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My fourth series for the BBC’s Politics Show has now come to a close, but I’ll be back with a new series in September, with my usual weekly editorial cartoon for the show’s Barker Gallery and more televised airings of my work. My work has also been used on the BBC’s main Homepage and Africa homepage. I have also created editorial cartoons for national newspapers and international magazines, as well as educational illustrations for government departments and commissions for the private sector. So please have a look around my site and I hope you enjoy what you see. I’m always happy to talk about any cartoon/illustration commissions, initially by email at: clouded_yellow@hotmail.co.uk.

Paul Newman

Paul Newman is undoubtedly one of the greatest actors to ever appear on film. He has never put in a bad performance (but that’s not to say all of the films he has been in have deserved his presence). Personal favourites of mine are The Verdict where his performance as the washed up ambulance-chaser was surely the one he deserved the Oscar for, Absence of Malice with it’s brilliant finale and Nobody’s Fool which is just a great humanist performance. None of these are amongst his best known films and they are all examples of the mature actor. His earlier, more testosterone charged performances, in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Hud were also brilliant. Newman is a great humanitarian and his generous efforts for charity are second to none. To me he encapsulates everything that is good about America. So I was very sad to hear of his illness recently and I for one wish him a speedy recovery.

House - Hugh Laurie

It occurred to me only after I had finisjed this caricature of Hugh that his haunted expression reminds me of Munch’s The Scream. I wonder if the casters of House had this in mind when they approached Laurie for the role?

Bruce

Bruce Willis, action hero, everyman. One of a series of caricatures I’ve been responsible for creating recently.

New Anti-doping Policy in the Tour de France

This cartoon is currently being displayed on Stern Magazine’s website:

Stern - Barker cartoon

Sour de France

It’s odds on, sadly, that doping stories amongst competitors will make more headlines than the actual racing in the Tour de France again this year. This is great event in a great country, it’s such a pity it is spoilt year after year by the cheats.

All images © Gary Barker 2008