UN and legal friends

Good morning! Nice and early post today. Here are a couple of drawings I did yesterday. One UN related, the other a bit of a legal joke.

At the UN

Learned Friends

A week's backlog of drawings

Its been over a week since my last post. I'm very sorry! Below are a mixed bag of sketches from the past week...

Rome

The Adventures of C-Bass, Part 3

A porcine junior junior barrister



A sqwauking barrister



C-Bass Part 2 (and others)

The return of C-Bass:

And, in the news:

Film review

And finally, just comparing an older cartoon with reality. Was I right or was I right? (on that note, I'll be sitting on the same case for the rest of my time at the court... so expect little inspiration for cartoons from work from now on)

 

History of Rome cartoons

As many of you may know, I have recently been addicted to a podcast about the History of Rome by a guy called Mike Duncan. It's great and I really can't recommend it enough. You can find it here: http://thehistoryofrome.typepad.com/

Anyway, in tribute to the podcast, I am doing a series of Rome based cartoons. Hope you enjoy.

Look for some (possibly) familiar faces in this one

Gina's back...

... in court.

Gina Rinehart invites children to claim their share of the family trust

The Adventures of C-Bass (plus a day in court)

Introducing C-Bass...

And, a day in court 7F:

Q: Why is the Supreme Court a fun place to work?
A: Because we have lots of parties.

Tippies Conference - 7 September 2012

A few drawings from the Tippies Conference on Friday. Thanks to Ed for the inspiration for many of these, and thanks to Sienna for organising the conference!

Keith

Lessons from Keith #1

Lessons from Keith #2

Ethics lesson

Lawyers are the gatekeepers

Pave your own way

The Adventures of C-Bass, Part 1 (note: the original  C-Bass did not actually make it to the pub...)

Legal cartooning 2

Just a quick one today - one comic from Haselden... and one from me!

The old fashioned way of defeating witnesses (1920)

Supreme court emphasises service

Legal cartooning

I thought I'd start today's blog not with my own cartoons (for once) but with a few drawings by older cartoonists focusing on legal subjects. I have recently discovered the British Cartoon Archive (http://www.cartoons.ac.uk/) and I can't recommend enough spending some time (hours in my case) browsing it!

The main cartoonist that has court (ha!) my attention is W.K. Haselden. The below three are some of my favourites - all from the early 20th century and poking fun at the English Courts:

Who may be funny in court

I especially like the blokes in the last panel of that last one. I think one reason Haselden's comics appeal to me so much is because they remind me a little of the drawings I've seen by my grandfather Ron Renn.

And now for my contributions. See how they stack up. I think I've got a bit of work to do!

Approaching the witness

Acting like children

Well and truly "Browne and Dunned" (note the little people... I stole this technique from Haselden)

Like riding a bike...

Your honour, your honour

Belated pics (including daily update 23)

Hello! These are a bunch of drawings I did on Friday but left at work... finally got a chance to put them up now. Hope you enjoy!

Firstly... in the news:

Google enters into secret negotiations with Apple

The Man with No Shame... Clint Eastwood visits the Republican National Convention

And some legal sketches:

Succession Lawyers

Senior and Junior Counsel

Bad Form: Making Jokes in Court