Who’s going to Shrewsbury 2009
With a little over six weeks to go until the start of the Shrewsbury International Cartoon Festival, the full list of cartoonists in attendance has been revealed. British cartoonists taking part this year will include Neil Dishington, Noel Ford, Pete Dredge, Andy Davey, Bill Stott, Martin Honeysett, Steve Bright, Steve Best, Tim Harries, John Roberts, […]
Web-comic creators do their Thing
If you have put together an event and can’t think of a name for it, you can always just call it a “Thing”. That’s what the organisers of the UK Web & Mini Comix Thing did. The annual Thing, which began in 2004, is a convention for readers and creators of web-comics and self-published mini-comics, […]
Bloghorn patron stands up
PCO patron Libby Purves made her attempt for competitive stand up comedy glory on BBC Radio 4 and you can watch a clip of her in action here.
News of the cartoonist
PCOer Nigel Sutherland reports on a cartoonists’ island life in the News of the World.
Cartoon Pick of the Week
Bloghorn spotted this great work during this week ending the 6th March 2009. One: Morten Morland in The Times on Brown meeting Obama Two: Pete Dredge in Private Eye on Fred the Shred (left cartoon) Three: David Simmonds in the New Statesman on Brown’s reading material The PCO: Great British cartoon talent Subscribe to The […]
Cartoonist draws funny money for C4
It seems the government is set on printing more money to get us out of the current economic crisis, so journalists and cartoonists everywhere are having to learn how to spell quantitative easing. But when you need funny money in a hurry, who better to call on than a cartoonist? That’s what Channel 4 News […]
Artist of the Month – The Surreal McCoy
Bloghorn’s Artist of the Month for March is The Surreal McCoy, whose cartoons have appeared in The Independent, The London Evening Standard, The London Jewish News, The Fortean Times and The Oldie magazines among others. The Surreal McCoy also held the post of Cartoonist-In-Residence on Sandi Toksvig’s daily show for LBC radio, drawing live on […]
Reaction to the DFC's plan to close
Bloghorn and DFC contributor Clive Goddard writes: In June last year there was a meeting at Oxford University Press about the launch of a new children’s comic. Being a local, I turned up hoping to find out what sort of thing they were envisaging and, of course, to hob-nob with its creators. I met publisher […]
DFC comic is put up for sale
The DFC, the weekly kids’ comic launched last year, is up for sale. The publisher, Random House, said it will close on March 27 if a buyer cannot be found. Philippa Dickinson, Managing Director at Random House Children’s Books, said: “Unfortunately, in the current economic climate, we have decided that the DFC is not commercially […]