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Best Political Satire

Gerald Scarfe

The jury chose cartoonist Gerald Scarfe for an award for Best Political Satire, in recognition of his extraordinary images, which have influenced the way that we see politics. In a career that has spanned nearly 50 years, 42 of them employed as cartoonist for the Sunday Times, Gerald Scarfe has combined creative anger and superb draughtsmanship to produce his own distinctive and iconic depictions of political vice. His particular targets have included greed, hypocrisy and sycophancy, and his contemporary images continue to hit home, for instance in his rendering of the path to victory in Afghanistan made up of Union Jack-covered coffins.

Gerald Scarfe was born in London. After a brief period at the Royal College of Art in London, he established himself as a satirical cartoonist, working for Punch magazine and Private Eye during the early