DavidP's Newest Cartoons

Happy New Year!

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Hope it's better than the last one

Creationism

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Creationism should be taught alongside Evolution in science lessons, some teachers apparently think!

Somalia

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Somalia. Piracy. What can I tell you?

Wolf

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Chinese Dragon

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The Press agenda is not necessarily China's

Mugabe

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'Only God can depose me' he said, and he seems to be right. The AU aren't going to do anything about him, it seems. Meanwhile, to greet his return from the AU emergency conference, Zanu-PF Youth round up people and bus them to the airpoprt to greet his return. It all just stinks!

Last Drop

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As oil reserves diminish, prices soar and hitherto uneconomical or sacrosanct areas are eyed up for drilling, the demand just grows and grows.

Apocalypse Now

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For The Guardian. I think it speaks for itself.

Valentine

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For Guardian G2, on Valentine's Day. An attempt to draw in the style of 19th century Punch engravings.

Bush

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This was done for an open letter to GW in the Guardian.

Failed Olympians 3

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For Guardian G2. The situation in 2008 is compared to the 'Winter of Discontent' in the late seventies.

Failed Olympians 2

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For Guardian G2, About how, while it rains on everybody else, somehow the sun shines down on the golden towers of finance.

Failed Olympians 1

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This was a Guardian G2 cover illustrating a series of Extracts from 'The Gods That Failed' - a critique of financial institutions.

Neighbour from Hell

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This was a cover for Guardian G2 - Neighbours from Hell edition.

The Nightmare

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This is one of my favourites. There was a major exhibition of Romantic Art in London. The Nightmare (Fuseli) was the centrepiece. At the same time there were bombings in London, and Abu Hamsa was preaching hatred at the Finsbury Mosque.

Between Death and the Managers

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Based on the Gillray cartoon, it was done at a time when beds were full, doctors overworked and nurses were being laid off. Tony Blair gethered a top level meeting of hospital managers to number 10.

Chamber music

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For an article on 'oldies' for Guardian G2

Christmas

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Christmas 2006, and the wall goes up around Israel.

Liberty

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America tightens it's borders against illegal immigrants, particularly from the south.

Captain Nuclear

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Tony Blair, the then Prime Minister, had his push for more nuclear power dampened by a viability report.

Peace Charabanc

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During the Israeli incursion into Lebanon in 2006, the UN made optimistic efforts to secure peace.

Fat Cats

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In 2006 The NASDAQ made moves to take over the London Stock Exchange

Cameron Hoodie

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David Cameron suggested that we should try to understand, rather than condemn, hoodie youth.