Powerful people in politics with wealth and helpers mix myth and reality to help deliver a projection of their achievements to the public. Parts of the same formula also drive the work of many cartoonists.
We’ve gathered ten cartoons for you to enjoy, whatever your opinion of the politician. We are sure you will have seen more, please do add links in the comments.
There is a mixture of reactions here from fresh-off-the-drawing-board images to retrospectives from the 1980s like this one.
Noel Ford from the Daily Star @ Procartoonists.org
To repeat, we are sure you will have seen more and please do add them below in the comments.
Updated: Saturday 13th April. One national newspaper commissioned a whole supplement on Mrs Thatcher and gave the commission to Posy Simmonds – read it here. You will find more about Posy if you use the search tool on the sidebar of this site.
Mrs Thatcher and the cartoonists
Powerful people in politics with wealth and helpers mix myth and reality to help deliver a projection of their achievements to the public. Parts of the same formula also drive the work of many cartoonists.
Both sorts of visual trickery are now at work in the national catharsis following the death of the former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
We’ve gathered ten cartoons for you to enjoy, whatever your opinion of the politician. We are sure you will have seen more, please do add links in the comments.
There is a mixture of reactions here from fresh-off-the-drawing-board images to retrospectives from the 1980s like this one.
There are reactions from the regions …
delayed jokes …
iconography …
futurology …
appeals …
and pathos.
To repeat, we are sure you will have seen more and please do add them below in the comments.
Updated: Saturday 13th April. One national newspaper commissioned a whole supplement on Mrs Thatcher and gave the commission to Posy Simmonds – read it here. You will find more about Posy if you use the search tool on the sidebar of this site.
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