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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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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Did you know that a couple of years ago, there were more selfie related deaths than shark related deaths?

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

this happens so much at live concerts, just put the damn phone down and enjoy the experience!

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Actually even a put-on smile can lift your mood, say neuro-scientists.

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Ola Antosik
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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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Mika N
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've heard it said, how ironic it is that often times today, family time is getting everyone to put down their small screens and all look at the same big screen for a while.

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Sarah Miller
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I immediately thought that the commando in the middle thinks in black and white, and reality is all sorts of colors.

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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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Borislav Kirilov
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's not about "what's the problem with old men being fit" ... the problem is with "act your age people" ... be fit, just don't pretend you're a teenager in that way ... there are other ways you can show you have spirit of a young person living inside you!

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Connie Bonneville
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Love it! Reminds me of a trainer at my gym who has to be in his 70's & is ripped! So inspiring to be healthy & sexy!

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Michelle Sasmita
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Interesting pic. I interpret this as an older man looking in the mirror but not seeing reality... He sees himself 20-30 yrs ago. Mid life crisis! Too common!

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Amanda Rodriguez
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I guess, don’t be afraid to be yourself. Grow old and don’t be ashamed of it. It’s the cycle of life! We are all mortal beings.

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Glynis Lailann
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Some people get stuck in a Time Warp when it comes to their fashion sense - like someone I knew who was from the Hippy Generation of yore. He looked more ridiculous as he got older.

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Sam T Godfrey
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hell! I wish I was lookin' that good 'bout now! Except cutoff shorts, pony tail, and love beads!

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Sandy Lavallie
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i thought it was about someone who hasn't accepted their age nor matured and is still trying to look and live like the younger generation.

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Lisa Brown Stimson
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Is this a young body with an aged cranium or an old noggin with a youthful physique?

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Paul Howell
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The goal........is not to look like a wrinkly faced old bald guy !

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Barbara Pierce
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This actually represents what we as youngsters now, will look like as old people later... just put more tattoos and piercings on Gramps, and we're set.

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Barbara Pierce
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The artist is basically saying that this will be millennials once we get older. The next generation of grandparents will have body piercings and grandmas will all have tramp stamps and breast implants....

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Kaiya Price-Dennis
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hidden desires. Openly abhor urban culture and those in it, but secretly want in it.

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Connie Forney
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You can still be sexy at any age. I'd like to see the reverse of this, a young face on an older body. Today's society is so youth oriented, mainly by the advertisement industry. Sad truth is you can still feel young, healthy and yes, sexy in your mind, but judged by your outward appearance. It's called ageism and it will sneak up and happen to you.

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Joseph de Nicola
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

F**k the entire concept of ageing. It's not the years but the placebo effect that kills us. You are not 'old' but simply 'older'.

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Brenden Laidlaw
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

we’re all dying...good health is merely the slowest way to go 😋 nothing at all ‘wring’ with Maintaining the health, vitality and strength of the body... trouble is identification with it, when life becomes an apparent superficial thrust for ego pampering and abs... are you an appearance, what is known to you, or are you that which knows appearances? simple but ignorance is bliss they say...

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Giselle Sullivan
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's not about being fit. It's about an obsession with being sexually desired and virile...looking for external validation when at that age you should be wise enough to know that it's nonsense.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Many years there was an older man (at least 70) in my neighborhood who would Run every morning--not jog, not sort of walk/jog, Run--wearing nothing but a pair of black silk shorts. I made sure I left for work by a certain time every morning so I could enjoy him as I drove by :). Thank you so much, incredibly fit older man, for the inspiration, and the view. I miss you.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Many years ago a man in my neighborhood who was in his 70's, at least, would run every day, and I do mean Run, not jog, not sort of walk, Run, wearing nothing but a pair of silk shorts. I made sure I left every day by a certain time so I could watch him on his morning run on my way to work. Made my day, every day :) Thank you so much, incredibly fit older man, for your inspiration and the lovely view. I Miss you.

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Chrissie M.
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He looks a bit like Heinz Rühmann, a famous German actor who has died quite long ago at a ripe old age. However, he wasn't known for this whole "not acting your age" thing that Haderer seems to be criticizing.

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Holidays...so many people leaves at same time...so they get stuck on the road..,and they spend half of their vac waiting on the car...sad...reality

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