What %#@*! elephant?

3. April 2008, 15:54 UhrClimate Change, Target Climate Ship TourKathy11 comments Email This Post Email This Post
Renowned Political cartoonist Malcolm Evans puts paintbrush to billboard over climate change issue at Queens wharf,Wellington where Greenpeace ship the Rainbow Warrior is docked. (C) GREENPEACE / SHAROMOV
Renowned Political cartoonist Malcolm Evans puts paintbrush to billboard over climate change issue at Queens wharf,Wellington where Greenpeace ship the Rainbow Warrior is docked. (C) GREENPEACE / SHAROMOV

Today. Wellington. Unseasonably still and hot. As 1:30pm rolls around, lunching office workers begin milling about Queens Wharf, where the Rainbow Warrior is docked. A blue-shirted man wielding a paintbrush stands at the ready beside a blank billboard canvas on the quayside. This is Malcolm Evans, prolific political cartoonist. And he’s about to put brush to paper over climate change. It’s something I’ve never seen before, a live billboard drawing. Each flick of the brush reveals something big and new – an elephant tusk, an expletive. It’s like watching a story unfold. By the end the moral is clear. Our politicians need to wake up.

A cartoonist for most of his working life, Malcolm Evans was the current NZ Cartoonist of the year when, in 2003, he was controversially dismissed from the NZ Herald for refusing to allow the Editor to dictate what subject matter he could address. With 12 books of cartoons published Evans has twice been Qantas New Zealand Cartoonist of the year and several times a finalist, and his cartoons and caricatures continue to illustrate many books and articles.

Renowned Political cartoonist Malcolm Evans puts paintbrush to billboard over climate change issue at Queens wharf,Wellington where Greenpeace ship the Rainbow Warrior is docked. (c) GREENPEACE / SHAROMOV
Renowned Political cartoonist Malcolm Evans puts paintbrush to billboard over climate change issue at Queens wharf,Wellington where Greenpeace ship the Rainbow Warrior is docked. (c) GREENPEACE / SHAROMOV
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11 comments:

  1. nick, 3. April 2008, 19:01

    We have a video coming.

     
  2. nick, 4. April 2008, 11:34

    And here it is …

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d3eF0_MoyM

     
  3. Kash, 4. April 2008, 13:33

    Very well done … and sadly, so true!

     
  4. Marcelo Novaes, 5. April 2008, 3:27

    Great work, tks Evans!

     
  5. Tony Hadlow, 8. April 2008, 16:48

    What a talent and so succinct. Minhinick would be proud!

     
  6. Joe, 8. April 2008, 18:02

    Wonderful work by Malcolm! And straight to the point too! Will the giant cartoon be auctioned to raise funds? That would be a top idea!

     
  7. mavis borst, 8. April 2008, 19:03

    Great pictures

    Keep it up cheers

     
  8. Susannah, 10. April 2008, 15:32

    Hey Joe, we’re still pondering what to do with our giant cartoon! Auctioning it to raise funds is definitely an option, but we’re hoping to pull it out a few more times first.

     
  9. TeRatahi, 28. April 2008, 9:38

    Make it a t-shirt, i’d wear it.

     
  10. Boldric, 4. June 2008, 13:03

    That was wonderful and true mate.

     
  11. Boldric, 4. June 2008, 13:04

    GREAT!!

     

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