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31 Brutally Honest Illustrations By Gerhard Haderer Show What’s Wrong With Today’s Society
Art isn't created just to please our eyes; it also transfers ideas and provokes thought on social problems. Austrian cartoonist Gerhard Haderer has been producing satirical illustrations and cartoons for adults for decades now, highlighting the awful problems with society.
Gerhard Haderer had even faced the court for one of his brutally honest books, The Life of Jesus. It triggered violent reactions, because of the society problems discussed in it, in Europe, especially from the Catholic Church. The story culminated in 2005 when Haderer was convicted in Greece for insulting the religious community and was given a six-month suspended sentence in absentia. A few months later, however, this verdict was corrected on appeal, and Gerhard Haderer was acquitted.
The artist developed his realistic style when working as a graphic designer and illustrator for advertising agencies early in his career. It wasn't until a cancer operation in 1985 when Gerhard abandoned his commercial dreams and became a freelance caricaturist and satirical illustrator, mainly focusing on social issues. Scroll down to check out his unsettling and at times scary cartoons and vote for your favorites.
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stellermatt 7 years ago
this happens so much at live concerts, just put the damn phone down and enjoy the experience!
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Ola Antosik 7 years ago
This I do not understand. I like reading books in paper but there is nothing wrong with electronic editions. If anything, they are more eco friendly. It is still the same activity just different medium.
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Daniel Losinger 7 years ago
Timeline: Catholic Church's sex abuse scandals https://www.cnn.com/2017/06/29/world/timeline-catholic-church-sexual-abuse-scandals/index.html
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Sarah Miller 7 years ago
I'm not seeing this as a "fast food/obesity" thing, more like a CEO or corporate leader just greedily eating funds. Fat in wealth kind of thing
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Hilliary Smith 7 years ago
I immediately thought that the commando in the middle thinks in black and white, and reality is all sorts of colors.
Drew Chandler 7 years ago
The pen is mightier than the sword. Or the gun in this case.
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Leo Domitrix 7 years ago
I love this. School pencils (from my generation, when we used those) surrounding a gunman and scaring him to pieces:-)
Sara Kate MacFarland 7 years ago
and the pencils represent the students who are raising attention and speaking to the issue of gun control.
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BarryAllenTheFlash 7 years ago
Maybe like the colored pencils represent students and youth and the guy with the gun is being backed into a corner by them - perhaps tying into the recent gun debates? Idk I'm probably wrong.
Donna Ciano 7 years ago
The world is full of thieves and idiots educated just enough to know how to steal your money.
Paul Gregory III 7 years ago
If the pencils are representing students, then they have isolated someone not like themselves and turned him into a threat.
Maciek Kiliszek 7 years ago
just like "brave" french people drawing flowers and other s**t after terrorist attacks.... very efficient....
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Çalıkuşu 7 years ago
George Orwell- Animal Farm: ''Twelve voices were shouting in anger, and they were all alike. No question, now, what had happened to the faces of the pigs. The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which."
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Vlad Horobet 7 years ago
Not sure how many people knew this, but there is a forth monkey in this series. See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil and do no evil.
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Gornot 7 years ago
I'm honestly tired of people, artists or not, claiming there's something "wrong" with today's society and the way we interact with technology. I'm sorry but if you want your kids to be "addicted" to technology, DON'T buy them a phone when they're six years old, suck it up and try PARENTING instead of shunning your kids away with digital toys and electronics.
maswartz 7 years ago
Every time I see these kinds of things this is all I can think of raunisex_t...fef027.jpg 
The Paul 7 years ago
I always think of Caveman Science Fiction: http://dresdencodak.com/2009/09/22/caveman-science-fiction/
Load More Replies... ivan bolitekurac 7 years ago
Lol,complaining about society and technology in a digital way.I am sure that all those artist never use computers,smartphones and social media.They should stop being hypocritical and blame the "society"
Just a Purpler 7 years ago
I didn't think about it as someone complaining, I thought it was just a reminder for myself to double check where I stand in these pictures. I thought they were interesting to scroll through.
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Full Name 7 years ago
I love the mind of people who can tackle entire issues in a single image.
Shauday Smith 7 years ago
ya'll don't get the term, "satire" do you? Here you go. SATIRE: the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues. Illustrators can joke about the things they see using the their own medium. This illustrator does a funny job of poking at topical issues. Get a grip. If you enjoy your phone, keep enjoying it. Relax.
Person2638 7 years ago
Honestly? STOP WITH THE SELFIE STICK! It’s so overdone, every satrical illustration has the selfie stick. And yes, I do watch tv, but I GO OUTSIDE AND PLAY TOO!
Barb Dailey 7 years ago
If you think it is all about watching tv then you totally missed the point.
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Marilyn Slater 7 years ago
Such superb artwork - such grievously sad subjects. Thank you, Gerhard Haderer, for holding up the mirror.
Wolfgang Smesny 7 years ago
Caricature is always about something worth criticising or at least about making a mockery of. Haderer is a great artist, I love all his work.
Sabal Minor 7 years ago
These are great satires & political art ideas! Despite what many on here are bitching about, these are fun.
Shameless s 6 years ago
I browsed through all of this looking for the voluptuous girl riding a giant crocodile, did I find the wrong article?
David Juhasz 7 years ago
People SUCK! Knowing what's wrong, see it graphically illustrated is one thing. Realization and doing something about it is another. Denial is the factor in between.
Steve Barnard 7 years ago
It amazes me how some people find fault with everything. Do they think their negativity makes them superior by pretending to overlook someone else’s obvious talent? The “flat earth” mentality is an example of logic being tossed out and replacing it with ego driven nonsense.
Danny Meeks 7 years ago
Another series of illustrations about "what's wrong with today's society" that says all the same things as the previous artist. No new insights. Boring.
Johanna Zamora 7 years ago
There is a balance. I see the zombie students walking around staring at their phones. I see the fear of original thinking. I see (as most can) the way people burble on about Harry Potter and its ilk like they have zero imagination. I guess it's easy to steal what is of little value.
Stephen Charles 7 years ago
In my time we had real community where people actually engaged culture, played and talked together. Oddly, now that I'm older I'm glad everyone is disconnected / dumbed-down because for those of us non-techno deebs, it's nice to have every space to myself....even when it's filled with "people"...
Stephen Charles 7 years ago
In my time we had real community where people actually engaged culture, played and talked together. Oddly, now that I'm older I'm glad everyone is disconnected / dumbed-down because for those of us non-techno deebs, it's nice to have every space to myself....even when it's filled with "people".
Laura Burgett 7 years ago
These are about loneliness and emptiness, not about technology per se. Our whole society has been set up to eliminate all kinds of real human interactions. Don't blame technology, blame societal morays of rugged individualism, personal shame, and mindless worship of money.
Jason Doakes 7 years ago
Not nice to see comments written without thinking, in the comments section of an article with pictures that are supposed to make you think...
rola 7 years ago
This guy is so pretentious with his holier than thou attitude. Judging by the ratings on these images, it looks like the lot of Boredpanda's commenter demographic is an older generation of pseudo pretentious persons who are mad at younger people for existing. How dare the new generations continue to progress and leave you behind. I feel sorry for you guys who upvoted the selfie images because you will never be truly as pretentious as this artist. Ever. Even though you think you are lmao
Bag Of Donuts 7 years ago
Don't buy your children smartphones and don't let them watch TV. They are being manipulated! And you too, by the way.
BarryAllenTheFlash 7 years ago
People, there are options between saying nothing and going nuclear
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Full Name 7 years ago
So you share his opinions that some things are wrong, yet you area allowed to write it very boringly but he can't draw them in humorous ways? Why?
Load More Replies... Gornot 7 years ago
I'm honestly tired of people, artists or not, claiming there's something "wrong" with today's society and the way we interact with technology. I'm sorry but if you want your kids to be "addicted" to technology, DON'T buy them a phone when they're six years old, suck it up and try PARENTING instead of shunning your kids away with digital toys and electronics.
maswartz 7 years ago
Every time I see these kinds of things this is all I can think of raunisex_t...fef027.jpg
The Paul 7 years ago
I always think of Caveman Science Fiction: http://dresdencodak.com/2009/09/22/caveman-science-fiction/
Load More Replies... ivan bolitekurac 7 years ago
Lol,complaining about society and technology in a digital way.I am sure that all those artist never use computers,smartphones and social media.They should stop being hypocritical and blame the "society"
Just a Purpler 7 years ago
I didn't think about it as someone complaining, I thought it was just a reminder for myself to double check where I stand in these pictures. I thought they were interesting to scroll through.
Load More Replies... Full Name 7 years ago
I love the mind of people who can tackle entire issues in a single image.
Shauday Smith 7 years ago
ya'll don't get the term, "satire" do you? Here you go. SATIRE: the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues. Illustrators can joke about the things they see using the their own medium. This illustrator does a funny job of poking at topical issues. Get a grip. If you enjoy your phone, keep enjoying it. Relax.
Person2638 7 years ago
Honestly? STOP WITH THE SELFIE STICK! It’s so overdone, every satrical illustration has the selfie stick. And yes, I do watch tv, but I GO OUTSIDE AND PLAY TOO!
Barb Dailey 7 years ago
If you think it is all about watching tv then you totally missed the point.
Load More Replies... Marilyn Slater 7 years ago
Such superb artwork - such grievously sad subjects. Thank you, Gerhard Haderer, for holding up the mirror.
Wolfgang Smesny 7 years ago
Caricature is always about something worth criticising or at least about making a mockery of. Haderer is a great artist, I love all his work.
Sabal Minor 7 years ago
These are great satires & political art ideas! Despite what many on here are bitching about, these are fun.
Shameless s 6 years ago
I browsed through all of this looking for the voluptuous girl riding a giant crocodile, did I find the wrong article?
David Juhasz 7 years ago
People SUCK! Knowing what's wrong, see it graphically illustrated is one thing. Realization and doing something about it is another. Denial is the factor in between.
Steve Barnard 7 years ago
It amazes me how some people find fault with everything. Do they think their negativity makes them superior by pretending to overlook someone else’s obvious talent? The “flat earth” mentality is an example of logic being tossed out and replacing it with ego driven nonsense.
Danny Meeks 7 years ago
Another series of illustrations about "what's wrong with today's society" that says all the same things as the previous artist. No new insights. Boring.
Johanna Zamora 7 years ago
There is a balance. I see the zombie students walking around staring at their phones. I see the fear of original thinking. I see (as most can) the way people burble on about Harry Potter and its ilk like they have zero imagination. I guess it's easy to steal what is of little value.
Stephen Charles 7 years ago
In my time we had real community where people actually engaged culture, played and talked together. Oddly, now that I'm older I'm glad everyone is disconnected / dumbed-down because for those of us non-techno deebs, it's nice to have every space to myself....even when it's filled with "people"...
Stephen Charles 7 years ago
In my time we had real community where people actually engaged culture, played and talked together. Oddly, now that I'm older I'm glad everyone is disconnected / dumbed-down because for those of us non-techno deebs, it's nice to have every space to myself....even when it's filled with "people".
Laura Burgett 7 years ago
These are about loneliness and emptiness, not about technology per se. Our whole society has been set up to eliminate all kinds of real human interactions. Don't blame technology, blame societal morays of rugged individualism, personal shame, and mindless worship of money.
Jason Doakes 7 years ago
Not nice to see comments written without thinking, in the comments section of an article with pictures that are supposed to make you think...
rola 7 years ago
This guy is so pretentious with his holier than thou attitude. Judging by the ratings on these images, it looks like the lot of Boredpanda's commenter demographic is an older generation of pseudo pretentious persons who are mad at younger people for existing. How dare the new generations continue to progress and leave you behind. I feel sorry for you guys who upvoted the selfie images because you will never be truly as pretentious as this artist. Ever. Even though you think you are lmao
Bag Of Donuts 7 years ago
Don't buy your children smartphones and don't let them watch TV. They are being manipulated! And you too, by the way.
BarryAllenTheFlash 7 years ago
People, there are options between saying nothing and going nuclear
Load More Replies... Full Name 7 years ago
So you share his opinions that some things are wrong, yet you area allowed to write it very boringly but he can't draw them in humorous ways? Why?
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