Matt Buck's Hack Cartoons

The rising price of crude oil is connected to a lack of global refinery capacity, changing demand and good old traditional geopolitics. Why would a group of countries want to make their major economic asset cheaper, just to us please our domestic users?
Click the picture, or go straight to Channel 4 from here, for the animated cartoon.
Matt Buck’s animated drawings

There is an exhibition of work by Gustav Klimt opening in Liverpool.There's a little picture preview here from Channel 4 News.

Matt Buck’s animated drawings

Not all construction in the UK has halted in the difficult time/slowdown/crisis/recession (delete as appropriate.)

Matt Buck’s animated drawings

A predictably ugly result for Gordon Brown in the Crewe and Nantwich by-election. How he must enjoy being top man in the presidential style of politics which has been fashionable since late era Mrs Thatcher. (Apologies for the repost but it seems about where things are.)

Matt Buck’s animated drawings

A former Conservative MP, Quentin Davies, who defected to the Labour party last year has recommended Britain have a day of celebration for its armed forces. Click the picture for the cartoon or click here for Channel 4 News.

Matt Buck’s animated drawings

The ancient battle of euphemisms about abortion was refought last night and sometimes one can only be grateful for parliamentarians who endured the rhetoric. The time limit for abortions remains unchanged as a result and the service survives. There is coverage available all over the media but two personal hat-tips, one to Evan Harris, MP for Abingdon and Oxford West and another to Tim' Bloggerheads' Ireland who is doing a thorough fisking of some of the more religiously inspired antis.

Matt Buck’s animated drawings

A short video on a technology for looking at digital images. It's impressive stuff.

Matt Buck’s animated drawings

Political book serialisations and bitching bring this ancient caricature of Cherie Blair out of the drawing vaults.

Matt Buck’s animated drawings

A Hack cartoons drawing from the archives about how to make cartoons.

Matt Buck’s animated drawings

Matt Buck’s animated drawings

Click the picture for animated political cartoon on the reclassification of cannabis for Channel 4 News, or go here.

Matt Buck’s animated drawings

Hack cartoons caricature of Mayor of London Boris Johnson.
Well, he made it. Taking the liberty of speaking for my professional colleagues, I think I can say, we are all delighted - a walking caricature does make life easier to draw.
UPDATE:
There’s a fascinating little piece of first-hand knowledge about Boris and one of his contemporaries here, courtesy of Adrian Monck.

Matt Buck’s animated drawings

Reaction to the scale of the Labour election disaster here from Septicisle, Schrodinger's Pig has a fine open letter to the government outlining more than a few home truths. Jonathan Calder offers a reasoned assessment of Nick Clegg's debut in political society, and then there is also excellent and sustained live coverage from Iain Dale, who must have drunk a lot of caffeine to keep reporting the way he has. Mind you, he has something to celebrate doesn't he? And it must have felt like a long wait.
UPDATED:
And Matthew Parris, as ever, puts it well.


Matt Buck’s animated drawings

Short animated Hack cartoons clip for Tribune newspaper, which to its credit has been predicting this Labour wipeout for some time.

Matt Buck’s animated drawings

Mick Fealty who writes Brassneck has an elegant summation here too.

Matt Buck’s animated drawings

There has been a lot of news about abusive relationships this week. This Hack cartoons animation is now available at Channel 4 News.

Matt Buck’s animated drawings