Crippen's Blog

Step into the irreverent world of disabled cartoonist Crippen aka Dave Lupton, who has been in the vanguard of disability arts movement for more years than he cares to mention. His work has appeared in mainstream press, on TV and film and is now probably the best Disabled cartoonist in the world!

Arrested cartoon
2 January 2008

Funding Fiasco

The saga concerning the withdrawal of funds by the Arts Council for some 188 Arts organisations, including several organisations of Disabled people, continues. Following protests from several...

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RIP cartoon
2 January 2008

RIP

This cartoon is linked to our Editor’s blog and relates to the devastating cuts in Arts Council funding for 2008. This has a direct impact on both the National Disability Arts Forum (NDAF) and the...

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Bathing request cartoon
1 January 2008

Scared?!

This cartoon relates to the Independent Living Bill which is currently going through Parliament, ably promoted by Jack Asley and Jane Campbell. Crippen pulled the idea for this cartoon from Jane’s...

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