Still From My Abortive Cartoon Revenge on Iain Duncan Smith

Speaking about Iain Duncan Smith, the man who has reduced millions of poverty, forced something like a quarter of million on us to use food banks to keep body and soul together, and whose sanctions systems have been responsible for tens of thousands of deaths of the poor and disabled, here’s a still photograph from a short animated piece I tried making about the man about three years ago. It was my attempt to get some of the hatred and bile out of my system by giving him a virtual comeuppance, if only as a cartoon.

So I portrayed him as a Nazi, making the Fascist salute in front of a portrait of the Leaderene, Maggie Thatcher. Instead of the Nazis’ black or brown shirts, he wears a blue one – the colour of the Tories. Although blue was the colour of the shirts worn by Owen O’Duffy’s Irish Fascist stormtroopers in the 1920s.

Following the conventions of Monty Python, I had a giant hand come out from off screen to punch him and knock him over. As he deserves. And more.

I finally tried animating the whole piece last week, only to find I couldn’t do it on YouTube. They’ve withdrawn the feature that allows you to upload single photos to make a slideshow, which I had been using to make animated shorts. Apparently it was little used. I’ve another programme, which I have used, which turns it into a Gif. Unfortunately, you can’t use gifs with the basis package for WordPress, which I have. So, unfortunately, for the present you’re just going to have to be satisfied with this image of Duncan Smith getting his deserts.

Tags: Benefit Sanctions, Cartoons, Deaths, Food Banks, Gifs, Ian Duncan Smith, Maggie Thatcher, Monty Python, Owen O'Duffy, the Disabled, the Poor, Wordpress, Youtube