Artist of the Month – Noel Ford

Bloghorn asked Artist of the Month, Noel Ford, What do you see as the future of cartooning in the digital age? Since the days of Hogarth, cartoons have been engraved, pencilled, penned and brushed. Digital media is, in one way, just another step along the way. However, the digital age has revolutionised our profession in […]

A Big Board from start to finish

Cartoonist Tim Harries demonstrates how to draw a Big Board cartoon from start to finish, at this year’s Shrewsbury International Cartoon Festival

Shrewsbury 2009 – it's all about action

Here’s Hunt Emerson, underground comics star turned Beano artist, demonstrating comic poses during a workshop held at the appropriately named Infinity and Beyond comic shop in Shrewsbury. Remember, although the festival is over you can still see the exhibitions, as they run for several weeks. Check the website for details.

Shrewsbury 2009 – it’s all about action

Here’s Hunt Emerson, underground comics star turned Beano artist, demonstrating comic poses during a workshop held at the appropriately named Infinity and Beyond comic shop in Shrewsbury. Remember, although the festival is over you can still see the exhibitions, as they run for several weeks. Check the website for details.

Praise for British cartoons

A Telegraph reader praises British cartooning in response to last week’s article by PCO patron Libby Purves. Bloghorn endorses and approves any comments about how marvellous British cartoonists are, though we would not agree with the Telegraph reader’s view on cartoons in “continental newspapers”, having just returned from the Shrewsbury International Cartoon Festival. An acclaimed […]

Shrewsbury 2009 – Sunday

Shrewsbury on Sunday, and after the traditional Saturday night of eating, drinking and drawing on tablecloths, there is one more gallery opening event. Professor Colin Pillinger, the architect of Beagle 2, the Mars Lander, has a personal selection of cartoons titled Science Friction at the Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery. After that, all the cartoonists […]