Darryl Cunningham is een Britse kunstenaar die gevierd wordt om zijn kenmerkende webcomics. Zijn visuele stijl is direct herkenbaar en duikt vaak in complexe en introspectieve thema's. Cunningham's narratieve aanpak is meeslepend, en zijn werken resoneren bij lezers door hun rauwe eerlijkheid en diepe diepgang.
Celebrated cartoonist Darryl Cunningham draws compelling portraits of seven scientists who for reasons of gender, race, mental health, poverty - excessive wealth, even - have not won the recognition they deserve. Antoine Lavoisier, Mary Anning, George Washington Carver, Alfred Wegener, Nikola Tesla, Jocelyn Bell Burnell and Fred Hoyle.
The richest one percent in our society have wild and disproportionate political and cultural influence. Who are these people? What are their lives like? Darryl Cunningham delves into the world of the super-rich and shares their stories with an unbiased eye.
From schoolyard thug to Russian president: Putin’s rise to power comes under the microscope Darryl Cunningham (Billionaires) returns with the riveting life story of Vladimir Putin, Russia’s infamous autocrat. He traces Putin’s development from schoolyard thug in Soviet-era Leningrad, to KGB officer, to corrupt commodities dealer, all the way to his presidency and beyond. In this educational and frank biography, Putin’s journey is characterized by shifting loyalties, brutal treatment of detractors, and lawless financial dealings. Despite all of this, Putin has retained public support and tremendous importance in Russian society, due to his ever-tightening control over the media and harsh muzzling of critics. Born in 1952, Putin grew up idealizing the KGB, and he became a member of its ranks by early adulthood. Cunningham posits that the speed with which Putin advanced politically was a reflection of the KGB’s need to cement their control of the Russian political system after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Since Boris Yeltsin appointed him to the presidency in 2000, Putin has annexed Crimea, rolled back democratic reforms, and led a life of luxury, all the while fostering a cult of personality. In Putin's Russia, Cunningham situates the contentious leader in an analytical framework that is at times hilarious and always compelling.
Darryl Cunningham’s latest investigation takes us to the heart of free-world politics and the financial crisis, as he traces the roots of bankrupt countries to the domination of right-wing policies and the people who created them. Cunningham draws a fascinating portrait of the New Right and the charismatic Ayn Rand, whose soirees were attended by the young Alan Greenspan. He shows how the Neo-Cons hijacked the economic debate and led the way to a world dominated by the market. Smaller countries, such as Greece, have paid the price for joining a club that held impossible membership rules. He examines the neurological basis of political thinking, and asks why it is so difficult for us to change our minds even when faced with powerful evidence that a certain course of action is not working. Cunningham’s spare yet eloquent prose, perfectly complemented by the beauty and clarity of his artwork, delivers a devastating analysis of our economic world.
A graphic milestone of investigative reporting, Cunningham's essays explode the lies, hoaxes and scams of popular science, debunking media myths and decoding some of today's most fiercely-debated issues.
Presents in graphic novel format first-person perspectives on the experiences of mental illness, portraying the myths, stigmas, and dynamics of a range of psychiatric conditions.
Looking at him sitting in his favourite cosy armchair, you'd never guess that Bob was anything more than a friendly old man. However, underneath those white tufts of hair is an unmistakable glint in his eye - that of a globetrotting adventurer. Recounting his outrageous escapades to his two nieces, Uncle Bob details secret histories and unbelievable encounters. In this volume, Bob tells stories of ferocious beasts hidden at the heart of the jungle, a journey to the Earth's core, his gunfight with a mysterious jewel theif and meeting the famed giant ape of Skull Island.
Börsencrash, Finanzkrise und Bad Banks. Als Antwort darauf greift der britische Cartoonzeichner Darryl Cunningham zum Stift und erzählt die Geschehnisse seit dem Platzen der amerikanischen Immobilienblase in seiner Graphic Novel so rasant, bunt und pointiert, dass man die Absurditäten des globalen Kapitalismus wirklich versteht. Dabei dringt er zum Kern neoliberaler Politik vor: der Selbstsucht und Gier. In dramatischen Szenen lässt Cunningham Alan Greenspan, Rick Rubin und andere Anhänger des Finanzkapitalismus die globale Ökonomie noch einmal an den Rand des Abgrunds führen und zeigt, wie die Jünger des Neoliberalismus die Finanzpolitik noch heute bestimmen. Es ist höchste Zeit zu handeln!
