And the winner is…

Congratulations to the winner of our January competition. We hope Stuart Cooper will enjoy his copy of Mark Bryant’s excellent book – World War 2 in cartoons. Stuart correctly answered questions one, two and three and in strictly sequential order those answers were: Question 1. Careless Talk (profile) Question 2. Bruce Bairnsfather (profile) Question 3. Ronald […]

Cartoonists at large

One of Bloghorn’s regular contributors, Royston Robertson has a cartoon in a rather unusual exhibition. The Great Wall of Ramsgate is a 1000ft-long temporary wall that’s been erected around the site of an old amusement park during redevelopment. In an effort to brighten it up a bit, local artists, photographers and cartoonists have been invited […]

Cartoon contest is no laughing matter

PCO cartoonist John Jensen takes a look at a Turkish cartoon competition: Turkey recently staged its 27th Aydin Dogan International Cartoon Competition and a 255-page catalogue was released, beautifully printed throughout in colour, with text in Turkish and English. There’s a long list of successful exhibitors – 44 countries are represented – and a much […]

January Monday Prize Competition No3

It is time for the last question in our January Monday quiz. You can win a copy of Mark Bryant’s excellent book – World War 2 in cartoons. Answer questions one, two and three before Friday 28th January. Email the editor the correct answers and you’ll go into a prize draw for the illustrated book. […]

Express yourself

The cartoonist behind the award-winning webcomic Lackadaisy, Tracy J. Butler, has produced a brief guide to drawing expressions. The guide, which includes tips about unlearning bad habits, reference, loose sketching and, of course, practice is one of a number of guides showing how Butler produces, draws, colours and finishes her comic. Lackadaisy, the story of anthropomorphic […]

From Herriman to Holte: Another ten great cartoonists

The cartoonist Gerald Scarfe has made a list of his ten favourite cartoonists, for the Daily Mail website. It includes some inarguable choices as well as some surprising ones. Ronald Searle, widely regarded as Britain’s best living cartoonist, is on there. There are also choices from the worlds of fine art, such as Picasso, and […]

January Monday Prize Competition No2.

It is time for the second question in our January Monday quiz. Win a copy of Mark Bryant’s excellent book – World War 2 in cartoons. The draw will take place after the last question is posted on Monday 24th Jan. Email the editor after that with the correct answers and you’ll go into a […]

Capital cartooning

Bloghorn notes some new cartoon-related events coming soon to London town. There’s an exhibition of the cartoons Ronald Searle drew for his wife, Les Très Riches Heures de Mrs. Mole, while she was undergoing chemotherapy, accompanied by a talk on Searle’s life by Valerie Grove on Tuesday, 15 February 2011 at The Foundling Museum, 40 Brunswick Square, London, […]

Cartoonists doing it for themselves

Cartoonists are continuing to use the print-on-demand services provided by various websites to get their work out there. These sites mean that they can print collections of their drawings as and when they are needed, so they don’t end up with boxes full of unsold books cluttering up their sheds. While the cartoonists probably won’t […]