Cartooning in the media: It's not all bad news
PCOer Royston Robertson says we cartoonists need to lighten up about media coverage of our profession There’s no doubt that cartoons are enjoying an unusually high profile in the British media at the moment. We’ve seen acres of coverage for the launch of new kids’ comic The DFC (left), the 70th anniversary of The Beano […]
Cartoon review: Phill Jupitus on Radio 4
Strip by comedian and wannabe cartoonist Phill Jupitus PCOer Neil Dishington reviews Comic Love, Phill Jupitus’s BBC Radio Four show in praise of newspaper comic strips Apparently Phill Jupitus is a thwarted cartoonist. Aren’t we all? I should admit that he is not my favourite comedian, and I am not a particular fan of comic […]
Celebrity cartoonists
As cartoonist-turned-comedian Phill Jupitus prepares to talk of his love of cartoons on the radio, PCOer Royston Robertson looks at some other celebrities who once wielded drawing pens MEL CALMAN called his autobiography What Else Do You Do?, after the question that is so often put to cartoonists. In fact, there appear to be many […]
Cartoons on the radio
Excerpt from a comic strip by comedian Phill Jupitus Comedian Phill Jupitus hosts a programme called Comic Love on BBC Radio Four this week, in which he talks about his love of comics and newspaper strips. An occasional cartoonist himself, he has produced a strip to go with an article promoting the radio show in […]