I’ve said before how sometimes people are a little coy in asking for things to be added to their wedding caricatures. As you can see though, it’s a blank canvas, I’ll include pets, livestock, cars, childhood toys, anything you want! O’Neill’s have gotten a plug in two of my signing boards recently, maybe I should approach them about a deal…
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Signing board for the wedding of a teacher and mechanic, in case you were thinking the apple was biblical!
I’m agog at Martyn Turner’s Irish Times cartoon today on Bertie Ahern’s trips to Nigeria. Bertie’s in a pot, being cooked alive, in the imagination of the paper reader. Well, I’m afraid framing the imagery like this does not absolve the cartoonist, who makes the final decision on the imagery in a gag. If Turner’s implying the Irish are racist, he should be more explicit about it. As it stands, Turner’s reached for the most negative stereotype to associate with Nigeria, stopping short of “natives” with bones through their noses. However, these natives have a semantic association and appear in the mind’s eye of the reader: the savage maneater cooking the white explorer is a well-established trope.
I’m not calling Turner a racist. Turner’s donated his work to development education material for years so I can’t imagine he’s setting out to offend, and it does have a sympathetic punchline. However this cartoon reproduces, and therefore helps perpetuate, negative stereotypes about Nigerians specifically and Africans generally.
I wonder how Nigerian Irish Times readers will take to it.
Well it’s an obvious joke if the groom’s a goalie! If you’re getting married and you’re interested in a signing board just click CONTACT opposite. They also make great wedding presents!
Thanks to @SarahCunn for the lower image.
I sometimes get quite coy enquiries about what can be included in my wedding signing boards. The short answer is anything goes! That’s the beauty of getting a caricature done: it can include anything you want it to. I’ve recently included He-Man, Zig and Zag, elephants, horses, dogs, and even a cat in a bridesmaid dress, so really, really, anything. I don’t ask!
