Cartoonists idle away the evening

Two top cartoonists are to give a talk on their art at a new venue set up in London by the Idler magazine. Jonathan Pugh, pictured, and Tony Husband will host an event called Secrets of the Master Cartoonists at The Idler Academy on March 31 at 7pm. After many years at The Times, Pugh […]

Heath Robinson comes home

An exhibition of cartoons by William Heath Robinson is being held in Pinner, in the London Borough of Harrow, where the artist lived and worked for ten years. The show, called Machines and Inventions, after the elaborate and somewhat improbable contraptions for which Heath Robinson is famous, will be held at West House in Pinner […]

Foghorn magazine – Issue 49

Spring has nearly sprung and so has the latest issue of Foghorn, the cartoon magazine of the Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation. In keeping with this issue’s musical theme, the magazine features an operatic cover by PCO’s Chichi Parish and is available to subscribers for the very merry annual price of £20 for six full colour issues. What’s inside? Noel […]

The Bonzo Dog Chattoon Cartoon show

The Chattoon! cartoon show has released a new interview with Neil Innes of  Rutland Weekend Television and The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band (Princess Anne on Sousaphone). The featured cartoonist in this episode, Simon Ellinas, told Bloghorn; Neil and Yvonne Innes invited us out to their house in Suffolk to do this Chattoon! after I […]

The evolution of a cartoonist

What makes a cartoonist? Or any kind of artist? How much of a person’s skill is down to “natural talent”, if there is such a thing, to the environment they grew up in, or to hard work? Such issues arise from the book Sophie Crumb: Evolution of a Crazy Artist. Sophie is the daughter of […]