Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]
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- Date
- 2003-2019
- By
- Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Dominion post (Newspaper); Fairfax New Zealand Limited
- Ref
- DC-Group-0025
- Description
Cartoons by Tom Scott about New Zealand and international political and social issues. Most cartoons in the collection were published after July 2005, with a selection of digital cartoons from 2003.
Part of the NZ Cartoon Archive
Tom Scott was born 1947 in England, and migrated to New Zealand with his family. He graduated from Massey University in 1972, and began as a political correspondent for the New Zealand Listener in 1973, illustrating his articles with cartoons. From 1984-1987 he worked for the Auckland Star before becoming the editorial cartoonist for the Evening Post (later the Dominion Post). From May 2018, his cartoons appeared in each of the Stuff-owned major dailies (Evening Post, Press and Southland Times). In addition to his cartooning and journalism, he is a non-fiction writer and playwright. He has also produced documentaries, television programmes, and feature films. Tom Scott retired from cartooning for the Dominion Post in March 2019.
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- Digital images, Cartoons (Commentary)
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Unknown
Date:
13 December 2017
From:
Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]
By:
Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Dominion post (Newspaper)
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DCDL-0037753
Description:
Depicts Ross Taylor playing cricket with a crow on his shoulder. The crow tells Taylor "I'll also turn into a hawk when you're on 99 and watch every ball for...
Date:
2005
From:
Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]
Ref:
DX-025-160
Description:
The scene is a village somewhere in Iraq; all that is left is smoking rubble. Two US marines discuss whether the number of dead is worth reporting. A comment...
Date:
2010
From:
Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]
Ref:
DCDL-0013754
Description:
The cartoon shows people furiously sweeping the ice as the compete in a curling competition at the Winter Olympics. A commentator wonders how indoor bowls co...
Date:
2012
From:
Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]
By:
Dominion post (Newspaper)
Ref:
DCDL-0020602
Description:
Shows US President Obama in a sumptuous bed and Prime Minister John Key in a little bed at its foot. Context: at the Nuclear Security Summit held in Seoul, ...
Date:
2011
From:
Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]
Ref:
DCDL-0016975
Description:
The cartoon shows the great sphinx sculpture against a background of a pyramid and burning buildings; in the foreground is a huge crowd of protesters. Someon...
Date:
2004
From:
Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]
Ref:
DX-025-060
Description:
Two New Zealand batsmen come onto the pitch as an australian player, who is dressed as a butcher and has his knife out, towers above them and makes bleating ...
Date:
2012
From:
Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]
By:
Dominion post (Newspaper)
Ref:
DCDL-0023666
Description:
Shows a child in a very messy room, saying, 'Clean up? What's the point? The world ends today' Refers to the end of the 5,172-year Mayan long calendar on 21 ...
Date:
2012
From:
Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]
By:
Dominion post (Newspaper)
Ref:
DCDL-0022642
Description:
Shows Sports Minister Murray McCully making a speech about ensuring fairness in sport. A reporter asks him if we have a duty to ensure life is fair. McCully ...
Date:
2011
From:
Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]
By:
Dominion post (Newspaper)
Ref:
DCDL-0019342
Description:
Cartoon shows a man pointing at a billboard that shows Labour leader Phil Goff with his eyes blanked out. The man says 'We're not ashamed of our leader. We m...
Date:
2012
From:
Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]
By:
Dominion post (Newspaper)
Ref:
DCDL-0023146
Description:
Shows cyclist Lance Armstrong. Context: Lance Armstrong was at the heart of the biggest doping conspiracy in sports history when he won the Tour de France s...