Headspace
Philip Somerville
10 August 2021
Lucien Leon, one of the judges of the 2021 Political Cartoonist of the Year, observed that this cartoon features ‘a beautifully constructed linear-narrative sequence that delivers the most poignant and prophetic “reveal”: ignoring the urgency of climate change will not make it go away’.
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