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Dimitra Rizou

@ahoyuniverse.bsky.social
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Comics, doodles and writing linktr.ee/ahoy_universe @ahoy_universe on Instagram

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Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
What are we supposed to do with this informaton? #comic
4-panel comic of a tech conference. A speaker and an interviewer are on the stage. Panel 1, the speaker says: "this is the future, and it will take everyone's jobs, and they won't be able to feed their kids, and I'm a genius." Panel 2, a question from the audiance: "what are we supposed to do with that information?" Panel 3, the speaker is thinking. Panel 4, the speaker says "Give me more money."
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Cartoon by @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social.
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Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Our culture is not your costume #comic
A 4-panel comic. 1st panel: In a political rally, an angry politician in a suit surrounded by armed flag-carrying men shouts "kick out anyone who goes against our heritage and religion!" Attendants look confused and look up information in a screen. Panel 2, zoom in on people surrounding a screen that shows a list: OUR HERITAGE: Democracy, Equality, Individual liberty, Human rights, Separation of church and state,  Freedom of religion,  Scientific Rationalism, Critical thinking, Education, Art, and more. In the 3rd panel they look up another list: OUR RELIGION: Unconditional love, Compassion, Helping everyone, Generosity, Humility, Integrity, Pacifism, Anti-wealth accumulation and more. In the final panel everyone surrounds a catapult by the sea and are cheering, while the politician from the 1st panel and the armed men are inside, about to be kicked out as instructed. The politican says 'Now wait a minute.'
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Talk London @talklondon.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
📚 NEW: Did you know London has 325 libraries? And did you know you can help make them even better and more accessible for Londoners? You can also win a £50 voucher for taking part. Take our survey with London Libraries now: www.london.gov.uk/talk-london/...
Holborn Library photo, showing a mural, large bookcases, and furniture, including armchairs and tables
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Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Burning your legacy to briefly lick boots #cartoon
Cartoon. A bunch of men kneel to an unseen ruler. One of the men says to the other “when he’s gone, do you think we will be remembered for anything other than this?”
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Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Your country needs you (to wave a flag) #comics #politics #patriotism
A comic of a dialogue between two people. The first wears a T-shirt and a hat with the word 'Flag' written on it, as well as holding two flags that also have the word 'Flag' on them. The second person next to him doesn't have any flags. The flag holder is shouting "I LOVE MY COUNTRY". The second person says "Great, me too. So let's feed its kids." Flag holder says "No". Second person: "Make sure everyone in it is healthy, safe and educated. Protect them from being exploited. Give them a fair chance." Flag holder: "Pass". Second person: "Protect its nature, its clean air, its rivers, create green jobs and communities, buy local, become energy independent with renewable resources." Flag holder: "Hippy shit." Second person: "Take back control of essential utilities from private monopolies and profiteers." Flag holder: "Nah." Second person: "Strengthen alliances, build bridges, exchange knowledge, help each other." Flag holder, eye rolling: "Yawn." Second person, increasingly exasperated: "Fund its iconic institutions, its culture, arts and letters, the best things it's known for, learn from its real history so we get better." Flag holder: "Woke." Second person: "Ok, what it is specifically that you love about this country? And what have you ever done for it?" They stare at each other. Flag holder, angry: "You HATE your country."
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Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Solutions to all the world's problems #cartoon
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Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Protecting women #cartoon
A cartoon of two protestors with English flags who are shouting at an injured woman entering a victim support centre with the caption 'was it an immigrant or did you deserve it?'
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Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Shout it from the rooftops 👏🏻 another excellent thread by @doctorow.pluralistic.net
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Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
The best political system #cartoon
A cartoon of an interview of a wealthy man by a fancy fireplace. The man says 'The best political system is the one where almost everyone works hard all their life, so that people like me don't have to work at all.' The interviewer says 'Fascinating'. The wealthy man then says 'Anyone who disagrees with this is a dangerous woke socialist who hates their country.' The interviewer says 'Indeed.'
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Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
The best political system #cartoon
A cartoon of an interview of a wealthy man by a fancy fireplace. The man says 'The best political system is the one where almost everyone works hard all their life, so that people like me don't have to work at all.' The interviewer says 'Fascinating'. The wealthy man then says 'Anyone who disagrees with this is a dangerous woke socialist who hates their country.' The interviewer says 'Indeed.'
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Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
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Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Burning your legacy to briefly lick boots #cartoon
Cartoon. A bunch of men kneel to an unseen ruler. One of the men says to the other “when he’s gone, do you think we will be remembered for anything other than this?”
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Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Behold! The patriots #cartoon
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Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Please join the queue to shout into the void
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 25/12/2024
Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Dimitra Rizou. #NewYorkerCartoons nyer.cm/eALDi3I
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The Belladonna Comedy @belladonnacomedy.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
“Can you delete an image from your memory?” By @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social Full piece: thebelladonnacomedy.com/existential-...
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Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Thoughts #comic - published in Gigantic Sequins magazine
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
It's not a foolproof plan but every political debate from now on should be a Normal Guy competition. Ask them to describe grocery shopping in detail. Talk about what it's like to have a friend
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Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
The art of war #cartoon
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Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
The only topic #cartoon
A cartoon of a TV panel with 4 people. The presenter says "In our panel today, four very wealthy people discuss why poor people should just fight other poor people forever."
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Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
The true curse on humanity #cartoon
A cartoon of the Fall from Genesis, with Adam and Eve being kicked out of Eden by God and the caption “And I condemn you to share the Earth with people who vote against their own best interest!”
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Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Enablers logic #cartoon
A cartoon showing a group of prisoners chained together in a camp with a sign behind them saying 'journalists'. One of them says to another "yes we're all being sent to camps, but for a while there we had some really good ratings."
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Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
A basis for a system of government?
A cartoon showing a mad baby king on a throne with an evil smile, spinning a wheel with several symbols on it, including a dollar, yen, golf, hamburger, nuclear power and a hamburger. A courtier whispers to another: "I'm starting to worry that a mad baby king ruling on a whim is not basis for a system of government."
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Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Protecting women #cartoon
A cartoon of two protestors with English flags who are shouting at an injured woman entering a victim support centre with the caption 'was it an immigrant or did you deserve it?'
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Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
My #cartoon for the latest issue of Private Eye
A cartoon of a conspiracy meeting around a table with pawns and a marked map in the background. There are several figures in robes and masks and one alien. A person in a suit with a pyramid head is saying "...and lastly, let's add symbols, acronyms, and other clues, so that brilliant sleuths can connect the dots and expose us."
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Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Amazing coincidence #cartoon
A cartoon of a male podcaster holding a graph of a pyramid with his face at the top. The caption is "And in this natural hierarchy I came up with, people like me are, coincidentally, at the top."
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Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Behold! The patriots #cartoon
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Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Another cartoon published in @smallprint.bsky.social
1-panel cartoon showing two academic men fighting each other on the ground and two women observing them. One woman explains to the other "they developed competing theories on conflict resolution."
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Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Election cycle #cartoon #ukpolitics
A cartoon of Keir Starmer begging a Reform voter. The voter says 'I would still never ever vote for you, not in a million years.' Keir says 'And if I move EVEN further to the right?' There are arrows creating a circle to show they keep repeating the same two lines
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Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
My cartoon for @smallprint.bsky.social
A 1-panel cartoon showing two women with laptops at a café. The first is standing up while saying to the second "could you please keep an eye on my laptop while I go outside for a bit to scream?"
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Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Balanced #cartoon
A 1-panel cartoon of a man talking to a woman at a bar. The man says “I'm politically balanced. Conservativefor others' rights, liberal for my own.”
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Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
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A cartoon of four panels. In the first panel, a politician is standing in the middle of the parliament, surrounded by several representatives, shouting 'government should be smaller!'. In the second panel, he's in the same place but there are fewer representatives and he's still shouting 'smaller!'. In the third panel all parliament seats have been replaced by a small table where only 6 representatives remain, and the politician is still standing in the same place shouting 'smaller'. Finally, in the last panel, the same person is now sitting in a big throne with two guards holding guns and nobody else, and he says 'perfect'. Signed Dimi, published in Private Eye issue 1640, Bluesky account ahoyuniverse, Instagram account ahoy_universe
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Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
A couple of cartoons of mine in the July/Aug issue of @thenewcartoonist.bsky.social magazine, available on Issuu - 84 pages of cartoons and cartoon news!
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
How did we get an entire corporate and political world full of scumbags and bastards, all we did was incentivize that behavior at every turn
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Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Shop or else! #cartoon
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Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
My cartoon for the 'desert island' themed exhibition by @thenewcartoonist.bsky.social at the Duke of Greenwich, open until end of August.
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Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Cross-party priorities #cartoon (US version after popular demand)
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Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Cross-party priorities #cartoon
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Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
A basis for a system of government?
A cartoon showing a mad baby king on a throne with an evil smile, spinning a wheel with several symbols on it, including a dollar, yen, golf, hamburger, nuclear power and a hamburger. A courtier whispers to another: "I'm starting to worry that a mad baby king ruling on a whim is not basis for a system of government."
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Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Humans are cute #illustration
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Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Please join the queue to shout into the void
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Kevin KAL Kallaugher- Editorial cartoonist @kaltoons.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
My cartoon from this week's The Baltimore Sun. #trump # Elonmusk # medicaid #medicare #SocialSecurity #TaxCuts
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Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
The true curse on humanity #cartoon
A cartoon of the Fall from Genesis, with Adam and Eve being kicked out of Eden by God and the caption “And I condemn you to share the Earth with people who vote against their own best interest!”
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Alison Fincher @alisonfincher.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
PLEASE don’t buy into Amazon’s booksale this week. They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions. Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.
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Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.
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Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Amazing coincidence #cartoon
A cartoon of a male podcaster holding a graph of a pyramid with his face at the top. The caption is "And in this natural hierarchy I came up with, people like me are, coincidentally, at the top."
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Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Balanced #cartoon
A 1-panel cartoon of a man talking to a woman at a bar. The man says “I'm politically balanced. Conservativefor others' rights, liberal for my own.”
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
If I were an editor at a prestigious national publication I would simply ask writers to define what they mean by words like "forced" www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
“Wokeness,” as it’s known, introduced the asymmetrical capitalization of the letter b in Black but not the w in white. It forced Romance languages like Spanish to submit to gender-neutral constructions such as Latinx. It called for the display of pronouns in email signatures and social-media bios. It replaced a slew of traditional words and phrases: People were told to stop saying master bedroom, breastfeeding, manpower, and brown-bag lunch, and to start saying primary bedroom, chestfeeding, workforce, and sack lunch. At the extreme, it designated certain words—such as crazy—beyond redemption.
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Kevin KAL Kallaugher- Editorial cartoonist @kaltoons.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Considering the events of this past week, an old friend suggested that this might be a good time to resurrect this 1989 classic from The Baltimore Sun .
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