This chapter examines the c.1889–1890 conflict between the cartoonists of the British Punch and Portuguese Pontos nos ii, over the partition of African territories at the end of the nineteenth century. The images show that the assertion of each country’s identity during a political crisis is not dissociated from the political imbalances which are visible in the cartoons. The claim by the British Empire over territories in central-southern Africa that Portugal regarded as its own sphere prompted aggressive cartooning showing John Bull asserting himself over degenerate Portuguese characters on the one hand (stubborn children, fearful little soldiers, or ridiculous animalizations), while a spirited response from Pontos nos ii used “Zé Povinho” (the identity symbol of Portugal, equivalent to John Bull) to attack the British for their servility to other great powers, unethical practices, and hypocrisy. The conflict was asymmetrical in more than one way: the editors of Pontos nos ii paid close attention to the weekly contents of Punch, and the work of Linley Sambourne (1844–1910) and John Tenniel (1820–1914), while the British magazine ignored almost entirely the Portuguese response, spearheaded by Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro (1846–1905) and Manuel Gustavo (1867–1920). Analysis of the images show that the caricature can be an important document for history because it highlights very particular aspects that the written texts cannot. These cartoons also show that sometimes satire invades the territories of the past to impose new configurations and to make convenient adaptations of history.