IMAGE
Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-:Original cartoons. 1986-2011
- Date
- 1986 - 2011
- By
- NZ Truth (Newspaper); New Zealand herald (Newspaper)
- Reference
- A-453-001/432
- Description
432 original cartoons on various topics relating to New Zealand and overseas political and social events. There are 4 only from NZ Truth dated 1986-1992. The other 399 cartoons were published in the New Zealand Herald and cover the years 2004 to 2011. Many of these cartoons were also received as digital files from the cartoonist.
Quantity: 432 original cartoon(s).
Physical Description: Ink and felt-tip pen on paper, various sizes
- Use/Reproduction
- Please check copyright Copyright: All rights reserved
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Format
- 432 original cartoon(s), Works of art, Ink and felt-tip pen on paper, various sizes
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The eye of the needle
Date: January 1991
From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-:Original cartoons. 1986-2011
By: NZ Truth (Newspaper)
Reference: A-453-001
Description: Depicts a scene in the dessert, where a Kuwaiti man is trying to force a camel through the eye of a needle. President Saddam Hussein of Iraq appears above the camel and 'Peace Proposals' is written on the camel's back. Refers to the invasion of Kuwait by Iraqi troops that began 2 August 1990. A small figure at the bottom right of the image comments "Well oil be damned". Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - The eye of the needle [in ink]; Verso - top left - PRIOR TO GULF WAR, 1991 [in pen]; Verso - top centre - 62% p15 [in pencil] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and developer on Duoshade card, 300 x 390 mm
'We thought you needed to lose weight'
Date: [November] 1990
From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-:Original cartoons. 1986-2011
By: NZ Truth (Newspaper)
Reference: A-453-002
Description: Shows Prime Minister Jim Bolger and Minister of Finance Ruth Richardson offering as an 'economic package' a tiny burnt roast chicken on a huge platter to a 'social welfare' beneficiary. Refers to cuts to social welfare. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Grafix Duoshade usage instructions. Printed.]; Verso - centre left - P15 TRUTH 63% [in pencil] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and developer on Duoshade card, 300 x 395 mm
'Well, hell Jim - whoever said mountain warfare was easy?'
Date: 1990
From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-:Original cartoons. 1986-2011
By: NZ Truth (Newspaper)
Reference: A-453-004
Description: Shows Prime Minister Jim Bolger, Labour leader Mike Moore and Deputy Labour leader Helen Clark as soldiers diving for cover as they are shot at from the top of a mountain of foodstuffs. The food is European in origin and they are being shot at by stereotypical figures representing members of the European Union. Refers to European Union agriculture protectionism. Inscriptions: Verso - top left - E.U AGRICULTURAL PROTECTIONISM 1990 [in pen]; Verso - centre - 63% TRUTH P15 [in pencil] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and developer on Duoshade card, 300 x 395 mm
Sunk by junk...
Date: 27 August 2008
From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-:Original cartoons. 1986-2011
By: NZ Truth (Newspaper)
Reference: A-453-006
Description: Shows a Chinese junk representing 'Chinese products' that has blasted a hole with a lead cannon ball in the side of a New Zealand ship representing 'NZ manufacturing'. A sailor in the junk says 'You'll be pleased to know we've reduced the lead content...' Refers to public concern about the high lead content in imported children's toys. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - 27AugA14Cartoon 186mmx133 [in pen] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and felt-tip pen on paper, 210 x 300mm
[Tiananmen Massacre]
Date: [June] 1989
From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-:Original cartoons. 1986-2011
By: NZ Truth (Newspaper)
Reference: A-453-003
Description: Shows a soldier (legs only) sweeping a pile of skulls under a Chinese flag. Context: Several hundred civilians had been shot dead by the Chinese army during a bloody military operation against democratic protest in Tiananmen Square. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Grafix Duoshade usage instructions. Printed.]; Verso - top left - TIANANMEN MASSACRE 1989 [in pen] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and developer on Duoshade card, 300 x 395 mm
'Keep calm, keep calm - it will melt...'
Date: 2008
From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-:Original cartoons. 1986-2011
By: NZ Truth (Newspaper)
Reference: A-453-005
Description: Shows President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe as an octopus frozen inside an ice cube that represents 'public opinion'. Refers to the results of the 2008 election in Zimbabwe. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and felt-tip pen on paper, 210 x 300mm
'U.S. democracy is based on checks and balances...'
Date: 2008
From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-:Original cartoons. 1986-2011
By: NZ Truth (Newspaper)
Reference: A-453-009
Description: Shows a United States congressman speaking at a podium about the 'checks and balances' of American democracy. He is handed a 'cheque' to be added to his 'campaign fund's balance'. Context: The 2008 United States general elections were held on November 4. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and felt-tip pen on paper, 300 x 420mm
'So what Christmas shapes can YOU see in the clouds?'
Date: 17 December 2008
From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-:Original cartoons. 1986-2011
By: NZ Truth (Newspaper)
Reference: A-453-010
Description: Shows in four cameos a father and his child imagining Christmas presents in the formations of the clouds. The child sees a reindeer, 'huge presents', 'a giant turkey' and 'your Visa bill'. Inscriptions: Recto - centre right - 186mm x 133 17 dec A14 cartoon pls correct + send to GNZHARTPIX [in pencil] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and felt-tip pen on paper, 300 x 420mm
'It's said that we despise ordinary people and view them as a bunch of zeroes. How unfa...
Date: 29 September 2008
From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-:Original cartoons. 1986-2011
By: NZ Truth (Newspaper)
Reference: A-453-012
Description: In the first of two cameos a Wall Street banker denies that bankers despise ordinary people and consider them a 'bunch of zeroes'. The second cameo shows him waving a cheque charged to the U.S. taxpayer of $700,000,000,000.00. Refers to the Wall Street crash of September 2008 and the 'bail out' by the government. Inscriptions: Recto - centre right - MONDAY CARTOON: 29SEPA? CARTOON 15.68 X 13.21 Pls correct + send to GNZHARTPIX [in pencil] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and felt-tip pen on paper, 230 x 320 mm
'So Phil, how was the contrition, reflection, humility, catharsis, and rejuvenation?'
Date: [August] 2008
From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-:Original cartoons. 1986-2011
By: NZ Truth (Newspaper)
Reference: A-453-011
Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key and Labour leader Phil Goff face-to-face across the debating chamber. Speaker of the House Lockwood Smith is in the background. Refers to Labour's defeat in the 2008 general election. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - 118 x 177 [in pencil] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and felt-tip pen on paper, 300 x 215mm