The Recycling of teabags cartoon ; Social security reform

The Recycling of teabags cartoon ; Inspired by Benefits Street, Superscrimpers and Catherine Tate's 'nan' ; Part of The Cyber Mermaid cartoon blog.

Jobsearch cartoon ; Virtual Jobseeker cartoon ; Jobwatch 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.

Skills Conditionality Training Cartoon ; Jobseeker Cartoon Blog ; Skills Training ; Certificates

The Cyber Mermaid on her 'Skills Conditonationality' training course.

Food Bank cartoon ; The Cyber Mermaid cartoon blog ; Tomato soup cartoon

Food Bank cartoon ; Tomato soup cartooon ; Austerity 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

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/