Thank God for Byrne! (Cummings, 1961a) Artist: Michael Cummings, Published: Daily Express, 30 Jun 1961Source: BCA http://www.cartoons.ac.uk/record/MC0965 (Accessed: 6th April 2009)
Continue ReadingTreasure Island (Franklin, 1964) Artist: Stanley Franklin, Published: Daily Mirror, 28 Sep 1964, Source: BCA http://www.cartoons.ac.uk/record/05997 (Accessed 6th April 2009)
Continue ReadingHarold, Smith and ‘Security’ Council (Cummings, 1966) Artist: Michael Cummings, Published: Sunday Express, 10 Apr 1966, Source: BCA http://www.cartoons.ac.uk/record/08741 (Accessed: 6th April 2009)
Continue ReadingThe Harold Houdini Christmas Show (Franklin, 1967) Artist: Stanley Franklin, Published: Daily Mirror, 18 Dec 1967 Source: BCA http://www.cartoons.ac.uk/record/12568 (Accessed: 6th April 2009)
Continue ReadingThe following cartoon is by Gib Crockett and appeared in the Washington Star on the 27th of April 1965 during the Vietnam War. It shows an octopus with the head of Ho Chi Minh, and, just in case the viewer didn’t recognise him, his name conveniently written on a tentacle. The arm of the United […]
Continue ReadingTUC: Leslie Gilbert Illingworth, published in the Daily Mail 14th April 1969. SOURCE: http://www.cartoons.ac.uk/record/15222 (Accessed 15th Jan 2009). Yacht being sunk by TUC octopus. Relates to the Industrial Relations Bill initiated in the UK in 1969. The people in it are: Harold Wilson (1916- 1995), Barbara Castle(1910- 2002), Reginald Maudling (1917- 1979), Edward Heath(1916- 2005)1. Castle and Wilson (Labour party) are […]
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