Opinion: Cartoonists and a new world
The internet is a perfect medium for cartoons. Images can look much more striking on a backlit screen than they ever did in muddy print. So the news that The Sun was dropping Andy Davey’s weekday editorial cartoon slot just as it finally attempted a serious transition to digital first publication is ironic. I am […]
The Round-up
They said it would be the end of the world, but they were wrong … The Dandy is still with us (albeit in digital form), as mentioned here last week. There is, however, a documentary on 75 years of the comic, Just Dandy, showing on BBC One on New Year’s Eve, featuring contributions from the […]
The Round-up
Dave Walker, regular contributor to Church Times and a member of Procartoonists.org, produced the cartoon above for The Guardian this week, following the Church of England’s decision to reject the ordination of women bishops. Dave’s cartoon has attracted more than 100 comments, and counting. Having moved into greeting card designs, Matthew Inman – the cartoonist […]
Big drawings from The Big Draw
To spare you lots of pictures of cartoonists bending over tables and displaying their bald spots – with the exception of the Big Girls Drawers team, of course! – we present a selection of details from the seven banners in the Battle of the Cartoonists in the V&A’s Raphael Room. The Private Eye team, captained […]
Does my cartoon look big in this?
If a cartoon is visual communication, legibility is key to every image that needs to use words. But technology can be disruptive, of course. And so, to The Guardian website for some proof: Reader reaction: I need a bigger cartoon for legibility In a similar vein: What’s the point in employing a great cartoonist … […]
Swift satire from Rowson
An exhibition featuring artwork from Martin Rowson’s new graphic novel version of Gulliver’s Travels opens at the Guardian News & Media building in London today. The exhibition runs until April 12 and is open each day from 10am-6pm. Admission is free. Rowson’s modern-day take on Jonathan Swift’s tale is published by Atlantic Books. You can hear […]
Back to the cold days
The exhibition Drawing the Curtain: Soviet Cartoons from the Cold War, hosted by Guardian News and Media, opens on January 19. It marks the publication of the book Drawing the Curtain: The Cold War in Cartoons by Tim Benson of the Political Cartoon Society. The book takes key moments in cold war history, such as […]
Cartoonist guards her rights
The appearance of a cartoon in a newspaper or upon a website usually produces a frisson of joy for the cartoonist who made it – unless it has appeared without their permission. The American cartoonist Stephanie Piro, who had this unfortunate experience recently, told The Bloghorn what happened – and more importantly what to do […]
Round up: What the Bloghorn saw
Rob Murray writes: Music by The Smiths has inspired a comics collection, Unite and Take Over, due for release in November. Smiths fan Shawn Demumbrum of Phoenix, Arizona has assembled 13 creative teams to interpret songs by the band as comic strips, each three or four pages in length. Demumbrum, who is currently looking for […]