countries to negotiate a solution to the sovereignty dispute between them.

This was followed by many other resolutions to that effect.

In the name of the Argentine people, I reiterate our invitation for us to abide by the resolutions of the United Nations.

Cristina Fern�ndez de Kirchner
President of the Argentine Republic

In response Murdoch did the same thing but in Argentina newspaper. Pretty much adding [more] petrol to the fire.

Independent:

And have a spitting image.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jINZBOxdja8
:hitler:

What do we call it when people go around stealing other peoples property? YOU!
:wotwot:

A free market economy?
:hitler:

RUBBISH! What do we call it David?
:smuggo:

Socialism.
:hitler:

Well Done David.

Fluo fucked around with this message at 10:58 on Jan 5, 2013

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# ¿ May 14, 2024 07:42

Fluo: May 25, 2007

Zephro posted:

That Cameron one is fairly low effort. The second panel is a copy of the first, except with the arm and the form held aloft.

What's the goat in the Rowson one that IDS is trying to persuade to jump through the flaming hoop?

Scape goat maybe? Scape goat on benefits and he's making it jump threw hoops. :smithcloud:

Fluo fucked around with this message at 19:28 on Jan 5, 2013

# ¿ Jan 5, 2013 19:19

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