A cartoonist who has been lampooning Scotland’s politicians for more than a decade is to hold an exhibition of his work.
Frank Boyle draws for the Edinburgh Evening News and has also had work in the Scotsman, Herald and Sunday Post.
In recent years he has covered snow, trams, football and pandas, giving each subject a much needed injection of humour.
His aim has been to make people laugh, and remind the country’s politicians that they often get things wrong.
Boyle said: "What I do is give people a laugh, that’s at the heart of it really, and if I can have a go at some politicians at the same time and point out what they’re doing wrong and take the mickey out of them then that’s all the better."
He said he gets inspiration from the news, adding the best cartoons are made from combining two stories into one cartoon.
He added: "If I see something the government has done that annoys me then it gives me a chance to get my own back on the politicians. I try my best to annoy them but it’s very difficult they just seem to lap it up. There doesn’t seem to be anything you can do to annoy them."
One of the cartoonist’s many fans is the leader of the City of Edinburgh Council.
Cllr Jenny Dawe has not had the easiest ride from Boyle’s pen, recently being portrayed as an "endangered species" panda along with her coalition partner Steve Cardownie.
But she still "chuckles" at his work and has a few favourite cartoons from across the years.
Cllr Dawe said: "I always find his cartoons quite funny and I think he’s really clever with them because he manages to bring in really topical things. He always seems to manage to get just the right side of that line that’s between being nasty and being witty.
"You have to have a relatively thick skin if you are a politician but he doesn’t go far under the skin."
Boyle latest book, Boyling Point 2, is out now and an exhibition of his work will be held at the Storytelling Centre on the Royal Mile next April.
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