Hector Breeze RIP

Cartoon from Private Eye – A Cartoon History Rupert Besley writes: The sad news of the passing of Hector Breeze not long after celebrating his 90th birthday, has, unsurprisingly, brought in a flood of tributes from fellow cartoonists, all recognising the greatness of the man along with the warmth, charm and wit of his cartoons. […]

Ipswich to approve Giles Circus

Ipswich Borough Council is expected to give the go-ahead to plans to revamp part of the town centre around a statue dedicated to the cartoonist Giles this week. The scheme, to be known as Giles Circus, will raise the statue of his Grandma character to a more prominent position and will include improvements to the […]

Cartoon Pick of the Week

Bloghorn spotted this great work during this week ending the 14th August 2009. One: Matt in the Daily Telegraph on US attacks on the NHS Two: Paul Thomas in the Daily Express on the stand-in Three: Tim Sanders in The Independent on Clinton in Korea The PCO: Great British cartoon talent Subscribe to The Foghorn […]

Cartoon Pick of the Week: Redacted

MPs are back in the news again with the release of their heavily blacked-out expense reports, so Bloghorn has a special round-up of the best of the redacted, censored and otherwise obscured cartoons for the week ending the 19th June 2009. One: Matt in the Daily Telegraph gives us a historical perspective on the story. […]

Cartoon Pick of the Week

Bloghorn spotted this great work during this week ending the 20th February 2009. One: Fran Orford in Private Eye on paying top whack Two: Paul Thomas in the Express on job security Three: and Steve Bell in the Guardian on that underwater bonk. The PCO: Great British cartoon talent Subscribe to The Foghorn – our […]

Cartoon exhibition: Giles – One of the Family

Original artwork by Carl Giles. Click to enlarge The exhibition Giles: One of the Family opens today (November 5) at the Cartoon Museum in London. It showcases the work of Carl Giles (1916-1995), the most famous cartoonist of his generation. Born in Islington, London, during the First World War, Giles joined the Daily Express in […]