surveillance Archives – Caricatures Ireland by Allan Cavanagh

Friday Cartoon: The Christmas Bum, A Family “Tradition”

05/12/2025 by Allan

Made up family traditions with cynical marketing Cartoon: square single panel. A man and woman are in the foreground. The man is holding a box with a picture of a bum in a Santa hat. The box says Christmas Bum, A Family Tradition. In the background are rows of this same box. The man has turned to the woman, who has a cross expression, and says "but it says it's a tradition."

I’ve been to the patent office so next year you’ll see boxes and boxes of my Christmas arses in all good retailers and while it might be your first time seeing them I assure you it’s a tradition. Honest.

Friday Cartoon: Gardai Facial Recognition Technology

04/04/2025 by Allan

Gardai Facial Recognition Technology cartoon. Two uniformed Gardai face a bank of screens with streets on them. Each screen has figures with red rectangles around them. One Guard is turning to the other and saying "this is great, I'm terrible with faces."

Here’s another of my cartoons from The Gist’s Christmas Recap of 2024. This one features the controversial urge to use facial recognition technology as a security theatre panacea.