Bloghorn's Cartoon Pick of the Week
Bloghorn spotted this great work this week… One: Kipper Williams in the Spectator on unpleasant aircraft problems Two: Daley in The Daily Telegraph on Barack Obama Three: Morten Morland in The Times onthe end of the Olympics It’s British cartoon talent From the PCO (Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation)
Artist of the Month: Andy Davey
Here is the last interview answer from Andy Davey our PCO Artist of the Month for August 2008. Bloghorn asked him what’s the future for cartooning in the digital age? I’m sure cartoons will thrive and flourish, after they emerge from this difficult period, but in what form they will do this, I have no […]
Cartoon pick of the week
Bloghorn spotted this great work this week… One: Kipper Williams in the Spectator on unpleasant aircraft problems Two: Daley in The Daily Telegraph on Barack Obama Three: Morten Morland in The Times onthe end of the Olympics It’s British cartoon talent From the PCO (Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation)
It's all about presentation
It’s something all cartoonists dread: you open up a magazine and see one of your precious works in print but they have done something to it. It may be a changed caption, an amended drawing, the cartoon has been printed too small … whatever, it’s a bit annoying. Here, cartoonist and blogger Mike Lynch takes […]
PCO Professional Cartoonists at London’s Big Draw 2008
Breaking News on Bloghorn… The PCO team for this year’s London Big Draw event is confirmed. Team skipper, Pete Dredge (Private Eye regular) will be leading Robert Duncan (Not particularly orange cards), Kipper Williams (The Guardian) and Royston Robertson (Prospect, Readers Digest, Private Eye) into the suitably absurd Battle of the Cartoonists. The 12 feet […]
Cartoon Pick of the Week
Bloghorn spotted this great work this week… One: Holland in the Oldie on Playing Health and Safety Two:Matt of the Telegraph on the GCSE results Three:Peter Schrank of The Independent on Russian bears British cartoon talent From the PCO (Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation)
Artist of the Month: Andy Davey
Andy Davey is the PCO Artist of the Month for August 2008. Bloghorn asked Andy some questions about what he does. Which other cartoonists’ work do you admire? Gerald Scarfe’s loose, carefree line, devastating caricature and command of so many styles is still pretty breathtaking. Steve Bell’s ability to nail a politician and produce the […]
Scarfe comes to Shrewsbury
The cartoonist Gerald Scarfe is touring the UK with his show Scarfe On The Road. It comes to the Shrewsbury Music Hall on the 4th of September Scarfe is one of Britain’s most popular caricaturists and is political cartoonist for the Sunday Times. For more details on this illustrated talk, which spans his 40-year career, […]
Symbolism in cartoons
Ever wondered why some newspaper cartoons have so many symbols and badges in them? Let PCOer Martin Rowson explain a little about it in this Radio 4 interview about the symbolism of Russia as a giant bear. Clip from the Today programme. British cartoon talent From the PCO (Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation)