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Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons
- Date
- 2008-2018
- By
- Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956-; Salient (Newspaper); Scoop (Firm)
- Reference
- DC-Group-0040
- Description
Cartoons by Martin Doyle on New Zealand and international political issues. From 2008-2009, cartoons were published in the Salient weekly magazine (Victoria University). Since April 2009, Doyle's cartoons have been regularly published on the Wellington-based Scoop website, www.scoop.co.nz
Part of the NZ Cartoon Archive
Martin Doyle (born 1956) is a self-taught artist who lives in Wellington, New Zealand. His visual work has appeared for several years on the Scoop news website, Salient, and Capital Times. As at 2018, his work was appearing sporadically on Scoop.co.nz, as well as on his own Facebook page. He has also worked as a writer for both radio and television and holds a Masters degree in Public Policy.
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- Digital images, Cartoons (Commentary)
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Melissa Lee's tongue extends new motorway into Mt Albert. "Is there anything we can tak...
Date: 2009
From: Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0011213
Description: Shows Melissa Lee, the National candidate for the vacant seat of Mount Albert, with a very long tongue on which drives a car full of criminals looking for something to steal. Melissa Lee made an embarrassing blunder and had to issue a formal apology for saying the new Mt Albert motorway could divert South Auckland criminals from the suburb. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Doyle, Martin, 1956-: Who will put this story together now...? 6 April 2011
Date: 2011
From: Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0017474
Description: Text reads 'Who will put this story together now? A computer screen shows the text 'The plain honest facts about our own little country' and an office chair has the text 'NZPA RIP 2011' on its back. Context - The pending closure of the New Zealand Press Association (NZPA) could threaten the survival of regional newspapers, supporters of the national news agency say. The NZPA board yesterday said the future of the 130-year-old newswire service was to be "reviewed". The move was sparked by major shareholder Fairfax, which gave notice of withdrawal from the co-operative. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"I want every single protester in Myanmar arrested and beaten!! How many are out there?...
Date: 2008
From: Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0007066
Description: Shows General Shwe demanding that every protester be arrested and beaten. A soldier nearby tells him that there are about 50 million protesters. Refers to General Shwe, leader of the military junta which governs Burma (Myanmar). He was using his soldiers to violently contain popular protests in the streets. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
'When you're being shat on by the opinion polls, you have to ask...' "How do you turn t...
Date: 2008
From: Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0006544
Description: Shows Prime Minister Helen Clark standing deep in effluent that represents poll results. Around her flounder other people who are pleading to be rescued. There are also pipes and taps continuing to tip effluent into the mess. Helen Clark wants to know how she can 'turn them off', meaning the pipes, and a wit in front of her says that he thinks they have already done that. Refers to Labour's dire poll results in the run up to the 2008 election. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
If the global recession is beginning to get to you, and you're feeling increasingly anx...
Date: 2009
From: Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0010697
Description: Musician, MichaelJackson, is back to cheer people up when the global recession starts to make them anxious. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"More humane accomodation would be good. And if you could stop killing and eating us, t...
Date: 2009
From: Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0011281
Description: A pig speaks out about the conditions in which it is farmed. Adds that it would be like not to be killed and eaten. Refers to current investigations into the conditions in which pigs are kept on certain farms. Other Titles - accommodation Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"This is a hold-up!!" 17 November 2010
Date: 2010
From: Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0016146
Description: A judge flanked by a lawyer and a policeman yells 'This is a hold-up!!' The cartoon focuses specifically on the issue of delays in trials, playing on idea that it's the court officials themselves who cause such 'hold-ups'. Overall it's a comment on Justice Minister Simon Power's current efforts to speed up the New Zealand court system. (notes by cartoonist) Published in Scoop.co.nz Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
'Gatecrashers horrify People's republic'. "Who let THEM in?" "There are some things, si...
Date: 2008
From: Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0007260
Description: Shows a scene at the Beijing Olympics where a man wearing a hat with the words 'One world, one dream' on it asks a security guard if he knows who let in a great crowd of people carrying a banner saying 'people's memories'. The guard says there are some things that even security cannot keep out. Refers to the tension between the modern China and the memories that people have of recent times. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Judith Collins considering housing prisoners in shipping containers!! There's only one ...
Date: 2009
From: Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0011566
Description: Shows Minister of Police Judith Collins standing in front of a stack of shipping containers that have been converted into different parts of a new prison. The cartoonist considers that the only problem is that she is not joking. Refers to a suggestion that new prison cells be created from shipping containers that is causing some controversy. Published in Scoop.co.nz Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
National well ahead in opinion polls - News. "Nana-nana-naaah!!" "Just hold that pose a...
Date: 2008
From: Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0007576
Description: Shows National leader, John Key, provocatively jeering at Helen Clark because National is so well ahead in the polls. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).