Offensive cartoon drawings

The issue of offence in drawn communication has reared up again in the United States where a cartoon by Sean Delonas featuring a dead chimpanzee has been used to comment on the passing into law of President’s Obama’s national economic recovery package. The drawing is causing a degree of outrage because of its real, or […]

Phill Jupitus discusses "joke theft"

All cartoonists have at some point seen a cartoon and thought, Hey, that’s my joke! But how often is it theft and how often simple coincidence? Comedian and occasional cartoonist Phill Jupitus discusses the business of stealing laughs at the Guardian website.

A fake Searle and a Posy Simmonds movie?

According to Perpetua, a Ronald Searle blog, there may be an original Ronald Searle St. Trinians illustration for sale on eBay. Admittedly, there is a lack of provenance, and the buyer freely admits it may be merely ‘attributed to Ronald Searle’ or even just ‘after Ronald Searle’. Even with a lack of proof that it’s […]

The fine art of comic-book lettering

If you thought comic-book lettering was simply a case of putting words in a balloon, and maybe adding a BIFF! here and a POW! there, then think again. An article by Nate Piekos, entitled Comics grammar and tradition explains all.

Cartoon Pick of the Week

Bloghorn spotted this great work during this week ending the 13th February 2009. One: Martin Rowson sees something apocalyptic going on – from The Guardian. Two: Clive Goddard gets the blues in Prospect and The Week. Three: And Tim Sanders in The Independent offers a thought on the revelation that Prince Harry will be undertaking […]

Artist of the Month: Neil Dishington

PCO Artist of the Month, Neil Dishington – “Dish” – explains to Bloghorn how he creates his loose graphic style: As with most of my generation I used a dip pen to start with, but could never find the right nib or a free-flowing ink. Thank goodness for fibre tip pens which I use now […]

V&A Comic illustrator selected

Karen Rubins has been selected for the Victoria and Albert Museum‘s first comic illustrator residency, as mentioned previously in Bloghorn. Karen, who draws in a manga style was also placed as a runner-up in last years Japanese Embassy’s Manga Jiman 150 Competition. (via Forbidden Planet).

London's Political Cartoon Gallery is in rude health

Bloghorn can report London’s Political Cartoon Gallery is not going to be closing, contrary to reports in the capital’s Metro newspaper. According to the Metro, the cartoon gallery, which is the only display space in the world dedicated to the art of the editorial cartoon, is facing closure because of soaring rents and collapsing demand. […]

Expert's angle on Angoulême

The journalist Paul Gravett, a leading expert on comics and graphic novels, has a report on the Angoulême International Comics Festival, which is now in its 36th year, in the Books section of The Guardian. Angoulême, a city in the Charente region of southwest France, is synonymous with comics, says Gravett, like Glyndebourne for opera […]