Beano is too PC, says former editor
Beano characters in action (Copyright DC Thomson) Euan Kerr, former editor of The Beano, tells the Daily Telegraph today that he was asked to tone down many characters during his time at the head of the comic. Political correctness, he says, is ruining the Beano and the Dandy. Amazingly, he had to stop Dennis the […]
Bloghorn’s cartoon pick of the week
Bloghorn spotted this great work this week. Quite a lot of it appeared to be bashing the Prime Minister … One: Dave Brown in the Independent on the Large Hadron Collider at CERN Two: Noel Ford in the Church Times on Fairtrade clergymen Three: Mac (Stan McMurtry) in the Daily Mail on life’s little problems. […]
Cartoons and poetry meet on stage
PCOer Clive Goddard on a unique cartooning event It’s not every day you hear of a comedy double-act show featuring a poet and a cartoonist. I recently got a ticket for such an event at the Cornerstone Theatre, Didcot. The cartoonist in question was Tony Husband, whose work I’ve admired for years, and the poet […]
Cartoonists and the party political convention – Part 2: The Republicans
With Hurricane Gustav battering the Gulf Coast many of the cartoonists covering the DNC last week crossed the country to the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis Saint Paul, including Rob Rogers (who had to cut short his visit to the convention due to his father’s death), Walt Handelsman and al.com’s JD Crowe. Other cartoonists covering […]
Cartoon Pick of the Week
Bloghorn spotted this great work this week… One: Peter Brookes in The Times on gunning for Sarah Palin Two: Clay Bennett at timesfreepress.com on Barack Obama: a tough act to follow But enough US elections, already … Three: Wilbur Dawbarn in Private Eye looks at the the gravity of the situation The PCO: British cartoon […]
Getting your message across using cartoons
The IT giant Google is clearly aware of the power of cartoons in putting across information in an accessible way. The company hired cartoonist Scott McCloud to produce a 38-page comic book to promote its new Chrome web browser. You can see the comic online here: Google Chrome. While we’re on the subject of cartoons […]
Cartoonists and the party political convention
Party political conference season is nearly upon us here in Britain, but in the US the Democratic Party have already finished their turn. The cartoonists were out in force both drawing and blogging in Denver, Colorado. Cartoon blogs from the convention include Rob Rogers from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (convention blog), convention first-timer Walt Handelsman from […]