Taking cartoons to the people
Cartoon Classroom, the project set up by comics artist David Lloyd, cartoon historian Paul Gravett and teacher Steve Marchant to take cartooning into schools, has seen a rise in the number of teachers and schools registering to use its services, following a letter to The Teacher magazine. However, they are always keen to take on […]
Like a cartoon? Always ask before taking
A cartoon by Daryl Cagle which was re-labelled by the user Any professional cartoonist will tell you it’s annoying when they hear that one of their cartoons has been used without permission, but it’s doubly annoying when the person doing the taking has made ‘‘amendments’’. So it must have been, er, triply annoying when this […]
Quite Interesting Cartoonists
PCO member Stevyn Colgan writes: This year, members of the PCO have once again contributed to the BBC TV series QI and its spin-off book titles. It’s a relationship that has existed ever since the first QI Annual was published in 2008. The TV show – in which each season follows a letter of the […]
The Illusionist – Review
PCOer The Surreal McCoy writes with a short review of The Illusionist, the new film by Sylvain Chomet. The perfect antidote to Hollywood’s current obsession with computer-generated 3D imagery, The Illusionist is the latest animated feature from Sylvain (Belleville Rendez-vous) Chomet. I defy anyone to watch dry-eyed as the poignant story of an ageing magician trying […]
The festive cartoonist
On Mondays you can rely upon Royston Robertson to be posting news of the UK’s cartoonists here at Bloghorn – but not this week. After a long struggle, Bloghorn convinced Royston he should allow himself the week off because the Kent-based cartoonist will be giving an illustrated talk about his work at A Summer Squall in […]
Cause and effect: Cartoonists’ Showcase
“Double Dip and Toil and Trouble !!” by Nick Hayes, from the Guardian’s summer cartoonists showcase. As previously mentioned in Bloghorn, the Guardian is showcasing six up-and-coming cartoonists whilst regular incumbent Steve Bell is on his summer holidays. Since the last week of July, the cartoons of Anna Trench, Lou McKeever (aka Bluelou), Ben Jennings, Tanya […]
Hypercomics look to the future
Here at the Bloghorn we’re always ready to applaud when people do something different with cartoons and comics, and the exhibition Hypercomics, which is at the Pump House Gallery in Battersea, London, appears to do just that. Subtitled The Shapes of Comics to Come, it runs until September 26 and features work on four floors […]
Louder than a vuvuzela
Cartoonists in South Africa have joined their colleagues in the media to launch a open petition to protect freedom of expression in their youthful democracy. This effort is in response to the ANC government’s proposal to introduce new media laws and to start a national panel of scrutiny over journalists, who were recently described as ‘dangerous’ . […]
Foghorn cartoon magazine – Issue 46
The new issue of Foghorn, the cartoon magazine of the UK Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation, has been published. Featuring a cover by Steve Bright and a back cover by Gerard Whyman, Foghorn is available to subscribers for the modest annual sum of £30 for six full colour issues all delivered to your door. What’s inside this issue? Toyshops in my […]