Brexit: The Vote That Set Cartoonists Off
Credit: Brandan Reynolds, South Africa
British satirists are reacting to the Brexit vote with mostly dismay, doomsday scenarios — and a new head of hair (“leave” campaigner Boris Johnson’s). But we wondered what cartoonists outside of Britain were drawing. A number of themes have emerged.
1. David Cameron, you are so outta here!
Credit: Christo Komarnitski, Bulgaria
Credit: Mark Knight, Australia
2. We’re an island, we’ve always been an island, and darn it, we’ll be just fine on our own, thank you very much!
Credit: Oleksiy Kustovsky, Ukraine
Credit: Firoozeh Mozaffari, Iran
Credit: Kiron Nandakumar, India
Credit: Michael de Adder, Canada
3. Did I hear that right? You’re actually leaving? What?
Credit: Steve Bonello, Malta
4. The idea that Brexit spells peril for the fate of the European Union.
Credit: Manny Francisco, The Philippines
Credit: Hajo de Reijger, The Netherlands
Credit: Ali Dilem, Algeria/France
5. Don’t even think about it!
Credit: Peter Broelman, Australia
6. The Monty Python reference (via Barry Blitt)
An early look at next week’s cover, “Silly Walk Off a Cliff,” by Barry Blitt: t.co/brZjcbpbbZ pic.twitter.com/LJ1kZjABpg
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) June 24, 2016
7. Brexit, schmexit! We know what this is really about.
Credit: Brandan Reynolds, South Africa
Carol Hills runs The World’s satire desk, as well as the Twitter feed @globalcartoons.
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