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A portrait in the style of Vincent van Gogh, where Van Gogh's head is the earth, and his ear is bandaged.

Van Globe

Glen Le Lievre, Patreon,

As dinosaurs, Opposition leader Peter Dutton and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese fight while pointing to nuclear and gas symbols. Meanwhile a meteor approaches in the night sky.

When Politicians Ruled the Earth

Glen Le Lievre, Patreon,

A woman watches her kids play from a small cottage made from a black submarine.

Sub-standard Housing

Glen Le Lievre, Patreon,

An animated lump of burning coal holding a nuclear sign runs excitedly back and forth.

Sign of the Times

Glen Le Lievre, Patreon,

A house sits underwater in a glass fishbowl. Two people lie outside the bowl gasping for breath.

Out of the Bubble

Glen Le Lievre, Patreon,

Aboriginal flag, but the centre yellow circle is Australia with a face and ears.

Ears On

Glen Le Lievre, Patreon,

Scott Morrison lies in bed, facing away from the window where a circle above a cross, the symbol for women, acts as the sun. A cooked goose picture hangs above the bed. The cartoon is in a teal wash.

Teal Dawn

Glen Le Lievre, Patreon,

An opened 'Pollie Waffle' chocolate bar, one of the marshmallows reads 'Trust me'.

Pollie Waffle

Glen Le Lievre, Patreon,

Anthony Albanese and Scott Morrison stand in the game 'Pong', with a tired-looking Australia as the ball.

Pong

Glen Le Lievre, Patreon,

A heat map from the Bureau of Meteorology titled, 'Summer anger index'. Instead of temperatures, it shows different groups' level of anger.

Angry Map

Glen Le Lievre, Patreon,

A child with a tennis racquet is looking at a 'How to play tennis' book. Barbed wire fence acts as a net. The mother is on the other side looking dejected, also holding a tennis racquet.

Tennis Camp

Glen Le Lievre, Patreon,

A koala is giving a thumbs up against a green backdrop, with a tree either side.

43 per cent

Glen Le Lievre, Patreon

A poster titled 'Politician Capture and Storage' shows Parliament House. In front, politicians are captured by a machine with a hand. Text reads 'Save us'.

The Science of PCS (Politician Capture & Storage)

Glen Le Lievre, Patreon,

Four people throw their face masks in the air and leap out of a house into the front yard. COVID is depicted as things like bushes and clouds.

Free at Last

Glen Le Lievre, Patreon,

A queue of rats are jumping off a ship. As they fall off, they gain golden parachutes.

Gold Standard

Glen Le Lievre, Patreon,

A figure kneels next to a blindfolded Monopoly man, who is slumped on the ground.

Blind Trust

Glen Le Lievre, Patreon,

Scott Morrison is holding onto Gladys Berejiklian's ankles in water. They are both drowning while looking up at a hole in the ice above.

Synchronized Sinking

Glen Le Lievre, Patreon,

Scott Morrison hides behind military badges attached to an army green military jaScott Morrison hides behind military badges attached to an army green military jacket with gold buttons.cket with gold buttons.

Human Shield

Glen Le Lievre, Patreon,

An Indian woman waves bye to a plane. She is in an airport wearing a mask.

The Long Goodbye

Glen Le Lievre, Patreon,

A milkshake and a taco are in bed. The milkshake says, 'I'm so confused right now'. A cigarette is in an ashtray next to the bed.

Dazed and Confused

Glen Le Lievre, Patreon,

A 'Newton's cradle' office toy. Two balls on either side are COVID, the middle ball is Daniel Andrews.

Middle Dan

Glen Le Lievre, Patreon,

A person peers out from a hole in a fort made of toilet paper. The toilet paper fort is set up in the living room.

TP Fort

Glen Le Lievre, Patreon,

A unicorn lies slumped on a couch with rainbows flying out a window from it. The unicorn looks glumly at a computer screen. The rest of the cartoon is black and white.

Working from Home

Glen Le Lievre, Patreon,

A toaster with the dial all the way to the left.

Toast

Glen Le Lievre, Patreon,

The outline of Parliament House is shown as bars of a prison cell. A person sticks their hand out from inside the cell.

Not Drowning

Glen Le Lievre, Patreon,

Two panels. Left panel a fireman in a scorched forest lies on the ground covered in soot. Right panel Scott Morrison relaxes on a beach.

Flat Out

Glen Le Lievre, Patreon,

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