...And One Blistering Cartoonist
A 6th video to add, and at least this one will make you laugh
Watch this, folks.
Who’s the best political cartoonist in the world today?
My vote goes to a fellow from the UK who signs his cartoons as “Bob.”
34 year-old Bob Moran is one of very few political cartoonists working today who has consistently and savagely shattered the serial absurdities of Covid restrictions, lockdowns, and vaccine mandates.
The bio on Bob’s site describes the situation for him as political cartoonist for The Daily Telegraph, where he’d worked from 2011 and 2021. Toward the end of his tenure, he “adopted a position of staunch opposition to all government measures and restrictions. He believed what was happening was immoral, unlawful and unnecessary. Through his cartoons, he asked people to contemplate the inevitable consequences of how governments around the world were behaving. In particular, he tried to highlight the horrific impact on children and the future society being created for them.”
Bob has a sharp brain, a deft hand, and a big, beating heart. He’s managed to hang onto the memo so many other content providers and cultural creatives have crumpled up and tossed into history’s dustbin in exchange for a paycheck. I’m referring to the memo about ‘comforting the afflicted and afflicting the comfortable.’ As a result, his brilliant, blistering artwork became is no longer welcome in The Telegraph, and you won’t find it in other exclusive neighbourhoods of the legacy press.
However, you can find an archive of Bob’s cartoons here. And read about his path toward being a contrarian cartoonist here.
Political cartooning doesn’t get any better than this. And the excellent, recently released hour-long film above does justice to its subject, an artist who appears incapable of rendering Prime Minister Trudeau without blackface.
Thank you, Bob. As a cartoonist myself, I can honestly say you inspire me.
Note: this fast-moving film doesn’t linger long on Bob’s cartoons. So for full effect, I recommend you hit pause once and a while to catch all the clever little elements he drops into his work.
Thanks for the introduction; he's incendiary!