ai Archives – Caricatures Ireland by Allan Cavanagh

This Cartoon is about AI.

10/09/2026 by Allan

Cartoon about the Generative AI Bubble by Allan Cavanagh. Image Description: 8 panel cartoon strip. Panel 1: A CEO sitting at his desk looking at his computer, holding a red drinks can. Caption: SUCCESSFUL DRINKS COMPANY HQ. Thought bubble: HMMM... LOOKS LIKE PISS IS THE NEXT BIG THING. BETTER GET ON THIS. Panel 2: CEO in a boardroom meeting. Everyone has red drinks cans. Executive speaks: SIR NO-ONE IS BUYING OUR PISS. CEO speaks: BUT I'VE BOUGHT A BAZILLION LITRES! START PUTTING PISS IN EVERYTHING. Panel 3: An ad campaign with attractive man and woman drinking from red cans. A large red can is in the frame with SUCCESSFUL DRINKS CO. written on it. Large yellow writing in the frame declares NOW WITH PISS! Panel 4: Many execs are speaking over each other, including GOVERNMENTS ARE GIVING US MONEY TO KEEP PISS FLOWING. WE'RE TOO BIG TO FAIL! The CEO is declaring PISS IS INEVITABLE!. One exec is turning green and saying quietly it's making people sick. Most of the execs are now drinking bottled water instead of their red drink cans. Panel 5: An imposing large building with PISS FARM written on a sign. Smoke belows. Human screams come from inside. In the foreground are the stumps of trees. Panel 6: An aerial view of dozens of this buildings dotted all over the landscape, smoke belching from them. Electrical wires and pylons punctuate the scene. Panel 7: An ill-looking news reporter is in a news studio. A screen behind him declares PISS BUBBLE BURSTS. A graphic ticker tape on screen rolls along the bottom of the frame. It says EXPECTED TO BE DIFFERENT FROM ALL PREVIOUS PISS BUBBLES Panel 8: The CEO is back at his desk. The city is on fire out his window. A potted plant has turned brown. A petrol can is in the foreground and the office has been doused in fuel. A black briefcase sits beside his desk, stuffed with cash. He has his passport on the desk. He holds a ligher in his hand as he composes an email. DEAR GLOBAL WORKFORCE... DUE TO VITAL... COMPANY RESTRUCTURING... A caption at the bottom of the strip says THIS CARTOON IS ABOUT AI.

This Cartoon is about AI. It’s been a hell of a week for the arts in Ireland with generative AI turning up again and again in Culture Night and local authority programmes.

Telling new stories with creative technologies

20/03/202428/02/2024 by Allan

Last week I attended a workshop in University of Galway on storytelling and the use of new technologies in telling new stories (via Urban Lab Galway and their European partners). As a self-employed artist, I don’t get to attend many things or network so I was delighted to be able to take part in this workshop.

Friday Cartoon: WGA SAG-AFTRA Strike AI Artificial Intelligence

21/07/2023 by Allan

WGA SAG AFTRA Strike Artificial Intelligence AI Cartoon

If you’ve been following developments in AI “art” you’ll know that like all great artists, it can’t draw hands. My own work has been ripped off to train data sets without permission so I’ve pretty strong feelings about this and I hope the companies that created the data sets (i.e. plagiarised the work of artists … Read more