Cartoons
A selection of cartoons about politics, topical issues, silly puns, Life, the Universe, and Everything by Irish cartoonist and caricature artist Allan Cavanagh! All cartoons copyright Allan Cavanagh. If you would like to use a cartoon contact me with details of use.
Cartoon from Macnas Book
Above is a cartoon I was commissioned to do for Macnas: Joyful Abandonment. Some people in Macnas may claim to recognise themselves in it. I have no comment to make! The cartoon is a potted account of the processes that are never seen by the general public but are essential to the creation of the … Read more
Cartoons from SPAN meeting, Dun Laoghaire
I was conference cartooning for Southside Partnership in the Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire recently. They’re entering the last phase of the European SPAN project. It’s nice at this stage as I know a lot of the attendees through having attended several of these meetings- while I meet hundreds of people every month I rarely … Read more
Check Out Double Vision…
Charlie’s Double Vision is now up.
Political cartooning and the power of the internet…
Apparently Matt Buck had this animation out within minutes of Gordon Brown’s speech yesterday. As a cartoonist I find that fascinating: the internet and specifically blogging have condensed the reaction time to events even for political cartoonists. And it’s no mean feat either, it’s a full-on flash animation rather than a static image. Great, more … Read more
Conor Lenihan Kebab
Conor Lenihan from this week’s Double Vision. Conor Lenihan made racist remarks in the Dáil when addressing Socialist TD Joe Higgins, who had recently made representations for the rights of Turkish workers.