Dave Brown Busts Out
Oliver Preston (Cartoon Museum Chair), Dave Brown and Steve Bell at the Cartoon Museum Gillray bust unveiling. Photo © Kasia Kowalska Dave Brown writes: ‘If Hogarth was the grandfather of the modern cartoon, You were its father…’ (David Low on James Gillray, 1943) Gillray set the template for the modern political cartoon. His savage humour and supreme draughtsmanship […]
Can cartoons be both funny – and diverse?
Cartoon © Nick Newman By Nick Newman and courtesy of The Spectator. Of the many challenges cartoonists face — rejection, money, drink, or lack of — one of the trickiest is the growing pressure to depict diversity. Nowadays readers often write to publications complaining about the dearth of ethnic minorities in our drawings and demand […]
Outrage! First Herne Bay Cartoon Festival exhibition opens
The exhibition Outrage! A brief history of offensive cartoons is now on at the Seaside Museum in Herne Bay, Kent, the first event in the third Herne Bay Cartoon Festival. It includes works from the British Cartoon Archive in Canterbury and features David Low, the infamous Oz schoolkids’ edition, a cartoon Private Eye didn’t dare […]
The Round-up
An exhibition dedicated to the work of Posy Simmonds, the creator of Tamara Drewe, has opened in Belgium. Forbidden Planet has further details here, and Paul Gravett, who co-curated the show with Simmonds, writes extensively about her life and work on his blog. To coincide with the recent Jubilee celebrations, The Guardian looked back at […]
101 reasons to visit Cartoon Museum
An exhibition called One Hundred and One Cartoonists is at the Cartoon Museum in London from Thursday 3 November. It features cartoons, comics and caricatures from the collection of Luke Gertler, who has been collecting original cartoon artwork for more than 50 years. On display will be works by H.M. Bateman, Max Beerbohm, Giles, David […]
Cartooning on the Frontline
Photograph: Antje Bormann PCO member Martin Rowson delivered a talk on Caricatures and Commentary to the Frontline Club in London this week. In discussion with Radio 4’s Laurie Taylor Martin spoke about subjects ranging from his caricatures of patrons at the Gay Hussar restaurant to the abolition of the Licensing Act in 1695 and taking in […]
Cartoons on the radio
Above: Low takes on Hitler and Mussolini. Click to enlarge Cartoons were back in the spotlight this morning with an item on BBC Radio Four’s Today show about the David Low exhibition currently running at London’s Political Cartoon Gallery. Tim Benson of the gallery appeared on the show to discuss the work with politicians Douglas […]
Cartoon exhibition: The Best of Low
Above: Low takes on Hitler and Mussolini An exhibition showcasing the best of Sir David Low is at the Political Cartoon Gallery in London from April 23 until June 7. Low (1891–1963) is considered by many to be the greatest political cartoonist of the 20th Century. This exhibition of his work includes more than 60 […]