Political Cartoons
Political, topical and editorial cartoons by Chris Slane.
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Don't Standing Orders On Me
"Help - my freedom of expression is being infringed" claims politician as he uses his own boot to stamp his face.
Complaints Officer with Feathers
A labour party official says to a sexual assault compainant "Speak to our complaints officer" as he indicates an ostrich with it's head in a hole.
Sea Monster
"It's entirely legal" states one National Party fisherman to a second while believing they caught a good fish instead it is actually the tip of a tongue belonging to a giant sea serpent labelled 'Foreign Political Influence'.
Rome is not burning
"Experts are divided on whether Rome is actually getting warmer" "This is a natural cycle - rise -decline- fall -sacking" "The alarmists have vested interests in aqueducts".says romans to an complacentemporer playing the lute or fiddle...Rome,Romans,fire,burning,global,warming,denier,denialism,climate,crisis,warnings,science,Nero,inaction,alarmist,
Short Term Farming
Cartoon,farming,spray,walk,erosion,cattle,pollution,inhumane,cruelty,feedlot,winter,stocking,agriculture,intensive,water,quality,cows,new zealand,fertiliser,effluent,..'Short Term Farming - spray - pray -and watch it run away' describes the practice of spraying fertiliser on pasture then over-stocking with cattle creating considerable run-off of effluent and agricultural chemicals.
Bigotry Bandwagon
A bandwagon labelled 'Bigotry Bandwago- vote' parades along road with a band led by Donald Trump enthusiastically playing instruments labelled 'sexism' 'sectarianism' 'racism' 'jingoism' 'homophobia' followed by extremists of all denominations holding flags like the stars and stripes and ISIS...bandwagon,Bigotry,parade,band,Donald Trump,instruments,sexism,sectarianism,racism,jingoism,homophobia,extremists,denominations,flags,stars and stripes,ISIS,patriots,racism,racist,deploreables,muslim,USA,election,
Distraction From Other Distraction
"It's all a distraction from the other other distraction attempting to distract us from last week's bullshit thing" claims a furious man sitting with a woman watching a news show on his widescreen television.
Kiwibuild Promise
“The builders just told me they'll all be finished by Christmas" announces housing minister Phil Twyford to Jacinda Ardern infront of a sign labelled 'Kiwibuild' while a lone inactive bulldozer sits in the middle of a vast area of undeveloped land.
SUV Polluter Parking
"A polluter tax - Damn - I only bought this expensive SUV so I could park on the berm and avoid a parking fine" says the driver of an large utility ute as a council parking officer glides past on an e-scooter.
Proper Regulation ANZ
Proper Regulation - That's it -we're outta here - shooting through right now-so long -hooroo ya gonna miss us - er can you help me with this bag?" announces the ANZ man sweatily attempting to drag a huge bag marked $2bn profit away while an official from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand looks on.
How Recessions Begin
"Hell - look at him - things must be really bad!" think two depressed -looking businessmen as they pass each other a dark blue cloud hovering over each...Subtitle; 'How Recessions Begin'
Reform Almost There
Cartoon,unfettered,capitalism,laissez-faire,Neoliberalism,deregulated,monetarists,monetarism,small state,deregulation,libertarians,.."Almost there" claims one male proponent of small government to another as he chisels away the bulk of government in the name of reform but is left with a very small sized sculpture of a dollar symbol.
Snail Vs Turtle
Fast follower,snail,turtle,carbon,trading,scheme,Helen Clark,john Key,.."Woah there Speedy - slow down" cries snail John Key to turtle Helen Clark who is flying a tattered flag reading 'Carbon Trading Scheme'...2008
Uninhabitable For Corporations
"We fear carbon taxes will render the planet uninbaitable for corporations" submits one frightened looking advocate among three representing big bussiness at a government hearing...carbon,taxes,levies,polluter,pays,corporation,big business,economy,climate,change,environment,AGW,mitigation,
Belief In Trickle-down Theory
"To all those people who believe in trickle-down theory" toasts one rich man to another another as they relax drinking champagne in front of a modern mansion behind a beach where a jetski and a speed boat sit ready to use...trickle-down theory,rich,economics,disparity,inequality,wealth,social,injustice,.trickle-up,.2010
Poverty Impossible to Measure
"It's impossible to measure poverty" says a man with his hands over his eyes holding a 'too hard' basket while surrounded with various kinds of measures.
Weed Bad For You
Weed should not be legalised - it's bad for your health" says a wine drinking elderly white man over the fence to his dark-skinned neighbour who is watering his marijuana plant while behind him a towering policeman is about to beat him with a massive mallet labelled 'Decades of punitive justice.'
Internet Pipes
"Maybe a digital tax would help?" asks an onlooker at sewage pouring out of pipes labelled 'US politics' Fake News Websites' 'Facebook' 'Twitter' 'Youtube' 4-Chan' 'Instagram' Reddit' 'Foreign states' creating a stew of conflict hate polarisation extremism and bigotry....digital tax,sewage,pipes,US politics,Fake News Websites,Facebook,'Twitter,Youtube,4-Chan,Instagram,Reddit,Foreign states,conflict,hate,polarisation,extremism,bigotry,white supremacist,terror,
More Wellbeing
"Please sir Can I have some wellbeing?" asks a waif standing on a street corner next to a cardboard box marked 'NZ' while holding out a begging plate towards New Zealand's Minister of Finance Grant Robertson...wellbeing,economy,NZLabour,poverty,welfare,mental health,social deficit,investment,kindness,NZpol,budget,
Lone Wolf Terrorists
Cartoon shows a circle of wolves on a moonlit night all sniffing each others' bottoms - referencing the shared philosophies of right-wing terror attacks.
Global Trade Truck
"I'm worried our goverment here is bad for business" says one businessman to another standing on a map of New Zealand while a large truck is driven by Trump over a cliff on to them...Published Listener online 10 August 2018..Politics cartoon p.13 "I'm worried our government is bad for business.".Commission Number.C157EF31 .Invoice From.SLANE CARTOONS LIMITED (Vendor 0000000136) .Publication/Scheduled Issue.1834 - NZ Listener Aug 18 - 24 2018
Boot Camp at Bottom of Cliff
John Key erects a sign 'Nationa's boot camp at the bottom of the cliff to be erected here' as a ambulance drives away from a cliff labelled 'Youth'.
Prison at Bottom of Cliff
Prison at Bottom of Cliff - next to an ambulance- Don Brash putting up a sign 'Coming soon $1 billion worth of prisons'.
Carbon Based Lifeforms
Planet earth floats in space charred to a smoking cinder while an alien spaceship hovers nearby "What do you expect from carbon based lifeforms?" asks one crystalline alien of a companion...Planet,earth,space,cinder,alien,spaceship,carbon,lifeforms,crystalline,alien,companion,global,warming,climate,change,environmental,disaster,armageddon,
Send in the clowns
"This was the only music we could get the rights to use" notes a sound engineer at a Trump rally, while 'Send in the clowns' plays to the crowd.
Sharing Work
apps, Cartoon, metadata, poster, privacy, retro, social media, soviet, robots,automation, workplace, redundancy, digital, economy,unemployment..A retro-soviet-style propaganda poster shows man working under the threat of replacement by a robot - caption reads 'Sharing work'
Deficit Canoeists
Cartoon shows Prime Minister John Key and Minister of Finance, Bill English, in a canoe underwater. English is paddling a sunken canoe labelled NZ. The word deficit appears in the water below the canoe. Key is pulling on English, trying to bring the canoe up to the surface. English says, "We're on course to be out of this by 2016." Refers to comments by English that the government will not return to surplus before 2016. Key has stated that he'd like to see a government surplus sooner than that. (Radio New Zealand, 10 May 2013)
Slushies for Tamaki
"You look like you need one of these" says Kelvin Davis to religous cult leader Brian Tamaki - indicating a slushie machine in a prison corridor.
CEO Salary Linked To Minimum
'Scenes we'd like to see' 'here's your 50cents per hour slary increase - it's linked to the minimum wage now" says a clerk to a stunned CEO sitting with his mouth gaping in shock...salary,higher,executive,packages,minimum,wage,
Dinosaur Futures
"I suggest taking an immediate stake in small warm furry creature futures" says a chief executive dinosaur to a boardroom table surrounded by other dinosaurs. as a giant meteor enters the atmosphere outside the buiding looking over a primeval landscape of the Cretaceous period.
Retreating Denialism
"In 1980 denialists reached all the way to here" notes a male hiker to a female tramper both standing in a mountain valley where a glacier has retreated to one small remainder.
Only Politics
Cartoon,apocalypse,end,world,politics,annihilation,cataclysm,catastrophe,devastation,holocaust,Armageddonapathy,voting,worry,abyss,apathetic ,.."Don't worry it's just politics" comments an apathetic man to a startled woman as behind him the earth collapses into the abyss of armageddon.
Fanatic Island
Title 'Could all fanatics be marooned on a remote island and fight each other to the death?' Scene shows a rocky desert island infested with extremists of all types fighting and killing each other with bombs guns hand-to-hand as sharks circle around bodies floating past signs which read 'Extremist Deathmatch Island - 'No Wifi'-'No Social Media'.
Social Media Home Invasion
'If our homes were like social media accounts' is the title as a MAGA hat-wearing-gun-toting-redneck carrying a dead boar bursts through the front door of a house occupied by two shocked women and a man having coffee - bellowing "Hey- did I just hear someone mention gun control? Let me regurgitate a bellyful of bile and ignorance all over you and your friends."
Terrorist Blindsight Redhats
"No terrorists here - only people who look like us." exclaims a military-style policeman to a spy as they contemplate a crowd of individuals made up of policemen soldiers and occasional swastika-marked nazis all wearing similar para-military equipment and guns...security,forces,terrorism,terrorists,military,style,police,spy,policemen,soldiers,swastika,nazis,para-military,guns,blindsight,right-wing,far-right,alt-right,blindspot,blindsight,cartoon,camouflage,ultra,neo-nazi,fascist,Republicans,Twitter,conservative
Terrorist Blindsight
"No terrorists here - only people who look like us." exclaims a military-style policeman to a spy as they contemplate a crowd of individuals made up of policemen, soldiers and occasional swastika-marked nazis all wearing similar para-military equipment and guns.
National Casino Economy
Shows Prime Minister John Key standing on a red carpet in front of the entrance to 'National's Casino Economy Conventions', surrounded by glitzy Las Vegas-style signs: 'Revisit the '80s', 'No social cost', '1000s of jobs', 'Buy shares', 'Mining', 'No environmental impact', and 'Last night: Aaron Gilmore in "Utu"'. Refers to a 35 year deal signed between the government and SkyCity Entertainment group. In return for operating a $400 million convention centre in Auckland, SkyCity will receive an exclusive casino licence. Aaron Gilmore is a former list MP for the National Party who resigned in May 2013, and vowed 'utu' or revenge on his enemies.--Alexander Turnbull Library
Toxic Dump Revealed
"News: storm uncovers old toxic dump - clean up begins" - Eroding froma river bank are the words - hate - spite - islamaphobia - racism - fascism - bigotry - prejudice - while an one of the clean up crew picking up swastikas - the words 'mass murder' and 'violence' says "Apparently just burying it all out of sight doesn't make it go away."..hate,spite,islamaphobia,racism,fascism,bigotry,prejudice,swastikas,mass,murder,violence,toxic,dump,christchurch,storm,river,rubbish,Fox,glacier,NZpol,revealed
Black Hole Solution
"We could do with one of these on the farm to suck up all greenhouse gases and nitrogeon runoff notes a dairy farmer treading a newspaper headlining a photo of a black hole - while in the background a sewage treatment pond overflows in the rain and cows in the distance graze in sodden fileds...blackhole,cartoon,farmersweekly,greenhousegases,environment ,globalwarming ,carbon.
Online Weaponry
Forms of online abuse used on supporters of gun-control by trolls - NRA - gun lobbyists - far-right extremists - such as rolling,gaslighting,doxing,racism,sealioning,intimidation,hate,speech,cyberbullying,dog-piling,stalking - all drawn as types of automatic guns in a gun shop.
Hot Tub Too Hot
In a bathouse scene, an armed white supremacist sits in a spa labelled 'white supremacy' while naked white people leap away in alarm towards spas labelled 'bigotry' and multi-cultural society' in which a friendly muslim man enquires "Too Hot? Come on in - the water is fine."
Love Conquers Hate - Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs CC BY-NC-ND
A white supremacist gunman labelled 'Hate' flees from huge bouquets of flowers symbolising love and sympathy for his victims in Christchurch.
Shane Jones on the table
"Please do not let my presence in the room influence your decision whatever" says Shane Jones standing on the table in from of surprise cabinet ministers.
Terrorist OE
New Zealand man wishes to to hitchhike and return home wearing a backpack labelled 'London Paris Rome Hell'
Rental Houses Of Horror
Rental houses of Horror - one for renters another for landlords highlighting the extreme rhetoric.
Shark Playthings
"In no way have we been captured by anybody" claims Shane Jones as he is tossed around as a plaything for a great white shark labelled 'Fishing Interests'.
Tough Journalism
"Terrible how there's no tough journalism holding power to account anymore - Where did you read that? On Facebook" say people on their mobile devices as in the background journalists depart a newspaper leave to work in public relations...press,.investigation,.social,.media,.digital,.layoffs,.Facebook,.devices,.public,.relations,.economy,.4thestate,
Denialist Dodo
'Critically Endangered Species: The Denialist Bird' Help save this rare bird - forgive generously - an elderely armchair warrior squawks and snorts in reaction to the headline on his computer screen - IPCC - global warming worse to come as the environment dries out.
