Scrooge inspired cartoon

A Christmas Cartoon 2012 ; Austerity Britian ; Food banks ; Fat cats ; High energy bills ; Spending cuts

Austerity Britain themed cartoon. Click on pic to enlarge

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

The Cyber Mermaid is Strictlified ; Strictly Come Dancing cartoon

Cyber Mermaid eats pumpkin soup ; Pumpkin cartoon ; Halloween cartoon ; Austerity

Drawn on the 26 October 2012. Part of 'The Cyber Mermaid' cartoon blog.

Death of the Euro and 'living off the meat off me bones' cartoon ; Austerity ; Mermaid hair for sale...

Entitled 'Death of the Euro and living off the meat off me bones...' cartoon. For now, the black holes of debt in the eurozone are being patched up so this cartoon is more a satire on the media's portrayal of the euro crisis.

Eurozone crisis cartoon ; Euro meltdown ; A pile of defaults ; Webs of debt

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 and the cobwebs at the corners of the desk represent the entangled webs of debt in the eurozone. The cyber mermaid is sitting amongst piles of default letters. The grinning cheshire cat, bloated and inflated like a floating balloon, represents fat cat executive bonus pay- recently in the news as well as fat cat 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 with a mermaid bag' cartoon ; The Cyber Mermaid cartoon blog ; Wag cartoon

It's quackers ! It's super surreal !

'Press Release' cartoon ; A Media Satire ; Steampunk

'Press Release' cartoon. 

Notes for this cartoon are at http://cartoonnotes.blogspot.com/

The Cyber Mermaid as Pierrot, the sad clown...( and the fool ! )

The Cyber Mermaid is sad thinking about all the precious and sentimental things she sold in order to pay the interest on her bank credit cards ( before the default ). Her hair is lank and lack lustre as she is still without running hot water ( 2 cartoon blogs ago ). 

This cartoon also has in mind the people of Greece, many of whom have had to sell their family gold jewellery in order to survive in a financial crisis that is not of their doing.

Debt and Default cartoon ; The Cyber Mermaid is downgraded...

The Cyber Mermaid is grinning with relief that finally the mounting interest on her bank credit cards has come to a halt due to the default. The cheshire cat is grinning insanely at the madness of economies being built on foundations of debt. The order of countries that are likely to default on their debt ( on the debt clock ) is conjecture.

Causing a stink ; Boiler on the blink ; The Cyber Mermaid cartoon blog ; Banking cartoon ; Boiler cartoon

The Cyber Mermaid Cracks Up
Theme for this cartoon is economic divisions.

The Christmas Crunch Cartoon ; The Ghost of Economic Future ; Debt Cartoon

Inspired by the premonition visitations in 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens. To hang in the gallows - I mean galleries ! of cyberspace shortly. Drawn on New Year's Day 2012.

An Austere Christmas for 'The Cyber Mermaid'