How to wipe out Terrorism

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Type: Cartoons
Materials: Ink, Paper
Collection: Political Humour Competition 2002 collection
Accession number: 2002.0072.0096

Description

A black and white hand drawn six frame cartoon showing a man with a gun and other people, entitled 'HOW TO WIPE OUT TERRORISM'. The first frame shows the man pointing a gun at another man with the text 'STEP 1: FIND YOUR / TERRORIST MASTERMIND'. The second frame shows a man with a gun next to a star shape with 'BOOM' in it and the text 'STEP 2: KILL HIM'. The third frame shows a man pointing a gun at four other men with the text 'STEP 3: FIND HIS FOLLOWERS'. The fourth frame shows a man with a gun and four star shapes with 'BOOM' in them and the text 'STEP 4: KILL THEM'. The fifth frame shows a man pointing a gun at lines of people with the text 'STEP 5: FIND THEIR FOLLOWERS'. The sixth frame shows a man with a gun and rows of star shapes with text above and below that reads 'STEP 6: KILL THEM TOO...' and '...AND SO ON (THIS MAY TAKE SOME TIME...)' The artist's signature is in the bottom right corner. There is a date in the bottom right corner of the page.

About the collection

This collection comprises 154 political cartoons collected under the auspices of the Museum's 2002 National Political Humour Competition. There are 45 different artists represented in the collection including Alan Moir, Peter Nicholson, Cathy Wilcox, Sean Leahy, Bruce Petty, Dean Alston and Ward O'Neill. The cartoons provide a satirical record of the major events and personalities in Australian politics in 2002. Major topics addressed within the collection include the asylum seekers (including the Tampa controversy), Cheryl Kernot's autobiography, the split within the Australian Democrats, the Australian Labor Party's attempts to reposition itself within the electorate, the Bali bombing and the possibility of war in Iraq. There are examples from all major metropolitan newspapers as well as material from regional publications. There are traditional black and white editorial and pocket cartoons as well as colour illustrations and caricatures. Taken together the collection provides a diverse visual archive of Australian political events in 2002 and demonstrate the quality of Australian cartooning and illustration.

Read live from the Museum's Collection API (12/11/2026, 4:58:33 am). Record last updated by the Museum 2025-02-17. Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.