(h/t Pater Tenebrarum of Acting Man blog)

Sometimes a picture paints a thousand words and with markets treading water ahead of any news out of Cyprus, Russia, or Brussels, we thought some brief levity (if not irony) was in order. Here are a number of excellent cartoons on the Cyprus situation from how we got here to where we are going...

How It All Started:

Cyprus: dragged down by the Greek ship

(Cartoon by etci)

Where it is going:

A new exit ramp for Air Cyprus

(Cartoon by Aleksandr Zudin)





The Automated Barber Machine:

The new EU-style haircut points.

(Cartoon by Kipper Williams)

European Problem Solving:

Just push …

(Cartoon by KS)

Cyprus – Plan C:

An opportunity to implement Plan C suddenly opens up …

(Cartoon by Kipper Williams)

Laundry Problems:

A broken washing machine is encountered …

(Cartoon by Patrick Chappatte)





Unarmed Robbery:

You can put those guns away lads

(Cartoon by mac)

Unexpected Cash Grab 1:

Reverse Bank Robbery

(Cartoon by Patrick Chappatte)





Unexpected Cash Grab 2:

You never know what lurks on the other side of the ATM …

And The Moscow (Times) Angle