Shrewsbury International Cartoon Festival – Ralph Steadman on Martin Amis
Among the exhibits in the caricature show at this year’s Shrewsbury cartoon festival is this drawing of author Martin Amis by Ralph Steadman.British cartoon talent From the PCO (Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation)
Cartoon exhibition: Pont of Punch
Cartoon by Punch cartoonist Pont. (Click to enlarge) An exhibition entitled Pont: Observing the British at Home and Abroad runs at the Cartoon Museum in London from April 23 until July 27. It features more than 90 classic cartoons about the quirks of the British by Graham Laidler, better known as the Punch cartoonist Pont. […]
A Shrewsbury Big Boarder writes – about drawing
PCOer Pete Dredge writes about making a Big Board for the Shrewsbury International Cartoon Festival: I’ve been in training for weeks now, aiming to be at peak fitness for the Big Board Challenge at Shrewsbury this month. Yes, the “knee-bending, back-stretching, squat-thrusting and magnum marker pen-clutching” exercise DVD has been dusted off once again in […]
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 […]
How big is your pencil?
Bloghorn noticed yesterday that artist David Hockney has donated his largest ever painting to the Tate Britain museum in London. The enormous picture is called “Bigger Trees Near Warter” and he’s made a pun in the title. It’s a play on words with a small village in East Yorkshire. This art behaviour is bit like […]
Cartoonists 2008 exhibition
Cartoon by Peter Brookes of The Times An exhibition entitled Cartoonists 2008 opens at the Chris Beetles Gallery in London on April 8 and runs until May 3. It is the gallery’s second annual show devoted to the art of British cartooning, following on from its successful You Havin’ a Laugh? exhibition last year. The […]
Shrewsbury Festival events – the art of reverse caricature
Caricature is the art of exaggerating the features of the face while retaining the identity of the person being drawn. Reverse caricaturing is the art of giving someone the body they may, or may not, desire. Here, one of the PCO’s patrons, Libby Purves, gets reinvented as a bunny girl.British cartoon talent From the PCO […]
Shrewsbury Cartoon Festival: A family thing
The Guardian’s Family section yesterday listed the Shrewsbury Cartoon Festival as one of its Things to do with your family … The paper admits, however, that the talk by its own Steve Bell may not be suitable for all ages! British cartoon talent From the PCO (Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation)
The not-the-PCO-artist-of-the-month-post
Bloghorn is going to be taking a break from our regular Friday feature during April as we feel we may have a lot on our plate with the upcoming cartoon festival. PCOer Martin Honeysett has submitted this piece for the But is it art show up in Shrewsbury.British cartoon talent From the PCO (Professional Cartoonists’ […]