What %#@*! elephant?
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. Read more »
