{"id":9354,"date":"2023-09-12T08:32:18","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T08:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/?p=9354"},"modified":"2025-03-03T09:08:17","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T09:08:17","slug":"pension-awareness-week-pension-guru-steve-bees-cartoon-anthology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/pensions\/pension-awareness-week-pension-guru-steve-bees-cartoon-anthology\/","title":{"rendered":"Pension Awareness Week: pension guru Steve Bee&#8217;s cartoon anthology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mouthy Money contributor, pensions guru and cartoonist Steve Bee takes a walk down pensions memory lane with some select drawings from his cartoon anthology for Pension Awareness Week.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-6-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9351 lazyload\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-6-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-6-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-6-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-6-400x400.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-6-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-6-2048x2048.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-6-180x180.jpeg 180w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-6-90x90.jpeg 90w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-6-450x450.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-6-270x270.jpeg 270w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-6-20x20.jpeg 20w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-6-225x225.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-6-900x900.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-6-1350x1350.jpeg 1350w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-6-96x96.jpeg 96w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I think I drew this back in 2003 as part of my Pensions Conversations series of cartoons. It features two of my regular characters from back then, Emma Leaven and Neville Rebel.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It concerns something I didn\u2019t think many people appreciated at the time. I don\u2019t think many people really understand it these days either if I\u2019m being honest\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-683x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9353 lazyload\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-1024x1536.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-1365x2048.jpeg 1365w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-450x675.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-225x338.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-900x1350.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-1350x2025.jpeg 1350w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-20x30.jpeg 20w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-64x96.jpeg 64w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-scaled.jpeg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s another one from way back in 2007. The \u2018crises\u2019 outlined here were \u2018solved\u2019 a decade later with the introduction of Automatic Enrolment, but at the cost of scrapping the State Second Pension (aka S2P &#8211; the state pension previously known as Serps\u2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"698\" height=\"1024\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-1-698x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9346 lazyload\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-1-698x1024.jpeg 698w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-1-204x300.jpeg 204w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-1-1046x1536.jpeg 1046w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-1-1395x2048.jpeg 1395w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-1-450x661.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-1-225x330.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-1-900x1321.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-1-1350x1982.jpeg 1350w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-1-20x29.jpeg 20w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-1-65x96.jpeg 65w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-1-scaled.jpeg 1744w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 698px) 100vw, 698px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s another one of my Pensions Conversations comic strips from, I think, 2006. It features my then new characters, PensionsGuru and Mrs Guru.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-2-683x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9347 lazyload\" style=\"width:670px;height:1005px\" width=\"670\" height=\"1005\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-2-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-2-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-2-1024x1536.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-2-1365x2048.jpeg 1365w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-2-450x675.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-2-225x338.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-2-900x1350.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-2-1350x2025.jpeg 1350w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-2-20x30.jpeg 20w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-2-64x96.jpeg 64w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-2-scaled.jpeg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This one\u2019s from 2006. I drew it after having a coffee with a personal finance journalist at the M-Bar in Leadenhall Market (I did a lot of my cartooning there in those days). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It more or less sums up the conversation we\u2019d had about the so-called special agreement that the politicians of the time had come up with. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quite important these days I think to remind ourselves just why the pensions triple-lock was eventually introduced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-3-683x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9348 lazyload\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-3-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-3-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-3-1024x1536.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-3-1365x2048.jpeg 1365w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-3-450x675.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-3-225x338.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-3-900x1350.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-3-1350x2025.jpeg 1350w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-3-20x30.jpeg 20w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-3-64x96.jpeg 64w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-3-scaled.jpeg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This one\u2019s interesting in that I drew it in 2007 and some people have since pointed out to me that it in some way predicted the rise of the Waspi movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don\u2019t think that\u2019s the case, nor anything like it, but I do think a state pension system with such poor outcomes for half the population should never have been acceptable to us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-4-698x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9349 lazyload\" style=\"width:670px;height:983px\" width=\"670\" height=\"983\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-4-698x1024.jpeg 698w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-4-204x300.jpeg 204w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-4-1046x1536.jpeg 1046w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-4-1395x2048.jpeg 1395w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-4-450x661.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-4-225x330.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-4-900x1321.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-4-1350x1982.jpeg 1350w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-4-20x29.jpeg 20w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-4-65x96.jpeg 65w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-4-scaled.jpeg 1744w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When I drew this in 2008 I thought it was quite funny. These days I\u2019m not so sure\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"517\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-5-1024x517.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9350 lazyload\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-5-1024x517.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-5-300x151.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-5-1536x776.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-5-2048x1034.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-5-450x227.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-5-20x11.jpeg 20w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-5-225x114.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-5-900x454.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-5-1350x682.jpeg 1350w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-5-190x96.jpeg 190w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Another one from 2008 that would probably still be relevant in 2058.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"707\" height=\"1024\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Demonising-DC-707x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9345 lazyload\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Demonising-DC-707x1024.jpg 707w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Demonising-DC-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Demonising-DC-1060x1536.jpg 1060w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Demonising-DC-1414x2048.jpg 1414w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Demonising-DC-450x652.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Demonising-DC-225x326.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Demonising-DC-900x1304.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Demonising-DC-1350x1956.jpg 1350w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Demonising-DC-20x29.jpg 20w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Demonising-DC-66x96.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Demonising-DC-scaled.jpg 1767w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 707px) 100vw, 707px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s another one that\u2019ll be just as true in 20 years time as it was 20 years ago when I drew it\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-7-683x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9352 lazyload\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-7-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-7-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-7-1024x1536.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-7-1365x2048.jpeg 1365w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-7-450x675.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-7-225x338.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-7-900x1350.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-7-1350x2025.jpeg 1350w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-7-20x30.jpeg 20w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-7-64x96.jpeg 64w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unknown-7-scaled.jpeg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mouthy Money contributor, pensions guru and cartoonist Steve Bee takes a walk down pensions memory lane with some select drawings from his cartoon anthology for Pension Awareness Week. I think I drew this back in 2003 as part of my Pensions Conversations series of cartoons. 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