Young cartoonist contest goes digital
The Young Cartoonists of the Year competition 2013 has opened and for the first time they are accepting artwork that has been created digitally. Although the flyer for the event states “original artwork only”, the Cartoon Museum, which runs the event with the British Cartoonists Association, was happy to clarify, telling us: “If you draw […]
Dandy looks back, and forward
The Dandy: 75 Years of Biffs, Bangs and Banana Skins opens at the Cartoon Museum in London today. The exhibition runs until 24 December, effectively out-living the comic itself, as the final print issue comes out on 4 December – 75 years to the day since its launch. The comic will be moving online though, […]
Cartooning looks to the future
There’s no doubt that the news media is undergoing something of a traumatic transitional phase, as the move towards digital continues. But the people who make the cartoons that go with the news appear to have it even worse, particularly in America. As The Economist has noted, those at the forefront of news and comment […]
Cartoons are about ideas, not tools
Traditional animation: Disney’s The Princess and the Frog You may have read about the new Disney film The Princess and the Frog, which is out this week. What you may also have read is that it is “a return to hand-drawn animation”. Bloghorn would like to dispute this by pointing out a simple fact: cartoons […]