Award-winning Cartoonist - published in Private Eye, The Critic, The Sunday Telegraph & elsewhere | Harlequins fan | Husband | Father | †https://bsky.app/profile/jamesdfmellor.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesdfmellor.bsky.social/post/3mlnecryxks2iThat's good to know, but begs the question what *are* the authorities doing about drugs coming in by vision? [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2026 08:22 +0000at://did:plc:22zugd7dc2b52ayt4epvfl4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnecryxks2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesdfmellor.bsky.social/post/3mlbxguakmc2hI imagine Starmer will be genuinely furious if his party turf him out now - right when a cruise ship rat plague arrives. He could miss the chance for his very own lockdown. Like all his birthdays come at once.07 May 2026 19:33 +0000at://did:plc:22zugd7dc2b52ayt4epvfl4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbxguakmc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesdfmellor.bsky.social/post/3ml6ubmlog22bAsking the UN to stop Iran? Sounds like a job for The Board of Peace™ to me. Where have they been, anyway? [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2026 13:58 +0000at://did:plc:22zugd7dc2b52ayt4epvfl4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6ubmlog22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesdfmellor.bsky.social/post/3ml2oyyvbmc2lA special unscheduled trip to #RejectionIsland for #MayTheFourth. Self-rejected before completion let alone submission!04 May 2026 22:13 +0000at://did:plc:22zugd7dc2b52ayt4epvfl4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2oyyvbmc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesdfmellor.bsky.social/post/3mkz2dyools2hWishful opening. One of mine up at the @cartoonmovement.com04 May 2026 06:31 +0000at://did:plc:22zugd7dc2b52ayt4epvfl4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkz2dyools2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesdfmellor.bsky.social/post/3mkxnkmbnl222I don't know what the conventions are on sharing children's work, but when you're a cartoonist and your 6yo's homework is to draw the PM, and he comes up with this cracking image, it feels like there's an obligation.03 May 2026 17:09 +0000at://did:plc:22zugd7dc2b52ayt4epvfl4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkxnkmbnl222https://bsky.app/profile/jamesdfmellor.bsky.social/post/3mksc5nxgrs27To #RejectionIsland for a cartoon that didn't get used01 May 2026 14:02 +0000at://did:plc:22zugd7dc2b52ayt4epvfl4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksc5nxgrs27https://bsky.app/profile/jamesdfmellor.bsky.social/post/3mko45yfqhc2wPleased to have a cartoon in the new Private Eye. Here's one of mine from the previous edition.29 Apr 2026 22:04 +0000at://did:plc:22zugd7dc2b52ayt4epvfl4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mko45yfqhc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesdfmellor.bsky.social/post/3mkj324eiis2gImagine thinking your necrotic little flipper could take on those sausage fingers. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Apr 2026 22:01 +0000at://did:plc:22zugd7dc2b52ayt4epvfl4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkj324eiis2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesdfmellor.bsky.social/post/3mki5jomwv226The Mandelson saga continues. (One of mine up at the @cartoonmovement.com )27 Apr 2026 13:12 +0000at://did:plc:22zugd7dc2b52ayt4epvfl4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mki5jomwv226https://bsky.app/profile/jamesdfmellor.bsky.social/post/3mkhn4lzgss2hJust another day, but a 13 years clean & sober day.27 Apr 2026 08:19 +0000at://did:plc:22zugd7dc2b52ayt4epvfl4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkhn4lzgss2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesdfmellor.bsky.social/post/3mkglhkstps2hSo? Lots of people have regular performance reviews with their boss. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Apr 2026 22:16 +0000at://did:plc:22zugd7dc2b52ayt4epvfl4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkglhkstps2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesdfmellor.bsky.social/post/3mkazfk2gyk2iTo #RejectionIsland, to recover an unused cartoon from the past week.24 Apr 2026 17:10 +0000at://did:plc:22zugd7dc2b52ayt4epvfl4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkazfk2gyk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesdfmellor.bsky.social/post/3mk5uu65uz225A #StGeorgesDay cartoon for The @bedfordindependent.co.uk23 Apr 2026 11:11 +0000at://did:plc:22zugd7dc2b52ayt4epvfl4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk5uu65uz225https://bsky.app/profile/jamesdfmellor.bsky.social/post/3mk3srpeby22iAnd, of course, 'Donnyland', would have been a tax haven: "Like Monaco, it imagined a compact, partially self-governing entity, which could derive advantages from operating as an offshore economic zone." telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…22 Apr 2026 15:28 +0000at://did:plc:22zugd7dc2b52ayt4epvfl4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3srpeby22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesdfmellor.bsky.social/post/3mjxlzyga3k2s [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Apr 2026 23:17 +0000at://did:plc:22zugd7dc2b52ayt4epvfl4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjxlzyga3k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesdfmellor.bsky.social/post/3mjoyy474pc2iTo #RejectionIsland, for a cartoon that didn't get used.17 Apr 2026 13:14 +0000at://did:plc:22zugd7dc2b52ayt4epvfl4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjoyy474pc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesdfmellor.bsky.social/post/3mjn42iilw223I wonder whether he'll know which part of London he's in when his phone's stolen later this evening. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Apr 2026 19:04 +0000at://did:plc:22zugd7dc2b52ayt4epvfl4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjn42iilw223https://bsky.app/profile/jamesdfmellor.bsky.social/post/3mjjts6nzns2yPleased to have a cartoon in the new @privateeyenews.bsky.social . Here's one from the previous edition.15 Apr 2026 11:58 +0000at://did:plc:22zugd7dc2b52ayt4epvfl4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjjts6nzns2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesdfmellor.bsky.social/post/3mjefbxdh422wStandard cycle: Anger- that your friend Epstein is dead Denial- that you knew your friend Epstein Bargaining- with the media to move on from your friend Epstein Depression- intense sadness that only bombing someone can alleviate Acceptance- that you must try to resurrect your friend Epstein [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Apr 2026 07:55 +0000at://did:plc:22zugd7dc2b52ayt4epvfl4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjefbxdh422whttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesdfmellor.bsky.social/post/3mjdcpjpth22wLord of the Vance (reprise).12 Apr 2026 21:37 +0000at://did:plc:22zugd7dc2b52ayt4epvfl4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjdcpjpth22whttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesdfmellor.bsky.social/post/3mjd3onhloc2w [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Apr 2026 19:31 +0000at://did:plc:22zugd7dc2b52ayt4epvfl4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjd3onhloc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesdfmellor.bsky.social/post/3mjcnlwuzyk2gOf course. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Apr 2026 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:22zugd7dc2b52ayt4epvfl4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjcnlwuzyk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesdfmellor.bsky.social/post/3mj5sf72toc2xTo #RejectionIsland, for this week's unused cartoon.10 Apr 2026 17:01 +0000at://did:plc:22zugd7dc2b52ayt4epvfl4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj5sf72toc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesdfmellor.bsky.social/post/3mj5ctznmg22x*swanee whistle noises* (One for The @cartoonmovement.com)10 Apr 2026 12:23 +0000at://did:plc:22zugd7dc2b52ayt4epvfl4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj5ctznmg22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesdfmellor.bsky.social/post/3miwq3wtnvs2sI think future historians sifting through our ruins will infer that this pageant symbolised the dual authority of the King. That, at times of crisis, he would have to choose between the doe-eyed bunny to his left who embodied peace and the scowling creature on his right which represented war. [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Apr 2026 21:32 +0000at://did:plc:22zugd7dc2b52ayt4epvfl4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3miwq3wtnvs2s