One of the main weapons in the cartoonist's armoury is caricature. These works dissect our leaders' personalities, highlighting their weaknesses and strengths, while commenting on the political and social settings in which they operate.
![Political cartoon of John Howard sitting on a giant pearl resembling the Earth. - click to view larger image](https://www.nma.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0006/689766/MA56862521-Johns-oyster-1200h.jpg)
![Political cartoon titled 'The man of spiel'. It depicts John Howard dress as superman, surrounded by misleading or false statements that he has made. - click to view larger image](https://www.nma.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0007/689767/MA56864601-The-man-of-spiel-1200w.jpg)
![Political cartoon of George Bush surrounded by bodyguards and a crowd. The background is an USA flag. - click to view larger image](https://www.nma.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0008/689768/MA56863319-Bush-visit-1200h.jpg)
![Political cartoon depicting John Howard dressed as a clown. - click to view larger image](https://www.nma.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0009/689769/MA56866986-Act-7-1200w.jpg)
![Political cartoon of Mahathir Mohamad sitting in a chair with his arms crossed. His feel rest on a globe, with blood dripping off his shoes over South East Asia and Australia. - click to view larger image](https://www.nma.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0010/689770/MA56866803-Mahathir-1200h.jpg)
![Political cartoon of two dogs with human heads. One with a tag 'JH', the other, 'SC'. The JH dog walks away, kicking up dust behind min, while the SC dog barks, ties to a pole labelled 'UN' by it's leash. - click to view larger image](https://www.nma.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0011/689771/MA56868023-Unleashed-1200w.jpg)
![Political cartoon of a man firing arrows at a duck, and missing repeatedly. The arrows are labelled, 'Abbott', 'Ethanol', 'Iraq'. - click to view larger image](https://www.nma.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0012/689772/MA56863563-The-sitting-duck-1200w.jpg)
![Political cartoon of two headless bodies holding a single head between them, standing in front of a small mirror. One body has a badge reading 'FED', the other 'NSW'. - click to view larger image](https://www.nma.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0004/689773/MA56862521-Which-body-will-I-wear-1200h.jpg)
![Political cartoon of a figure in a grass skirt crouches by a fire. Overhead a plane flies with cranes and excavators on it's back. - click to view larger image](https://www.nma.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0005/689774/MA56863685-Mr-Beattie-and-the-cargo-cult-1200h.jpg)
![Political cartoon of a man in historical military dress. - click to view larger image](https://www.nma.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0006/689775/MA56866008-Self-described-1200h.jpg)
![Political cartoon of the upper part of Pauline Hanson's face, with shadows of bars falling over it. - click to view larger image](https://www.nma.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0007/689776/MA56863929-Please-explain-1200h.jpg)
![Political cartoon of Tony Abbott pulling on a spiked gauntlet. - click to view larger image](https://www.nma.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0008/689777/MA56867047-No-kid-gloves-1200h.jpg)
![Political cartoon of three pictures of Kim Beazley, with Simon Crean trying to push in from the bottom of the frame. - click to view larger image](https://www.nma.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0009/689778/MA56863624-Three-Beazleys-1200w.jpg)
![Political cartoon of Kim Beazley dressed as the Tin Man from The Wizard of Oz. - click to view larger image](https://www.nma.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0010/689779/MA56865091-The-tin-man-1200h.jpg)
![Political cartoon of John Howard standing in a museum dedicated to him. Signs above direct visitors to 'Non-core promises' and 'Non-WMDs'. - click to view larger image](https://www.nma.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0011/689780/MA56866437-The-heritage-museum-1200w.jpg)
![Political cartoon of John Howard, chopping down a statue of Paul Keating. - click to view larger image](https://www.nma.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0012/689781/MA56865763-History-maker-1200h.jpg)
![Political cartoon of John Howard with a Kangaroo puppet on one hand, and an Emu puppet on the other. Underneath is written 'Getting away with it since 1996'. - click to view larger image](https://www.nma.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0004/689782/MA56865702-Getting-away-with-it-1200w.jpg)
One of the main weapons in the cartoonist's armoury is caricature. These works dissect our leaders' personalities, highlighting their weaknesses and strengths, while commenting on the political and social settings in which they operate.
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