Tag Archive | "satire"

Too many ‘likes’

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

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We’ve probably all been there, social media overload, tweets out the ears and on FaceAche just far, far too many times clicking ‘like’, as Asaf Hanuka shows:

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War, what is it good for?

Thursday, May 3, 2012

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A classic cartoon by Syd Hoff (under the pen name A.R.) for the Daily Worker on the relative cost of war for those who actually go to fight for their country and those who do rather well supplying the equipment playing patriot games from the safety of the boardroom. War, what is it good for? [...]

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Atheist Eve

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

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Tracie Harris and Don Baker run the Atheist Eve strip, lampooning and satirising some of the religious (especially the religious right) arguements. I’m sure some will be gleefully rubbing their hands at these unbelievers burning in hell for daring to express their own opinions in a free country (such a caring, loving, truly Christian attitude!), [...]

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The Dick Knight

Friday, November 25, 2011

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Richard already posted up Ty Templeton’s very fine satirical swipe at Frank Miller’s recent rabid rantings against the Occupy protestors, but I thought I had to also share this excellent pastiche that Richard Pace created, using some of Frank’s past glories against his recent mutterings: I also see from Richard’s blog that he was auctioning [...]

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Birthday blues

Friday, November 25, 2011

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It ain’t easy dealing with your birthday and being a street warrior, V-masked, Anonymous protestor, as Ed Piskor shows (via BoingBoing):

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Charlie Hebdo offices firebombed

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

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The BBC is reporting this morning that the offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo have been firebombed, in what looks to be a violent response to the mag’s naming the Prophet Muhammad as it’s ‘editor in chief’ for the new issue and featuring a caricature of the Prophet on the cover complete with the [...]

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50 years of Private Eye covers

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

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The BBC has an article up celebrating 50 years of Private Eye‘s distinctive covers, complete with their trademark comics style speech bubbles overlaid on a new story photograph. I’m of the personal opinion that satire is the best defence in any democracy for keeping free speech free, for making sure ‘our betters’ don’t get above [...]

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The Writing on Your Wall

Monday, September 19, 2011

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(Bill Skinner by and (c) Alasdair Gray) Not comics but I’d think bound to be of interest to many of our readers with the emphasis on printmaking, design and featuring some of those ancestors we proudly claim for our comics heritage such as the great Gillray – the Edinburgh Printmakers have a new exhibition entitled [...]

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The Cuts

Thursday, March 24, 2011

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Bloghorn reports on a new exhibition opening today, Cuts, which showcases the work of 16 young illustrators using the visual medium to pass comment on the savage public spending cuts the current coalition government seems to enjoy telling us we so desperately need (hmm, perhaps we might believe them if we didn’t see senior bankers [...]

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Your very own Grant Morrison guide to writing!

Monday, January 31, 2011

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Yes, you too can now write like psychedelic quantum magic comics scribe Grant Morrison! Just cut out and keep this handy guide to how to write like Grant next to your writing desk at all times and four-colour stardom shall surely only be a matter of time!

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“I’ll be your Huckleberry…”

Friday, January 14, 2011

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There’s been a lot of discussion in the media recently about a ‘revised’ edition of Huckleberry Finn by the immortal Mark Twain, which has been ‘cleaned up’ to appease over-sensitive modern readers – most noticably a certain ‘n’ word in relation to the coloured character Jim has been removed. I really can’t abide people revising [...]

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Embrace the love of the Ancient Ones – have you tried the Necronomicon in your life?

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

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This had me giggling away before my last blood-soaked summoning of the Ancient Ones (I was summoning them for coffee and cake, they are suckers for coffee and cake), done in the style of a US TV ad to persuade folks to a religious group, except in this case it’s extolling the virtues of the [...]

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Tintin in England

Thursday, December 2, 2010

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This Tintin in England mock-up, where he is partaking of the fine old native tradition of football accompanied by lashings of the old ultra-violence, is by Dran and comes via Superpunch by way of Jay Taylor – have a look at the large size before someone issues a copyright takedown notice! I especially like the [...]

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Hipster Hitler

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

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Okay, how come I didn’t know about this before? Chris “I probably did have better things to do but, hey, you know” Lynch pointed me towards the Hipster Hitler webcomics. Simple but effective artwork (almost clip art style in places, slightly reminiscent of Get Your War On) and a subject matter that many will consider [...]

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Rude Britannia

Monday, June 14, 2010

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The first part of the BBC’s Rude Britannia aired this evening, in a format similar to others in the series (such as the fine Comics Britannia), with some good talking heads – including Martin Rowson and Steve Bell – dropped into the artwork, which was drawn (no pun intended) from the finest of that first [...]

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