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Adrian Teal

@tealcartoons.bsky.social

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Caricaturist for Spitting Image & other TV. Co-author/illustrator of award-winning kids' non-fic. Open for fine-art caricature commissions. No AI or NFTs. www.etsy.com/uk/shop/TealCartoons Work enquiries email: [email protected] www.adrianteal.com

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Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · Jun 8

If you're looking for something that puts a new twist on classic pop-culture moments, these three recent pieces of mine are available to buy.

Give me a prod via @ reply or Chat messages.

#caricature #art

Caricature of Jack Nicholson as the Joker, in his 'Wait till they get a loada me!' close-up moment.

Caricature of Sean Connery as 007 at a casino table and wearing a tuxedo.

Caricature of Blade Runner's Roy Batty, against a neon-festooned, futuristic L.A. background.

Caricature of John Cleese as Basil Fawlty trying desperately to communicate with Andrew Sachs as Manuel.

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Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · 4h

My local news rarely disappoints...

Headline that reads, 'A Kettering woman who drove a mobility scooter towing a trailer the wrong way down the A14 while drinking a bottle of wine caused ‘chaos'
Police arrived to find motorists standing on the road waving light wands to try to alert other drivers.'

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Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · 9h

Very much enjoyed the new John Candy documentary. Here are working drawings of Candy and Steve Martin in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.

#caricature #art

Caricature of the two main characters from Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, seated next to each other as their car burns behind them.

Caricature of the two main characters from Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, seated next to each other on a bench. Del has his arm around a discombobulated Neil.

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Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · 9h

Portuguese custard tarts are mankind's highest achievement. A hectoring diet app really isn't.

Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · 10h

Thanks. But generative A.I. is the devil's arse gravy.

Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · 1d

Here's my Connery/007 painting, which is still available in my Etsy store. Link in my Bluesky bio.

#caricature #art

Caricature of Sean Connery as James Bond. He is seated alone at a casino table. Blurred figures are in the background.

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Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · 1d

I hear ya.

Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · 1d

Here's why A.I. art is a thin gruel rather than a nourishing cassoulet...

eric stirpē @stirpicus.bsky.social · Aug 15

Kurt Vonnegut’s definition of what makes something “art” is one of my favorites I’ve seen - from a letter to his brother in 1995.

People capable of loving some paintings or etchings or whatever can rarely do this without knowing something about the art-ist. Again, the situation is social rather than scientific. Any work of art is one halt of a conversation between two human beings, and it helps a lot to know who is talking at you. Does he or she have a reputation for seriousness, for sincerity? There are virtually no beloved or respected paintings made by persons of whom we know nothing. We can even surmise a lot about the lives of whoever did the paintings in the caves underneath Lascaux, France.
So I dare to suggest that no picture can attract serious attention without a human being attached to it in the viewer's mind. If you are unwilling to attach your name to your pictures, and to say why you hope others might find them rewarding to look at, there goes the ballgame right there. Pictures are famous for their human-ness and not their picture-ness.
There is also the matter of craftsmanship. Real picture lovers like to "play along," so to speak, to look closely at the surface to see how the illusion was created by nothing but an unusual human being, with hands and eyes. If you are unwilling to say how you made your pictures, there goes the ballgame a second time.
Good luck, and love as always
K

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Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · 1d

www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

Spitting Image comics decry lawsuit over depiction of Paddington Bear

Al Murray and Matt Forde say action over portrayal as foul-mouthed drug addict is attack on freedom of expression

www.theguardian.com

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Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · 1d

It's delicious, but so unavailable. With a dry glass of white, and crusty bread. Fantastic.

Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · 2d

Our new episode of Spitting Image has dropped, in which Trump finds out he didn't bag the Nobel Peace Prize, and Kim Jong Un performs at the Riyadh Comedy Festival.

Enjoy!

youtu.be/iERS42agaPg?...

Trump Finds Out He Hasn't Won The Nobel Peace Prize | The Rest Is Bulls*!t

YouTube video by Spitting Image

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Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · 2d

That's the scriptwriter's call, but he might get confused with Michael Caine circa 1971.

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Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · 2d

I find it cathartic.

Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · 2d

Here's the Mark Zuckerberg puppet I designed for Spitting Image.

#caricature #art

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Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · 2d

My new article is about selling sex and sadomasochism in the 18th century:

open.substack.com/pub/tealcart...

Flog It!

Selling Sex and Sadomasochism in the 18th Century

open.substack.com

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Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · 2d

Shame! It's people that make Christmas!

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Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · 3d

Very quick studies of human condom Mike Johnson.

#caricature #art

Three caricature studies of Speaker Mike Johnson.

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Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · 3d

Nothing like a German pizza when you're craving one.

Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · 3d

The Phantom Novice.

Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · 3d

Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes; plus Arthur Conan Doyle overshadowed by a friend.

#caricature #art

Caricature of Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes.

Caricature of Arthur Conan Doyle, with the shadow of Sherlock behind him.

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Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you.

Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks!

Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · 3d

Peter Lorre and Humphrey Bogart.

#caricature #art

Caricature of Bogart about to punch Peter Lorre.

Three colour caricature head studies of Peter Lorre.

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 3d

When does death begin?

In the 18th century, no one could agree—some said when the pulse stopped, others when the body began to rot. Out of that debate came a century of strange experiments on severed heads.

Learn more in our kids’ book DEAD ENDS (w/ @tealcartoons.bsky.social): shorturl.at/FS3nd

A cartoon by Adrian Teal that depicts a guillotine and a severed head, with a modern-looking doctor holding a stethoscope to the head.

The cover of DEAD ENDS featuring a cartoon man being electrocuted back to life

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Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · 3d

Yes, I'm sorry...I meant 'used condom'.

Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · 3d

Very quick studies of human condom Mike Johnson.

#caricature #art

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