It's rare as a cartoonist to come up with the right idea straight away. Normally there's lots of scribbling and frustration. But it does happen. I was asked to draw a cartoon to accompany a newspaper story about a prison with an excellent recycling record. Being a cartoonist, the very first thing I thought about was a convict's suit with arrows on it. Which led immediately to this:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFqyfM3tHCfSy4tUfMe1hOi_TA7AJOGQ2s9QvUfRlHKx_Vw9jlXsXCKne1a1hbaBuO1iVEdMSz3nB8Qfgz7p0HBpiA0qKpk2HI57XjbmAIjq6CrZeqEYknXLyCE3LzbvKQ7lzSjw/s400/messenger_prison.jpg)
Note: the number on his suit is today's date!