Slovakia for Slovaks 2021

Slovakia for Slovaks 2021

The cartoon, produced by the artist Martin Šútovec (Shooty) as a commentary piece for the Slovak mainstream daily Sme/Denník N, shows two participants: a mosquito and a young man, both holding what appear to be political banners

Judge’s testicles – Slovenia 2021

Judge’s testicles – Slovenia 2021

What do we see? The cartoon shows the current Slovenian Minister of the Environment Andrej Vizjak squeezing the testicles of a judge (“sodnik” is the word for ‘judge’ in Slovenian). The cartoon is by Marko Kočevar and first published in the Slovenian daily Delo, on 5...
Funny economics of the Russian Federation 2018

Funny economics of the Russian Federation 2018

Source What do we see? In this cartoon, we see a simple Cartesian graph. A satisfied and slightly overweight Putin, depicted with a big nose, is standing on the horizontal axis of the graph. The upper quadrant of the graph contains a thick red arrow sloping upwards...
Whitewashing the past – Ireland 2021

Whitewashing the past – Ireland 2021

Ian Knox cartoon 6/10/21 in The Irish News What do we see here? This cartoon by Ian Knox was published in the cartoon section of the opinion column in The Irish News in October 2021. The watercolour, painted in black, blue and sepia, is divided into a left and right...