Phil Disley fills some pretty big shoes!

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Top caricaturist Phil Disley was given a pretty huge task just before Xmas – To stand in for cartoon legend Steve Bell at The Guardian! For those of you that don’t know, Steve Bell is a real cartoon heavyweight in the UK and has been illustrating for The Guardian for over thirty years.

How did Phil cope? Judge for yourselves….

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And as if that wasn’t enough, Phil somehow found time to illustrate the cover of  Nature Magazine . The subject being the build up to the Copenhagen Climate Summit and trying to find a road map for all nations to follow. And we all know how successful they were at that which makes Phil’s handiwork all the more relevant.

The Copenhagen Climate Summit - Finding a road map for all nations to follow.
The Copenhagen Climate Summit - Finding a road map for all nations to follow.

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