Merry Christmas and a happy new year

This was one of the Private Eye Christmas cards for 2020.

Once again Santa Claus's naughty and nice list is the Christmas gift that just keeps on giving.

Merry Brexmas and a Trumpy new year!

Here are a couple of cartoons on what have undeniably been the biggest stories of the year: Brexit and Trump. The Brexit gag features in the Christmas issue of Private Eye and the Trump one was drawn for a company Christmas card.

Have a very merry Christmas and a happy new year, all!

"He's a loose cannon online, but I don't think he's going to DO all this stuff ..."

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The Snowman revisited

Cartoon from the December issue of Skip Hire Magazine. It was good fun to imagine a Donald Trump snowman.

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Merry Christmas!

"I'm going to give this guy what for on Trip Advisor."

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Cartoon advent calendar:Day 24. Built to last

"Have you given any thought to legacy and sustainability?"

This is a full-colour version of a cartoon that was used as one of the 12 Private Eye Christmas cards this year.

They decided to go with my original version, which had a small amount of spot colour, applied with brush pens, and I must admit it fits more with the Eye's famed "low-fi" look. So I used this one as my Christmas e-card instead.

And on that note, have a very merry Christmas folks!

Cartoon advent calendar:Day 22. Wrong turn

"I've just realised where we went wrong."

This was a Chistmas e-card this year for the Commonwealth Journalists' Association. It's actually a cartoon that I drew a few years ago which they saw online and asked to re-use for Christmas, so I added the snow, scarf and Santa hat to "festive it up" a bit.

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Cartoon advent calendar:Day 21. Silent night

"We're having a quiet Christmas this year ..."

There are loads of festive gags in the Christmas issue of Private Eye, which is out now, including this one.

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Cartoon advent calendar:Day 20. Now you're Tolkien

This appears on the cover of this month's issue of The Jester, monthly magazine of the Cartoonists' Club. I was asked to do it on the cartoon theme of "myths and legends" so I combined it with Christmas and came up with this. It's also topical, as the new Hobbit film is out this week. Hobbit feet are fun to draw.

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Cartoon advent calendar:Day 19. Miser rate

"Apparently he's up for employee of the month."

This can be seen at a website for auditors. As I think I've mentioned here before, Scrooge seems like a man for our time in this age of austerity measures, and he's featured in a few cartoons I've drawn since the recession began.

On a related note, here's an early present for you: the full version of Richard Williams' animated short of A Christmas Carol from 1971. It's a brilliant, condensed version of the story with beautiful animation. And my friend's dad worked on it.

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Cartoon advent calendar:Day 17. Glory days

Here's another oldie that still feels quite topical, as there is a fair bit of looking back to the glory days of the summer as we approach the end of the year (and the BBC Sports Personality of the Year, announced last night, was dominated by Olympics athletes). This was in the Christmas issue of Reader's Digest last year.

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Cartoon advent calendar:Day 14. Winter wonderland

This is a recent cartoon drawn to illustrate a news story about a family that goes crazy for Christmas, decorating their house with £8,000 worth of lights, inflatables and all manner of festive sparkle. It's pretty much a variation on this old cartoon.

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Cartoon advent calendar:Day 12. Snow and alcohol

"Fancy a swift one?"

Is this really a Christmas cartoon, you may ask. Look, it's got snow and alcohol in it, what more do you want?

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Cartoon advent calendar:Day 11. Taking a break

Here's an oldie from a few years ago, when they first brought in the smoking ban in England and Wales.

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Cartoon advent calendarDay 9: A bit flaky

I think you can be cynical in Christmas cartoons, but you can't be downright misanthropic, which is probably why nobody went for this slightly odd cartoon.

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Cartoon advent calendarDay 8: Life's a riot

"I can assure you, officer, we are not looters."

This is one from last Christmas, when the memory of the riots across England was still fresh in the memory. I like the fact that the wise man on the left does look quite guilty.

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Cartoon advent calendar:Day 7. Board silly

"I realise that you are new to the board, but we do not refer to non-executive directors as 'little helpers' ..."

Here's todays advent cartoon, one from my series of boardroom cartoons, drawn for a business publication.

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Cartoon advent calendar:Day 5. Faking it

"Is that real or artificial?"

Here's today's advent cartoon. This one is so far unsold, but I had fun drawing the absurdly artificial Christmas tree.

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Cartoon advent calendar:Day 3. Light humour

The Christmas lights and decorations in Canterbury and Herne Bay are, apparently, a bit rubbish, and lots of people have complained about them. I was asked to draw a cartoon about this to illustrate a local paper article. Bah and, indeed, humbug.

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Cartoon advent calendar: Day 24.It's the taking part

Here's the final advent calendar cartoon. This was my Christmas card this year, and like the drawing from day one, the gag was in the Christmas issue of Reader's Digest.

I picked this as the final one as it looks forward to 2012. Thanks for reading and a merry Christmas and a happy new year to you all!

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Cartoon advent calendar: Day 23. Making a list

Today's advent cartoon is another from the Christmas Private Eye.

I did one similar to this a few years ago, which didn't sell, where he had three lists: Nice, Naughty and Misunderstood. But it seemed right to rework it this year in the light of the riots across England, after which people were searching for reasons for young people going on the rampage.

"Alienated" and "disaffected" were words used by Tony Blair in a post-riots speech.

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