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The Larfs Issue

Politicians, Vietnam, Pink Floyd And Mickey Mouse

Gerald Scarfe is the English illustrator and artist who is pretty much solely responsible for the existence of those scratchy caricatures flanking serious political commentary in your newspaper.
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A Long Drawn-Out Trip

The Wall

Vice: Did you ever think you could have such a prolonged and successful career essentially just taking the piss out of politicians?

Gerald Scarfe:

Do you ever feel bad about the people you draw?

Are you ever tempted to do something so disgusting that they won’t want to hang it on the wall?

You get a lot of licence when drawing a cartoon, more than, say, a stand-up comedian might have.

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Have you ever had legal trouble?

What’s she doing in the cartoon?

What else were you doing at that time?

Sunday Times

Private Eye

Time

Daily Mail

The Daily Mail?

Daily Mail

Private Eye

Daily Mail

Daily Express

Private Eye

Daily Mail.

It seems odd sending a cartoonist to Vietnam. What were you meant to do there?

Was that before you went to LA and made A Long Drawn-Out Trip?

How did A Long Drawn-Out Trip come about?

It comes across as very trippy and drug-fuelled.

Hercules

One of your most famous creations is the hammer logo from The Wall.

Your drawings have also been shocking in their time.

Private Eye

Does anything shock you now?

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