Cartoonist has a go at cartoonists

Cartoonist Stephan Pastis has used his newspaper comic strip Pearls Before Swine to take a very funny swipe at cartoonists who peddle what he sees as hackneyed and dated gags about subjects such as golf, henpecked husbands and “hot secretaries”. Bloghorn says, feel free to voice your objections to either side of the argument in […]

Cartoon review: Phill Jupitus on Radio 4

Strip by comedian and wannabe cartoonist Phill Jupitus PCOer Neil Dishington reviews Comic Love, Phill Jupitus’s BBC Radio Four show in praise of newspaper comic strips Apparently Phill Jupitus is a thwarted cartoonist. Aren’t we all? I should admit that he is not my favourite comedian, and I am not a particular fan of comic […]

Cartoons on the radio

Excerpt from a comic strip by comedian Phill Jupitus Comedian Phill Jupitus hosts a programme called Comic Love on BBC Radio Four this week, in which he talks about his love of comics and newspaper strips. An occasional cartoonist himself, he has produced a strip to go with an article promoting the radio show in […]