A trip to the twilight zone, and beyond

Here are a few interesting cartooning links to start your week. First, PCOer Martin Rowson, cartoon above, writes in today’s Guardian about the strange place that cartoonists occupy in the British media, and their love-hate relationship with editors: Cartoonists in the twilight zone But it’s all love from one former editor, David Yelland of The […]

House of Illustration

Cartoons and illustrations by some of the biggest names in the business are due to go under the hammer next month in support of the House of Illustration. The Sotheby’s auction, to be held on the 16th December, will feature work by Peter Brookes, Gerald Scarfe, Eric Carle (from children’s classic The Very Hungry Caterpiller), Beryl […]

Raise a glass to new cartoon show

An exhibition that is sure to bring some warmth and cheer to the winter opens at the Cartoon Museum in London on Wednesday 24 November. Ink and the Bottle is billed as “a merry exhibition on the pleasures and perils of the ‘demon drink’ starting with a swig of gin from Hogarth and Cruikshank”. We […]

Gallery's winter exhibition opens

The annual Illustrators show opens at the Chris Beetles Gallery in St James’s, London, this weekend, and runs until January 8. The Illustrators 2010 showcases many of Britain’s best loved and most respected illustrators and cartoonists from the past two centuries. Contemporary cartooning is represented by Mike Williams, above, Jonathan Cusick, below, and Ed McLachlan, […]

It's grin Up North at comics festival

Thought Bubble, the Leeds Sequential Art Festival, returns this weekend. As in previous years (2008, 2009) there will be the usual mix of workshops, talks and exhibitions, including a one-day Comic Convention. Cartoonists exhibiting include Sarah McIntyre (Vern and Lettuce), Hugh ‘Shug’ Raine (Reet Comic), Gary Northfield (Derek the Sheep), John Allison (Scary Go Round […]

Tony and the tiger

The cartoonist Tony Husband may be well known for his love of the tortoise, but he also has plenty of time for a much-loved and endangered animal: the tiger. Tony has got together with a poet and a musician to organise a charity gig in aid of the wild tiger. Known as the Roar Collective, […]

Prize guys

On Sunday, the winner of the fourth Cape/Observer Graphic Short Story prize was announced as Stephen Collins. His story – In Room 208 – won him £1,000 and a full reprint of the tale in the Observer newspaper. Collins was chosen by a jury that included comic historian and organiser of the Comica festival Paul Gravett, […]

Superdragons sold at auction

The Sixty decorated SuperDragons that were placed around Newport, South Wales, have been sold off at a charity auction, raising close to £100,000. In July we told you about the Superdragons and the involvement of PCO cartoonists Tim Harries and Gerard Whyman. Tim created a dragon called “Scrum”, covered in rugby players, above left, and […]

Foghorn magazine – Issue 47

The latest issue of Foghorn, the cartoon magazine of the Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation is published. Featuring a cover drawing by the PCO’s Alexander Matthews, the magazine is available to subscribers for the recession-busting price of £20 for six full colour issues – all delivered to your door. What’s inside? Mind how you go – Clive Collins delves into […]