Raise a glass to new cartoon show

An exhibition that is sure to bring some warmth and cheer to the winter opens at the Cartoon Museum in London on Wednesday 24 November. Ink and the Bottle is billed as “a merry exhibition on the pleasures and perils of the ‘demon drink’ starting with a swig of gin from Hogarth and Cruikshank”. We […]

Cartoon Pick of the Week

For the week ending 1st May 2009, we have a Shrewsbury Big Boards Special, a selection of some of the giant cartoons seen at this year’s festival. One: Steve “Bestie” Best on CO2 emissions Two: Jacky Fleming’s Mrs Darwin Three: Kipper Williams looks at a mayfly’s day Four: Clive Goddard on human resources Five: Dave […]

Artist of the Month: Denis Dowland

Reflecting on the future of cartooning in the digital age in our last entry for 2008, PCO Artist of the Month, Denis Dowland, writes: Technological advances give with one hand and take with the other just like chancellors. I certainly do not miss the good old days of dragging heavy portfolios round studios, at or […]

Artist of the Month: Denis Dowland

PCO Artist of the Month Denis Dowland, tells Bloghorn about some of his cartoon influences: “A good gag’s a good gag so I am not so particular about graphic styles. I think the great majority of cartoonists, and I don’t even mind being counted as one of them, come up with at most a handful […]

Artist of the Month: Denis Dowland

PCO Artist of the Month, Denis Dowland, reveals to Bloghorn how he goes about producing his cartoons … “I have had to learn to resist the Big Creative Rush, especially after a grand meal or closing time, when everything comes out so clear and sharp and you can do, of course, no wrong. “I have […]

Artist of the Month: Denis Dowland

The PCO Artist of the Month for December 2008 is Denis Dowland. Denis’s output ranges from traditional gags, or, joke cartoons to “conceptual absurdism” (his description). He tells Bloghorn that from a young age that he was always drawing; “As a child I was perceived as a gifted artist, due mostly, I imagine, to my […]