The Round-up

The BBC has been looking at how political cartoonists in Northern Ireland coped with covering the Troubles. You can read the article and see an episode of BBC Northern Ireland’s The Arts Show (until 28 April) here. Meanwhile, in the Republic of Ireland, The Irish Times has apologised for a cartoon about priests by Martyn […]

A trip to the twilight zone, and beyond

Here are a few interesting cartooning links to start your week. First, PCOer Martin Rowson, cartoon above, writes in today’s Guardian about the strange place that cartoonists occupy in the British media, and their love-hate relationship with editors: Cartoonists in the twilight zone But it’s all love from one former editor, David Yelland of The […]

Strip that dared to imagine the future

Planetfall, original Dan Dare artwork by Frank Hampson Dan Dare and the Birth of Hi-Tech Britain, is running at the Science Museum in London. The exhibition looks at how the Eagle comic strip imagined a brave new technological future, some parts of which came true, while others remained science fiction. The show has been running […]