Japanese Earthquake Cartoon Appeal

PCOer Martin Honeysett writes: I’ve been asked to pass on this request for cartoons to support those affected by the recent Japanese earthquake and tsunami, where many will be suffering long after the media focus has moved on. This appeal is from the Kyoto Cartoon Congress who seek entries for an exhibition in Kyoto later […]

Gallery takes cartoon show north

The Chris Beetles Gallery of St James’s, London, is taking its collection of cartoons up the A1 to Nunnington Hall, near York, for a selling exhibition entitled Three Centuries of Cartoon Art which opens tomorrow (April 12). Cartoon art spanning the ages will be on view, starting with Thomas Rowlandson from the 18th century, through […]

Say 'I do' to Marriage à la Mode

A cartoon exhibition looking at all aspects of married life – for better, for worse – opens at the Cartoon Museum in London this Wednesday (March 23). Cartoon above by Pak As Prince William and Kate Middleton prepare to tie the knot on April 29, Marriage à la Mode: Royals and Commoners In and Out […]

Turning Japanese

PCOer Martin Honeysett responds to an article in The Guardian which reported Japanese plans to boost their national economic prospects with drawing. Martin recently spent two years in Japan as a visiting professor of visual communication. It comes as no surprise to read that the Japanese Prime minister keeps manga comics in his official limo. […]

Cartoon Pick of the Week

Bloghorn spotted this great work during this week ending the 10th April 2009. One: Mac in the Daily Mail: “Yes, I’ve resigned. But how the hell did you know?” Two: Paul Noth in The New Yorker with an Easter cartoon. Three: Martin Honeysett in the PCO magazine The Foghorn on animal testing. For more on […]

A cartoonist’s memories of Punch magazine

PCO cartoonist Martin Honeysett writes: I was a Punch man. I started in the 1970s when Bill Davis was editor and continued until its final demise. It took a year of weekly submissions before I got accepted and once that happened I felt I’d arrived. For a freelance gag cartoonist Punch was the business, and […]

Award-winning PCO cartoonists

PCOer Martin Honeysett has won the Kyoto International Cartoon Competition for a piece of art on global warming. Fellow member Ross Thomson placed third. You can see a full report on ther work and the stiff competition they faced here. Bloghorn says Click H for Honeysett and T for Thomson.It’s British cartoon talent From the […]

Shrewsbury International Cartoon Festival – The Big Boarders

Kipper Williams of The Guardian is one of this year’s PCO Big Boarders at the festival. Above is one of Kipper’s submissions to the “But is it Art?” exhibition, which is already open in the town. The full list of cartoonist Big Boarders drawing at this year’s festival, over the weekend of Friday 18th and […]