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Award winning daily cartoonist for the Metro also Private Eye, Spectator, Punch (r.i.p),Times,New Yorker, Independent, writings for the telly and radio.Daily colour topical cartoon posted or your money back. http://guymetrocartoons.newsprints.co.uk

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One of my cartoons for Friday's Metro

05.03.2026 13:27 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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One of my cartoons for Friday's Metro about the influencers in Dubai having to report everything's fine!

05.03.2026 13:26 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That's a great quote!

04.03.2026 13:40 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Another of my cartoons for Thursday's Metro

04.03.2026 13:26 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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One of my cartoons for Thursday's Metro

04.03.2026 13:23 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Nice work.

04.03.2026 12:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
[We see a close up of a young white male, tanned, white teeth, coiffed hair clearly an influencer on social media. It is an image such as you see when social media posts are shown on the news. In the corner of the screen is named a location: DUBAI. He is staring slightly off-camera for several silent panels of the comic strip. His eyes move slightly. He is having a thought.]

From off-screen a newsreader’s commentary comes:

NEWSREADER:

Extraordinary images here 

of an expat in Dubai 

[The influencer’s eybrows raise slightly]

…Having their first ever geopolitical thought.

[CUT TO a BBC news scene. The BBC newsreader CLIVE MYRIE is talking to an interviewee next to the screen showing the social media influencer’s face. The interviewee’s name is David Jones]. 

CLIVE MYRIE:

To explain the significance of this moment we’re joined by David Jones, our Expat Thoughts correspondent

DAVID JONES:

Clive, this is momentous

It was caught on film at the end of an Instagram post titled: β€˜Dubai Is Brilliant’.

[Pointing at the screen, the influencer’s expression still the same]

You can clearly see in the eyebrows here, the dawning realisation that there *might* be something in the world beyond his dickhead self.

It marks a *huge* departure from all the Dubai Expat’s previous thoughts.

CLIVE MYRIE:

Which are…?

DAVID JONES:

You've Got To Get Yourself Out Here Mate, Everything Is So Clean, I Don't Have To Pay Taxes, 
I Am Incurious As To Why I Do Not Have To Pay Taxes, and Spa.

CLIVE MYRIE:

And might we see an expansion of these new Thoughts in coming days?

DAVID JONES:

I think we can expect to see:

β€œI Deserve To Be Airlifted By A Country I Pay No Tax To”

CLIVE MYRIE:

Mmm. 

[Ends]

[We see a close up of a young white male, tanned, white teeth, coiffed hair clearly an influencer on social media. It is an image such as you see when social media posts are shown on the news. In the corner of the screen is named a location: DUBAI. He is staring slightly off-camera for several silent panels of the comic strip. His eyes move slightly. He is having a thought.] From off-screen a newsreader’s commentary comes: NEWSREADER: Extraordinary images here of an expat in Dubai [The influencer’s eybrows raise slightly] …Having their first ever geopolitical thought. [CUT TO a BBC news scene. The BBC newsreader CLIVE MYRIE is talking to an interviewee next to the screen showing the social media influencer’s face. The interviewee’s name is David Jones]. CLIVE MYRIE: To explain the significance of this moment we’re joined by David Jones, our Expat Thoughts correspondent DAVID JONES: Clive, this is momentous It was caught on film at the end of an Instagram post titled: β€˜Dubai Is Brilliant’. [Pointing at the screen, the influencer’s expression still the same] You can clearly see in the eyebrows here, the dawning realisation that there *might* be something in the world beyond his dickhead self. It marks a *huge* departure from all the Dubai Expat’s previous thoughts. CLIVE MYRIE: Which are…? DAVID JONES: You've Got To Get Yourself Out Here Mate, Everything Is So Clean, I Don't Have To Pay Taxes, I Am Incurious As To Why I Do Not Have To Pay Taxes, and Spa. CLIVE MYRIE: And might we see an expansion of these new Thoughts in coming days? DAVID JONES: I think we can expect to see: β€œI Deserve To Be Airlifted By A Country I Pay No Tax To” CLIVE MYRIE: Mmm. [Ends]

04.03.2026 11:14 πŸ‘ 3965 πŸ” 1237 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 40
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My other cartoon for Wed's Metro

03.03.2026 13:50 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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One of mine for Wed's Metro

03.03.2026 13:47 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
Cartoon by Quino

Cartoon by Quino

Bom dia

Arte: Quino

03.03.2026 08:38 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh that's fantastic!

03.03.2026 12:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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My cartoon for Tuesday's Metro

02.03.2026 15:15 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

And wasn't there a few of these? I remember having a magic one too.

01.03.2026 17:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Ahaaa YES. I had this. (That's why I'm such a good spy now.) Argh! Damn damn damn.

01.03.2026 17:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tice and Oakshott in Monday's Metro cartoon

01.03.2026 13:22 πŸ‘ 57 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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One of my cartoons for Monday's Metro

01.03.2026 13:17 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Then I have learned something. I am getting less and less moronny by the day.

01.03.2026 12:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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'No one's gonna take away my British identity!' Hmmm.... PUNCH cartoon by Ken Pyne 1990 #Britain #beer #drinking #drinkers #pubs #Europe #Europeans #newspapers #media #tabloids

01.03.2026 11:00 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Another Friday Metro cartoon

26.02.2026 15:57 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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My cartoon for Friday's MetroUK about writing being invented long before we thought.

26.02.2026 15:53 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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One of my cartoons for Thurs Metro about robots going to war.

25.02.2026 13:31 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

"Hey Bulldog" is one of the best songs they wrote.

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Ok

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One of my cartoons in Wednesday's Metro

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One of my cartoons in Wednesday's Metro

24.02.2026 14:05 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The fragrant disbarred jailbird Mr Charles Kushner.

24.02.2026 12:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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One of my cartoons for Tuesday's Metro

23.02.2026 17:08 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

The Dormer of Aquarius

23.02.2026 13:02 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The final part of his journey would have been by small boat.

23.02.2026 10:57 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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One of mine from the Metro

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