Bloghorn has gone to the Shrewsbury International Cartoon Festival
PCOer Wilbur Dawbarn drew this cartoon of last year’s event for The Oldie magazine. Bloghorn has now left the digital arena to go to this year’s event. British cartoon talent From the PCO (Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation)
Why bother with cartoons? Ask an expert
“Cartoonists always go cheerfully and happily straight to the heart of the issue, or the trend, or the argument: they are wise, because they have seen the truth about life, which is that at the heart of everything there lies a joke.” Libby Purves, columnist, broadcaster and patron of the Shrewsbury International Cartoon Festival. British […]
The living UK cartoonists
PCOer Bill Stott writes: We’re good at celebrating the work of dead cartoonists in the UK, but less adept at flagging up good living ones. True, some live cartoonists are celebrated, but not many. Only recently, the media fate of visual humour was placed in the hands of the Hayward Gallery on London’s South Bank. […]
Cartoon workshops at the Shrewsbury festival
Tim Harries running a cartoon workshop Click image to enlarge Cartoon workshops are a key part of the Shrewsbury International Cartoon Festival, and PCO members Tim Harries and Andy Gilbert will be running two of them. Tim will host a workshop called Create a Comic Strip on Saturday (April 19) at Shropshire Wildlife Trust, 2pm–4pm. […]
Shrewsbury International Cartoon Festival – In The Soup with Gordon Brown
Caricature of Prime Minister Gordon Brown appearing in cartoonist Dave Brown‘s one-man show at this year’s Shrewsbury International Cartoon Festival. Cartoon courtesy of Dave Brown. Click to enlarge the image. British cartoon talent From the PCO (Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation)
Shrewsbury International Cartoon Festival – But is it Art?
PCOer Alex Hughes submitted this caricature of Prime Minister Gordon Brown for the “But is it Art?” show at this year’s Shrewsbury festival. Click the picture to enlarge it. British cartoon talent From the PCO (Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation)
Shrewsbury International Cartoon Festival – But is it Art?
One of PCOer Mike Turner‘s contributions to the “But is it Art?” show running at the Shrewsbury Festival. British cartoon talent From the PCO (Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation)
Shrewsbury International Cartoon Festival – But is it Art?
A contribution for the “But is it Art?” show from PCOer Ken Pyne. The show is currently being exhibited in Shrewsbury until the end of April. Click to enlarge the picture. British cartoon talent From the PCO (Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation)
Shrewsbury International Cartoon Festival and the UK Cartoon Museum
The curator of the UK’s national Cartoon Museum Anita O’Brien has contributed an exhibition to the Shrewsbury festival this year. This cartoon from Steve (Bestie) Best is one of the many on show now. You can click the cartoon to see a larger version. British cartoon talent From the PCO (Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation)