Toxic waters

**stygg2003** · 16 May 2019, 05:38 AM

I found this cartoon in an article about toxic waters on the China Daily website. I think it says it all about the state of our oceans and rivers.

Stygg

**Egg Bramhill** · 17 May 2019, 05:43 PM

Very sad!

**gwpriester** · 17 May 2019, 09:11 PM

Sorry, I missed this one. Really excellent. And yes, agree with Egg, sad.

**mwenz** · 17 May 2019, 09:19 PM

All these environmental cartoons remind me of:

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**Jonopen** · 17 May 2019, 10:56 PM

Nicely done Stygg. Sadly not really a laughing matter anymore (if it ever was).

Shockingly I read recently a river (Tame) in the UK had the worlds highest recorded level of plastic pollution per square meter of sediment.

**MattGR** · 20 June 2019, 10:44 AM

Yeah, sad to admit, but it's true. And in my opinion it depends not only from governments, but also from basic people. For example, when I installed my new faucet for kitchen (from here: LINK REMOVED BY MODERATOR), I've also got an opinion from the expert of plumbing things, that I need to install filters as well. It's cost will be fully compensated, of course.

**MattGR** · 20 June 2019, 10:53 AM

Nicely done Stygg. Sadly not really a laughing matter anymore (if it ever was).

Shockingly I read recently a river (Tame) in the UK had the worlds highest recorded level of plastic pollution per square meter of sediment.

And what if we would count the ocean pollution from plastic, etc?

It's a world wide disaster.

**handrawn** · 20 June 2019, 11:04 AM

Originally Posted by mwenz

All these environmental cartoons remind me of:

i have a copy of that pogo book mike - bought it in 1991 , i forget how old it is, but certain president nixon appeareth in cameo caricature - the enemy is us sure enough...

**gwpriester** · 20 June 2019, 11:51 AM

B. Kliban and Walt Kelly were two of my favorite cartoonists for very different reasons. I remember Kelly's portrayal of Lyndon Johnson as a longhorn steer. Brilliant. And Deacon Mushrat, whose dialog was always drawn n Old English style letters, Molester Mole, and the who incredible crew. Kelly's wife tried to continue the strip after Kelly died but there was only one Walt Kelly.