IMAGE
Crichton, Anna, 1957- :Digital cartoons
- Date
- 2001-2012
- By
- Crichton, Anna, 1957-; Listener (Periodical); New Zealand herald (Newspaper); Metro (Periodical); North and south (Periodical); Sunday star times (Newspaper)
- Reference
- DC-Group-0047
- Description
Cartoons by Anna Crichton on aspects of political and social life in New Zealand and overseas, published in various papers - Listener, Herald Business, Metro, North and South, Sunday Star Times
Part of the NZ Cartoon Archive
Anna Crichton lives in Titirangi, New Zealand and works internationally. Her drawings have been published in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Time, Tatler, The Australian, Discovery, Morning Calm, House and Garden, The Listener, Manager Magazine, The Asset, AA Directions and Personal Investor. Crichton has also worked extensively for the advertising and design industry.
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- Digital images, Cartoons (Commentary)
Click to request to view this item, access digital version (if available), and see more information.
Copyright
UnknownCrichton, Anna, 1957-:[Adam Feeley and a bottle of Champagne] 7 October 2011
Date: 2011
From: Crichton, Anna, 1957- :Digital cartoons
By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0019156
Description: Caricature of Adam Feeley, head of the Serious Fraud Squad, resisting a bottle of champagne that stands behind him. Context: Refers to a slur on his reputation brought about by drinking champagne to celebrate criminal charges against Rod Petricevic, as well as other lapses in judgement and inappropriate behaviour. Title supplied by librarian Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Crichton, Anna, 1957- :[Whip]. 28 October 2011
Date: 2011
From: Crichton, Anna, 1957- :Digital cartoons
By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0018959
Description: The cartoon shows a hideous scene of men in business suits grovelling in ecstacy as their bare backsides are whipped. Context: The cartoon illustrates Debra Hill Cone's article in the NZ Herald (28 October 2011) about politicians and the desire for power, being seen as a personality disorder. Inspired by the shenanigans in the run up to the elections on 26 November. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Crichton, Anna, 1957- :'We are the 99%'. 19 October 2011
Date: 2011
From: Crichton, Anna, 1957- :Digital cartoons
By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0018958
Description: A man, whose skull has been opened to expose his brain, is eating. He raises a fork to his mouth and prepares to swallow a small man holding a banner that reads 'We are the 99%'. Context: Refers to the 'Occupy' movement that began in New York as a protest against corporate greed and maybe capitalism in general. The cartoon accompanies Debra Hill Cone's article published in the NZ Herald on 21 October 2011. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Crichton, Anna, 1957- :'We are the 99%.' 19 October 2011
Date: 2011
From: Crichton, Anna, 1957- :Digital cartoons
By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0019257
Description: Shows a rich man, whose brain is visible' putting a fork loaded with a small man into his mouth. The small man holds a placard which reads 'We are the 99%.' Context: Refers to the Occupy protest movement that began in New York to protest against capitalist ethics and corporate greed. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Crichton, Anna, 1957- :[Fighting boys]. 10 November 2011.
Date: 2011
From: Crichton, Anna, 1957- :Digital cartoons
By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0019425
Description: The cartoon shows two rough boys fighting in front of an elaborate picture frame while through the frame is an image of the globe. Context: relates to the run-up to the 2011 elections on 28th November. The two boys are the leaders of the two main parties, John Key (National) and Phil Goff (Labour). The cartoon illustrates an article by Deborah Hill Cone. Among other things the article suggests that 'there is a real existential crisis going on somewhere in the world but on our stage we still have politicians throwing custard pies and doing silly walks'. (Deborah Hill Cone on business in the NZ Herald: November 11 2011) Title created by librarian Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Crichton, Anna, 1957- :[Chimp with round table.] 10 June 2011
Date: 2011
From: Crichton, Anna, 1957- :Digital cartoons
By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0018061
Description: The cartoon shows a chimpanzee holding a round table on its head with one hand and scratching his head with the other. Context - Drawn to illustrate Deborah Hill-Cone's article on Kiwi psychology. She says 'I don't think New Zealanders feel we deserve to be a wealthy country. It is hard to change that view'. She goes on to suggest that Roger Kerr and the Business Round Table - 'The grunty think tank has been too clever. It has stuck to the granola end of policy - monetary policy settings and all that crunchy stuff - rather than following the vogue for behavioural economics'. Ted Klontz, a behavioural psychologist, suggests that when people are confused or under threat they resort to behaviour deriving from the lower parts of their brain, the mammalian or the reptilian levels. (Deborah Hill Cone in the NZ Herald, July 6 2011) Title supplied by cataloguer Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Crichton, Anna, 1957- :[Apple and Eve] 14 October 2011
Date: 2011
From: Crichton, Anna, 1957- :Digital cartoons
By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0019178
Description: The cartoon shows a man tempting a woman with a shiny green apple; she smiles demurely. They stand beneath an apple tree from which many more shiny green apples hang and twisted around a branch is a snake. Context: The cartoon accompanies an article written by Debra Hill Cone for 14 October in Herald Business. The cartoon suggests an undue worship of Apple Chief Executive, Steve Jobs, who died of cancer on October 5 2011. Jobs was ofen described as inspirational. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Crichton, Anna, 1957- :[Charging bull]. 30 September 2011
Date: 2011
From: Crichton, Anna, 1957- :Digital cartoons
By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0019157
Description: The cartoon shows a charging bull from the tail of which an elegantly dressed woman hangs; she slices at its scrotum with a scalpel. Context: Cartoon drawn to accompany an article by Deborah Hill Cone about the difference between male and female hormones and business. Women have about 10 per cent as much testosterone as men, making them less prone to irrational exuberance she says. Title created by librarian Accompanies article by Deborah Hill-Cone: Too much macho spoils the market - published September 30 2011 in the NZ Herald. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Crichton, Anna, 1957- :Rupert Murdoch. 15 July 2011
Date: 2011
From: Crichton, Anna, 1957- :Digital cartoons
By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0018284
Description: The cartoon shows media mogul, Rupert Murdoch, as a cockroach buzzing on its back on the ground. He is waving a mobile phone that looks rather like an axe. The cartoon was drawn to accompany Deborah Cone Hill's Business column in the NZH for 15 July 2011) Context - the British phone-hacking scandal in which reporters for the newspaper News of the World have been accused of hacking into the mobile phones of celebrities. Rupert Murdoch immediately shut down News of the World, hence the axe in the shape of a mobile phone. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Crichton, Anna, 1957- :[Rugby World Cup]. 2 May 2012
Date: 2012
From: Crichton, Anna, 1957- :Digital cartoons
By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0022513
Description: Shows All Black player holding the Webb Ellis Cup as a fly flies in one ear and out the other ear. Context: New Zealand won the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Title supplied by cataloguer Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).