Arctic Circle Cartoon - the power of artificial intelligence

The upcoming elections in the UK and US are going to be interesting

My Favourite Arctic Circle Cartoons of 2023 (The Long List)

Arctic Circle Cartoon

This is the first year in ages that I’ll be entering the National (that’s the US, in case you were thinking I meant New Zealand, LOL) Cartoonist Society awards. You can read why in my epistle (sign up at the bottom of this page). I’ve asked for fan favourites, but here are all of mine.

Arctic Circle Cartoon - Who Decides What is Fashionable?

Arctic Circle Cartoon

Why is the fashion industry still a thing? It's destructive and mad. I can understand style and wearing things that make you look good or are functional or, ideally, both. But fashion for fashion’s sake is weird.

If you want to see what happens to some of the mountains of unsold clothes when they are no longer deemed fashionable, check this out:

https://grist.org/international/burn-after-wearing-fashion-waste-chile/

Arctic Circle Cartoon - For the Birds

Blackbird radio is on full blast here in New Zealand’s spring

I’ve seen a lot of plastic in nests around where I live. Plus fibre stolen from my hanging baskets.

My first editor, Brendan Burford, is a bird watcher. I’m more of a bird listener, though I like it when they hang around the studio. Not so much when they are in the garden, uprooting young seedlings in the search of worms.