The SCREAM Halloween 2013 cartoon ; Rage against fat cat tax evasion, banker bonuses and the squeeze on the poor

The SCREAM Halloween 2013 cartoon

Virtual Jobwatch cartoon ; Virtual Jobseekers cartoon ; Job Club cartoon

Notes : Story behind the workman's boot - a classmate of mine had asked the secretary of Job Club for a pair of steel capped workman's boots for his bin man induction day and ended up being given soft plastic shoes instead. My experience of Job Club was one of overcrowding, of computer wires dangling from a hole in the corner of the room and of not enough seats for bums.

Skill Conditionality Training Course Cartoon ; Job Training Cartoon ; Jobseekers Cartoon

The Cyber Mermaid attends a 'Skills Conditionality' 8 week course at 'college' as part of her jobseekers agreement.

Jobsearch jobpoint cartoon ; Jukebox Jobsearch ; On the Rock n Roll ; Welfare Reform

Early version of 'Jukebox Jobsearch' - 1st cartoon of a cartoon strip of jobseeker cartoons.

Oscars 2013 - the gossip and the glamour...

All the glamour and all the gloss...

Campbell's soup can inspired cartoon ; The Cyber Mermaid cartoon blog

Campbell's soup can inspired cartoon with an austerity theme.

Austerity Britain cartoon ; A Christmas 2012 cartoon ; The Cyber Mermaid

Click on pic to enlarge. Austerity Britain Christmas 2012 cartoon. 

Glitter Ball cartoon ; Strictly Come Dancing cartoon ; Cyber Mermaid is Strictlified

Strictly Come Dancing cartoon ; The Cyber Mermaid is Strictlified

Austerity cartoon ; Food Prices cartoon ; Cyber Mermaid eats pumpkin soup...

Drawn on the 26 October 2012.

Eurozone crisis cartoon ; 'Living off the meat off me bones...' cartoon

Entitled 'Death of the Euro and living off the meat off me bones' cartoon. Posted on the 4th July 2012. A satire on the media's portrayal of the eurozone crisis.

Europe debt crisis ; Eurozone meltdown ; A pile of defaults ; Debt cartoon

Tim Burton cartoon inspired. Posted on the day of the Greek elections. The candle has almost melted away, its last embers blowing the sign of the euro in smoke rings. The cobwebs in the corners of the desk represent the tangled webs of debt in the eurozone. The cyber mermaid is sitting amongst pile of default letters. The grinning cheshire cat, bloated and inflated like a floating balloon, represents fat cat executive bonus pay and also tax evasion. In the book, 'Alice in Wonderland', the cheshire cat disappears at will, which begs the question, where HAS all the money gone ?

Wag cartoon ; Wag with a mermaid bag

It's quackers !

A Steampunk Media Satire ; The Cyber Mermaid lets off steam...

A steampunk media satire. Posted at a time when the media itself is in the spotlight. Notes for this cartoon are at http://cartoonnotes.blogspot.com/.