Cartoons

April 2011

Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas – April 2, 2011

Man: A new and luxurious building, which we do indeed need to show that... our nation is rich... our people are affluent and prosperous!

March 2011

Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas – March 26, 2011

Corruption, poverty, tax mafia, Century, Lapindo, judicial mafia, criminality, political intrigue, human rights, drugs, indecisive leadership, apathy, Yogyakarta polemic, comparative studies etc...

Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas – March 19, 2011

Kid: There’s no point setting your beard on fire (getting in a twist, a panic, furious) Mr, you’re the one who didn’t keep it trim and neat (to keep one’s own house in order)!

Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas – March 12, 2011

Cake tray reads: Coalition

Papers in bin read: Bank Century, tax mafia inquiry, reshuffle

Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas – March 9, 2011

1st Man: A senior official has resigned over an illegal donation...

2nd Man: So they’re serious about creating clean governance then?

1st Man: Not here, in Japan...

Headline: Japanese FM resigns.

Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas – March 2, 2011

Man: I wander what that pepesan tastes like?

Sign: Apartment of Lies (empty pepesan) – referring to food, mostly fish, cooked in banana leafs, pepesan kosong – “looks tasty but nothing inside”, a lie or bluff.

February 2011

Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas – February 26, 2011

Kid: Buruk rupah, cermin dibelah – an Indonesian proverb meaning “Blaming the wrong reason. Looking for a scapegoat”.

Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas – February 23, 2011

1st Man: When will there be a more even spread, yeah?

2nd Man: Eh, its already even...

1st Man: Ah! What’s evenly spread?

2nd Man: Corruption!

Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas – February 21, 2011

Kid: This should serve as a warning to us... if you get too settled in you’ll forget how to stand up!

Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas – February 19, 2011

Kid: Firm action isn’t just in a decree is it Dad!

Headlines read: Joint Ministerial Decree 199/2008