Washout vs cooked – illustrating extreme weather

This month I’ve  drawn two weather-related covers for the UK and US editions of The Week magazine, but highlighting very different problems!  Here in the UK the wet summer has been making headline whereas across the pond they have the opposite issue….

‘Washout. Is this end end of the British summer?’: The Week, 21 July 2012

‘Cooked. Are record-setting heat waves, droughts and wildfires proof of global warming?’: The US Week, 20 July 2012