Rice's Whales versus the USA

The Rice's Whale, earlier considered a sub-species of the Bryde's Whale, was discovered to be a new species only in 2021! Just when it was the whale's time to 'rice and shine', USA decided to lease its habitat for oil.

Cartoon for DW Environment. 

Blue Whales and the Blue Whale Challenge

Say no to the challenge, say yes to Blue Whales!

Baleen Whales

This World Oceans Day, know your Baleen Whale species with this poster! The 14 species are distributed throughout the marine waters of the world. Baleen whales are called so because of the presence of baleen plates in their mouths instead of teeth, that enable filter feeding. The largest baleen whale is the Blue Whale, while the smallest, the Pygmy Right Whale. Most baleen whales are threatened by whaling, collisions with ships, entanglement in fishing gear, and climate change; the Omura's and the North Pacific Right Whale being the most endangered.

The compilation is available as prints and a wide range of merchandise (t-shirts, laptop skins, tote bags etc) on my webstore here.

For orders within India, e-mail me on rohanchakcartoonist@gmail.com. The range of products for Indian orders is as follows-

A1 Posters (loose)- Rs. 3000 each

A2 Posters (loose)- Rs. 1200 each

Mounted Posters (A3- Individual species and compilation)- Rs. 2000

Loose Posters (A3- Individual species and compilation)- Rs. 500 for the first copy and Rs. 200 for the second copy onwards

Tshirts (Cotton Roundneck)- Rs. 1200 each

Coffee Mug (Compilation)- Rs. 850

Norway's Double Standards

A quick cartoon on Norway's double standards- banning deforestation while becoming the leading whaling country of the world, despite global criticism and opposition (news here).

Spot the Japanese

A quick one from my Gocomics page today on Japan's recent insensitive and barbaric slaughter of 333 Minke Whales off Antarctica, many of which were pregnant females and calves. As always, the pretext for the killings in spite of being ordered not to carry out whaling, is "research".

The Dynamics of Whale Poop

There's something quite magical about the droppings of the world's largest animals, isn't it? Second in the 'magic dung' series (after my poster on Elephant Dung), here's one that briefly tells you how whale poop is not only a natural but also an economic marvel! The comic appears in the 4th anniversary issue of Saevus magazine this month.

The poster is available as A2 (Rs. 1200) and A3 (Rs. 500 for the first copy, 200 for the second print onwards) prints, that can be ordered by mailing me on rohanchakcartoonist@gmail.com. For orders outside of India, visit my Redbubble store here.

Seen any whalers?

In spite of worldwide protest, whaling by Japanese whaling companies continues unabashed. Here's a comic on whaling that appears on my Gocomics page today.