The gruesome pictures include children’s cartoon favourite Daffy Duck having his head blown off by a gun-wielding Bugs Bunny, as blood is sprayed everywhere.

Another violent picture shows famous cartoon cat and mouse duo Tom and Jerry as never before – with Tom the cat chopping Jerry into small pieces in a pool of blood and guts.

A third brutal piece of artwork features long-suffering cartoon cat Sylvester with a mouth covered in blood, having finally taken a bite out of his bird nemesis Tweety Pie.

The controversial characters, all taken from the popular Looney Tunes series, are included in artwork described as ‘unrelenting acts of blood and discomfort never previously witnessed on the Cartoon Network’.

The barbaric pictures by artist James Cauty are part of the ‘Splatter’ exhibition which will be shown at London’s Aquarium Gallery. More here