Josh 68

More cartoons by Josh here.

Comments

[golf charley]

Sorry Josh, but that light bulb is far too bright for a modern "green" one!

[Rocky]

Yeah Josh should change that lightbulb type ... rooky mistake :)

[sHx]

Nevermind the mistakes. It's a lovely cartoon. Gorgeous to look at.

I can imagine that Green board in the background becoming a regular feature.

[sHx]

On reflection, I'd say this is one of Josh's best and most satisfying pieces of satire. There are just so many follies being attacked in that single frame!

[BBD]

That lightbulb is no mistake. You gentlemen are apparently unfamiliar with the critical idiom as applied to art.

This is clearly an instance of the artist's mischievous and subversive mindset. Here we are given a 'bad' lightbulb - bright, incandescent, and atmospherically irresponsible - in its role as the traditional signifier of an idea or moment of enlightenment.

That it is associated with the figure we shall call the 'purple crusty' is surely ironic? Here, the artist is using a well-worn convention to show us that the whole environmental mindset is at heart hypocritical.

It is a master-stroke of subversion and a visual joke of the highest order.

Blah, blah, blah etc.

[Josh]

BBD
Yes, spot on re the lightbulb, and the prune/purple colouring.

And thank you for your kind words, probably not deserved having used such a silly pun!

[RETEPHSLAW]

This debate is way over my head.

I love the cartoon though and it is at the highest of standards which Josh sets for himself.

Peter Walsh

[Jason F]

BBD
lol I guess the fact the green crusty is smoking is more of the same :)

[DR]

Which one is the undercover police officer?

[James P]

"undercover police officer"

The one smoking, I imagine, especially if he's got his hand on a pile of used notes...

[Mac]

I can only assume the green femme fatale is under the table!

[John Shade]

I found that by right-clicking it, I can set it as my desk-top background. So I have. If Josh doesn't mind, I'll leave there for a good while yet as an inspiration to go out and do good works amongst the greens, like some some kind of compassionate missionary. Or maybe just as a reason to smile as this machine powers up ahead of a few hours at my desk.

[golf charley]

How many climate sceptics does it take to change a light bulb?

[Eric Smith]

Excellent Josh.

"Which one is the undercover police officer?"

It's always the drug dealer.

[Phillip Bratby]

Where's Caroline Lucas pulling the strings?

Great one again.

[Phillip Bratby]

What will they wear in a few years time when wooly pom-poms and jumpers are no longer needed? Josh t-shirts perhaps?

[Jonathan Drake]

I hope he's smoking an 'organic' roll-up. The type with a very small carbon footprint ... apart from the heating and lighting needed to grow it successfully under hydroponic conditions without Nanny S knowing.

[Martin Brumby]

How many climate alarmists does it take to change a light bulb?

21

One changes the bulb.
The other 20 form a group "Coping with Darkness".

[BBD]

Jonathan Drake

You just wait until they get 'smart' meters in. Nanny S will know all about the unusual electricity usage pattern then... ;-)

[sHx]

BBD, I want a pipe just like the one you have.

[sHx]

:-D

[Jeroen B.]

And almost as if on cue: an article about shale appears

The conclusion made me chuckle:

If shale proponents think they're going to walk this one in Europe, by appealing to our budgets and common sense, they should consider the story of GM foods here - once the "Frankenfood" scare caught hold.