Oleksandr Zinovyev

118 works

Cartoons

Forty years of entries to international cartoon salons — politics, faith, appetite and the small daily absurdities.

Cartoon “The Cage of Freedom: An Eagle Is Always an Eagle” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: An eagle flies off carrying its own birdcage over apartment blocks.

The Cage of Freedom: An Eagle Is Always an Eagle, 1993

клітка свободи - орел - завжди орел

Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A fat ginger cat in an armchair with beer, slippers and a cigar under a sign 'Finally, at home'.
Cartoon “A Bright Head” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: An old bearded inventor with a dim light-bulb head beside a young man whose bulb is blazing.

A Bright Head, 2012

світла голова

Cartoon “The Yellow Press” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A pen nib shaped like a coffee pot, labelled 'Yellow press', boiling over a flame.

The Yellow Press, 1997

жовта преса

Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: Putin points at a crowd crawling over a map, an Oreshnik missile overhead, slogans in Russian.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A portrait of General Syrskyi in camouflage with a speech bubble about Zelensky and Fedorov.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: Two text panels, black and white: 'Damn, switch on the light!' / 'Oh God, turn off the light!'.
Cartoon “Don Quixote” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: Don Quixote on horseback charging a windmill whose sails are razor blades.

Don Quixote, 1988

дон Кіхот

Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A man strapped down while surgeons inject him from vials labelled 'Power' and 'Impunity'.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A king by his castle and a camper by his tent sit on either side of a crack splitting the meadow.
Cartoon “Sancho and Dulcinea” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: Sancho and Dulcinea kissing behind a stone cross inscribed for Kosorukin.

Sancho and Dulcinea, 1997

санчо і дульсінея

Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A fat cat with knife and napkin eyeing a cuckoo clock: 'Lunch time!'.
Cartoon “Do Not Press” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: Two panels: a man presses a 'Do not push' button and his dog drops through a trapdoor.

Do Not Press, 1992

не натискай

Cartoon “Animal Training” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A waiter passes a fish through a hoop between two aquariums.

Animal Training, 1985

дресура

Cartoon “A Scarecrow for Aliens” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A cosmonaut in a USSR suit set up as a scarecrow on the Moon.

A Scarecrow for Aliens, 1998

пугало для пришельців

Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: 'Games of Tolerant Generation': a boy with a gamepad, his eyes full of blood and war.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: Two Zelenskys: 'I kept trying to prove I'm not a loser.' 'And how?' 'Didn't work…'
Cartoon “Caution: Tourist” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A red triangular road sign warning of a tourist with a camera.

Caution: Tourist, 1997

обережно турист

Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A man lying on a haystack under fluffy clouds, reading and pointing at the sky.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: Two text panels in Ukrainian: 'Damn, switch on the light!' / 'Oh God, turn off the light!'.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: Three men in sunglasses lean over a man lying in an open coffin.
Cartoon “Cheese for Two” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A crow and a fox both biting into the same piece of cheese on a branch.

Cheese for Two, 1997

сир на двох

Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: Three bearded men in khaki with numbered speech bubbles: 'What if the Ukrainians win?'.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A Spanish policeman clings to a lamp post as a crowd storms the Ceuta border; caption in Ukrainian.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A man in a gas mask reads sheet music on a tree stump among smoking chimneys and paper planes.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A man in a gas mask plays saxophone on a tree stump in a polluted, felled landscape.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: Surgeons in white crowd over a patient, all of them busy with their phones.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: Putin points at a crowd crawling over a map, a 'Nutcracker' missile overhead; English version.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: Putin points at a crowd crawling over a map, an 'Oreshnik' missile overhead; Ukrainian version.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A Russian general on a tank labelled 'Agreement' rolls across a border post between EU and Russian flags.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: Ragged musicians begging beside a sign 'Quiet, exam in progress' and cardboard TV boxes.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A couple squeezed into one spacesuit helmet, floating among the stars.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A couple squeezed into one spacesuit helmet, floating among the stars; second version.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: An astronaut watches green aliens digging on the Moon: 'So that's why there are so many craters!'.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: An intelligence official with his feet on the desk says 'Good job' under the agency emblem.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: Zelensky plays a shell game with cups labelled 'Prime minister' over a map of Ukraine.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A man in a suit with a 'Reforms' folder walks a red carpet that loops back into his own mouth.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A man in green uniform walks a red carpet that loops back into his own mouth, on yellow and blue.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: Soldiers advancing under fire while one stops to tie his bootlace.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A green executioner with an axe and a 'Servant of the People' medallion; a man lays his tongue on the block.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: An astronaut carries the Earth on his back through space.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: Journalists shine torches at a scene while men in black carry things out the back door.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: 'State high gardener of double standards' sits behind papers stamped 'Important for Ukraine — postponed'.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A jester at a desk tosses papers — 'Customs union', 'Cheap goods' — to a man in a tailcoat; a USSR clock.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: Two leaders point at Donbas: 'It's Ukrainian territory!' / 'It's Russian territory!'.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: Russian soldiers in the grass surrender to Ukrainians: 'We were on leave, we got lost!'.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: Putin's arms wrap round the Kremlin and a Russian flag while figures point at a soldier on a yellow-blue mat.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: Russian Z soldiers with slingshots attack a yellow-and-blue wall reading 'Glory to Ukraine'.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A hand in a suit passes an 'Agreement' through barbed wire to a hand in an embroidered sleeve.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A TV showing a mouth padlocked by a 'regulator' lock, a note about the access code to channel 112.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: Three panels: a magician levitates a woman under a starry night cloth.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A man and a monkey on either side of a wall, each sure he has trained the other.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: Two panels: a tired man in bed is asked 'Do you still want children?', then a household of screaming babies.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: Children in a park folding newspapers into paper planes.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: Two men playing draughts with wine glasses for pieces.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A circus tightrope walker carrying wine glasses towards a woman on a pedestal.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A fat cat with a glass of wine waits by a mouse hole while the mouse knocks.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A billboard with a Z soldier and a crude slogan in Russian, defaced by partisans.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A woman phones the fire brigade while police, an ambulance and soldiers brawl in the street.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: 'You give us independence': soldiers with shells labelled fear and chaos, filmed by Russian TV; English version.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: 'Give us independence': soldiers with shells labelled fear and chaos, filmed by Russian TV; Russian version.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: Three bearded men in khaki with numbered speech bubbles; second version.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: Three people from the Vasylivka community with speech bubbles about politics.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A Spanish policeman on a lamp post as a crowd storms the Ceuta street; wide version.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: Two Zelenskys: 'I kept trying to prove I'm not a loser.' 'And how?' 'Didn't work…'; large version.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A Spanish policeman on a lamp post as a crowd storms the Ceuta border: 'You can't shoot!'; English version.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A judge with a noose round his neck waters the tree of law from a Constitution 'on pause'.
Cartoon “Backroom Deals” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A bearded man and two soldiers: 'We agreed to keep negotiating… until we agree to surrender territory'.

Backroom Deals

Договорняки

Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A queue of men in suits at an intelligence office desk, receiving dismissal papers.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: The same intelligence office queue, with papers marked 'Criminal orders'.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: The same intelligence office queue, men carrying folders to the desk.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: Shoigu and Gerasimov water a tree hung with medals growing from a tub labelled 'SVO', Putin watching.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: Three Russian generals water a medal tree in a blood-soaked 'SVO' tub; second version.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: Iranian leaders launch missiles from minarets labelled 'To Ukraine', 'To Israel', 'To the USA'.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: Kim Jong-un floats like a balloon over a wheat field full of soldiers.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A man strapped down while surgeons inject him from vials labelled 'Power' and 'Impunity'; second version.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A doctor and nurse at a birth, the mother wrestling them in a tangle of limbs.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A man between 'official economy' and 'shadow economy' in a tug of war over two others.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: Putin cuts a rope above two men crawling head to head across a Russian and Ukrainian flag.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: An intelligence official with his feet on the desk says 'Good job' in Ukrainian; numbered panel 4.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A priest takes coins pouring from a woman's candle in a church.
Cartoon by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A priest in a tall hat swings a cross at a crowd of worshippers as coins rain down.
Cartoon “Truth with Noodles” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A man in glasses reading the newspaper 'Truth' while noodles hang from his ears.

Truth with Noodles

Істина з локшиною

Cartoon “Bolts and Nuts” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A crowned bolt on a throne above a crowd of nuts and spanners.

Bolts and Nuts

Болти і гайки

Cartoon “The Fight Against Corruption” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A parrot paints inside a yellow-and-blue ring reading 'Fight against corruption'.

The Fight Against Corruption

Бородьба з корупцією

Cartoon “Before and After” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: An elderly couple in bed under a portrait of themselves young.

Before and After

Було і стало

Cartoon “The High-Ranking Official” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A sad official with Ukrainian and Russian flags for eyes sits over papers, a pen 'gift from the US President'.

The High-Ranking Official

Високопоставлений упалнамочений

Cartoon “Down with Autocracy!” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: Chess pawns march with a banner 'Down with autocracy!' towards the white king and queen; Ukrainian version.

Down with Autocracy!

Геть засодержавство

Cartoon “Down with Autocracy! (English version)” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: Chess pawns march with a banner 'Down with autocracy!' towards the white king and queen; English version.

Down with Autocracy! (English version)

Геть по англійські

Cartoon “Backroom Deals, in English” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A bearded man and two soldiers: 'We agreed to keep negotiating… until we agree to surrender territory'; English version.

Backroom Deals, in English

Договорняки англійською

Cartoon “The Ladder of Power” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: Dark figures climbing a ladder on a red ground, pulling each other down.

The Ladder of Power

Драбина влади

Cartoon “The Ladder of Power” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: Dark figures climbing a ladder on a red ground, pulling each other down; second version.

The Ladder of Power

Драбина влади

Cartoon “Take 32” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A dentist pulls a patient's tooth while a film crew calls 'Take 32'.

Take 32

Дубль 32

Cartoon “Duel of the Condoms” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: Two leaders point at each other over Donbas, each carrying a woman in folk costume.

Duel of the Condoms

Дуель презервативів

Cartoon “Once There Was a Red Riding Hood, and Others” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A wolf at a computer marked 'Tolerance' in a room hung with hunting trophies of Red Riding Hood characters.

Once There Was a Red Riding Hood, and Others

Жила була червона шапка та інші

Cartoon “Curtains” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A sad matryoshka in a headscarf beside a hanging noose and a small yellow-and-blue stool.

Curtains

Капець матенам

Cartoon “Brushes” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A stork delivers a baby between apartment blocks where shadowy figures leap from the windows.

Brushes

Кісти

Cartoon “Peace, Labour, May: Donbas” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: 'Give us independence': soldiers with shells and Russian TV cameras; earlier colour version.

Peace, Labour, May: Donbas

Мир труд май Донбас

Cartoon “To the City” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: Newborns in a maternity ward hold placards with crossed-out breasts as a nurse brings bottles.

To the City

Міську

Cartoon “No Connection” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: Two men at a table with plugs and sockets coming out of their mouths, reading contracts.

No Connection

Неконекшен

Cartoon “No, Gentlemen — There Will Be No Miracle” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: European officials crowd round a fortune teller at a card table: 'No, señores, there will be no miracle'.

No, Gentlemen — There Will Be No Miracle

Ні панове - дива не буде

Cartoon “The Obvious Improbable” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A yellow astronaut stands puzzled on the Moon next to a woman's bra on the ground.

The Obvious Improbable

Очевидне невероятне

Cartoon “Parrot” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A parrot paints inside a yellow-and-blue ring reading 'Fight against corruption'; Ukrainian version.

Parrot

Папуга

Cartoon “Spare a Ticket to Europe” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A man begging under the arch of a giant 100 euro banknote with a sign about a ticket to the EU.

Spare a Ticket to Europe

Подайте на білета в Європу

Cartoon “The Castle Ghost” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A ghost in a castle window holds a sign 'Will give into good hands together with the castle', tourists below.

The Castle Ghost

Привид замку

Cartoon “Putin's Grand Tour of Europe” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: Putin strides over a border post with tanks on leashes: 'Putin's journey across Europe'.

Putin's Grand Tour of Europe

Путіншествие по европе

Cartoon “Heavenly Bliss” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A snake offers an apple to women at a supermarket stall of 'Paradise pleasure' apples priced 6.66.

Heavenly Bliss

Райська насолода

Cartoon “The Russian World” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A muscular pink figure with 'USSR' on his arm and a Russian flag, his open skull marked 'Russian world'.

The Russian World

Руський мір

Cartoon “His Own Cross” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A drunken man leaning on his wife as she leads their small son home.

His Own Cross

Свій хрест

Cartoon “Light and Darkness” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: An old bearded inventor with a dim light-bulb head beside a young man whose bulb is blazing; second version.

Light and Darkness

Світло і темрява

Cartoon “Lost on Holiday” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: Russian soldiers in the grass surrender to Ukrainians: 'We got lost on holiday'; Russian version.

Lost on Holiday

У відпустці заблукали

Cartoon “Help & Help” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: Two panels: a castaway on an island shouts 'Help!' and is ignored by passing warships.

Help & Help

Хелп& хелп

Cartoon “Crusaders of the Faith” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: Clergy of different faiths carry a cross with an open book, a man in a suit walking away with a red folder.

Crusaders of the Faith, 1993

Хрестоносці віри

Cartoon “He Who Works, Eats” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A man pedals an exercise bike to power the stove where his wife is cooking.

He Who Works, Eats

Хто працює той їсть

Cartoon “The Mushroom-Picking Artist” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A man with a paintbrush painting red caps onto mushrooms in a meadow.

The Mushroom-Picking Artist

Художник грибник

Cartoon “Circus” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A jester at a desk tosses papers to a man in a tailcoat; a USSR clock and a clown portrait.

Circus

Цирк

Cartoon “The Devil and the Angel Play Cards” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A blue devil and a golden-haired angel play cards at a table.

The Devil and the Angel Play Cards, 1995

Чорт з ангелом грають в карти

Cartoon “Six of One” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: Crowds under billboards where 'Viktor Fedorovych' is swapped for 'Petro Oleksiyovych': six of one, half a dozen of the other.

Six of One

Шило на мило

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