Opinion: The postcard’s future

Rupert Besley delivers part two of his article on the humble cartoon postcard. You can read part one here Postcards and cartoons are the perfect marriage, the dream team, two forms of relative ephemera, each made for the other. Both are finding life tough at present, as old-style print gets edged out by new electronic media, and […]

Opinion: The postcard is not dead

Procartoonists member Rupert Besley takes a look at a much-loved old form for cartooning: the postcard In 1899 a Norwegian cruise ship doing the coastline despatched 20,000 postcards in the course of one trip*. The unfortunate crewman charged with postmarking each stamp suffered blisters to the hand. In 1903 the British alone sent 600 million postcards […]

Cartoon exhibition continues

Cartoon by Andy “Gilby” Gilbert. Click to enlarge Who’s Laughing Now?, a cartoon exhibition by PCOer Andy Gilbert, has been a hit at the Derby Museum and Art Gallery and as a result, selected pieces will be exhibited at the Queen’s Hospital, Burton upon Trent, until December 13. After that, the full exhibition can be […]

Cartoon Exhibition: Who's Laughing Now?

Cartoon by Andy “Gilby” Gilbert. Click to enlarge PCOer Andy Gilbert has been invited by Derby Museum and Art Gallery to exhibit his new collection of worked entitled “Who’s Laughing Now?” Andy produces artwork for Rainbow Cards and much of this exhibition will highlight the gentle humour that he produces for their range. The exhibition […]