Money cartoon: Thinking ahead

"I told him about his pension -- now he's sulking because he wants to take early retirement."

Here's a cartoon drawn for the Money page of September's Reader's Digest. It accompanies an article about getting pensions for your children. No, really. As if clothing them, feeding them and keeping them in the latest gadgets isn't enough, they now want a retirement plan too!

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Cartoon advent calendar:Day 23. It's the thought

"A tangerine and a packet of crisps in a shoebox? You really shouldn't have."

Today's advent cartoon appears in the Money pages of the December Reader's Digest, where it accompanies an article about making your own Christmas hampers. I can't imagine I'd get much further on that project than the bloke above.

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Family cartoon: Saving energy

"Don't disturb your father when he's in stand-by mode."

I drew the cartoons for the Money pages of the new issue of Reader's Digest. Here's one of them, which illustrated an article on energy-saving devices.

This doubles as a word of advice to my own children, who often see me on stand-by when we watch kids' films at the cinema, especially ones involving lots of CGI animals. I can feel my eyelids going heavy just talking about it.

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Money cartoons: A kipper and a banker

This cartoon is about Kippers – that's Kids In Parents' Pockets, Eroding Retirement Savings. No, really. It was a new one on me, too. These cartoons were drawn for the Money pages of Reader's Digest and can be seen in the June issue.

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Finance cartoon: End of the holidays

"I have nothing to declare but the fact that I am completely skint."

As the summer holidays come to an end, here's a cartoon that seems relevant. This was drawn for the money pages of July's Reader's Digest, to illustrate an article about holiday spending and the poor value of the pound.

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Cartoon montage: It's all about the Benjamins

Here's an excerpt from a cartoon I drew recently for a business magazine. It was a last-minute decision to use a real image of a banknote and I think it, er, paid off as it works quite well.

It was for an international magazine, hence the use of a "Benjamin" rather than a British banknote. This kind of thing is quick and easy to do these days, thanks to Google Images and Photoshop. I had to tamper with the banknote a bit, making the "100" bigger and clearer. I hope this doesn't mean I'm going to jail?

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