PCO Procartoonists – Comics Britannia REVIEWED

PCO member Royston Robertson reviews the second episode of Comics Britannia, broadcast on BBC Four 17th September 2007. You can read his first review here THERE was a very different cast of characters for the second part of the Comics Britannia documentary, and not just on the page. Gone were the quiet, eccentric types such […]

PCO Procartoonists – The Big Draw

The PCO will be fielding a team of cartoonists at this year’s Big Draw event on Sunday October 14th. Part of the annual festival of drawing is being held in London’s Covent Garden this year and the PCO team have been invited to participate in the ‘Battle of the Cartoonists’ where professional artists bid to […]

PCO Procartoonists – The power of images

A nasty story about the power of drawn imagery. The power to make such things, also brings responsibility in being able to justify what you create. The link, is as reported by the BBC. UPDATED: 18th SeptemberA response to this story from the USA, linked here. And coverage of the aftermath of the event from […]

Artist of the month: Pete Dredge

Pete Dredge is the PCO’s Artist of the Month for September. Bloghorn says click D for Dredge for more From the PCO (Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation)

PCO Procartoonists – Comics Britannia REVIEWED

PCO member Royston Robertson reviews the first episode of Comics Britannia, broadcast on BBC Four 10th September 2007. VARIOUS bigwigs at the Beeb have suggested recently that BBCs Three and Four could be axed, in a cost-cutting move. The former is fine by me – there’s only so many times you can watch Two Pints […]

PCO Procartoonists – A history of comics art

Bloghorn would like to offer sincere respects to the BBC for making a whole series of TV programmes about the history of graphic novels – or comics, as we used to know them. Read about episode one here, and set your televisual recording devices for the times listed here (Above image, courtesy of the BBC) […]

Artist of the month: Pete Dredge

Pete sold his first cartoon to Punch in 1976 and has been going strong ever since. He has been a regular contributor of gag cartoons and cartoon strips to Private Eye for many years – as well as working for many other publications and businesses. In between all the work, Pete also managed to set […]

PCO Procartoonists – Foghorn

It’s only a month to the new issue of the Professional Cartoonists cartoon magazine. From the PCO (Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation)