Beetles does cricket
‘‘… and once again we have interruption of play caused by movement behind the bowler’s arm.’’ Wit and Wisden: A Celebration of Cricket opens at the Chris Beetles Gallery in London tomorrow (June 1). It features more than 200 paintings and cartoons from the past 200 years celebrating the clunk of leather on willow. Visitors […]
Round-up: What the Bloghorn saw
Rob Murray writes: US cartoonist Ted Rall, who put himself up for sale on eBay earlier this month, has written about how his left-wing views have seen him dropped by even left-leaning publications. In an opinion piece titled Rise of the Obamabots, he recounts some of the rejections he’s received from left-of-centre magazines and argues […]
Laughter rings out at Bell exhibition
Oxygen was in short supply at the Cartoon Museum last night, such were the numbers that turned up for the opening of the latest exhibition, Bell Époque, but it didn’t stop people laughing. It’s hardly surprising that you would hear snorts of laughter, as this is a show celebrating more than 30 years of the […]
Political cartoonist has it covered
Everyone needs a break from time to time, and when regular cartoonists on national papers take time off it’s an opportunity for others to cover for them and show what they can do. This week Gary Barker, a member of the PCO which runs the Bloghorn, is covering for Steve Bell at the Guardian. His […]
Roundup: What the Bloghorn saw
Rob Murray writes: Cartoonists have a habit of predicting the future, but Cam Cardow, cartoonist for the Ottawa Citizen, is more prescient than most. He was the first to satirise the news that Arnold Schwarzenegger had fathered a child outside of his marriage – eight years before the story became known. The Washington Post has […]
Copyright for cartoonists
A post for our UK readers because today the Hargreaves Review into the law of copyright is published. This is important because copyright governs how people who sell expressions of an idea for profit, such as cartoonists, may license that work for sale. Professor Ian Hargreaves’ review and its proposals deal with many of the […]
Music to the ears of Hoffnung fans
Sometimes a cartoonist becomes inextricably likned with a particular topic and for Gerard Hoffnung it was music. A tuba player himself, Hoffnung (1925-1959) made music the central subject of his work. He was born in Berlin, but Hoffnung’s family moved to London to escape the Nazis in 1939. Though he died only 20 years later, […]
Rogues and Epoques
Two prominent political cartoonists have exhibitions opening in London in the next couple of weeks. On Wednesday 25 May, Bell Époque, featuring the cartoons of Steve Bell opens at the Cartoon Museum. The exhibition, which celebrates 30 years of Guardian cartoonist Steve’s work runs until 24 July. Not to be outdone, on Monday 30 May Rogues’ Gallery, […]
Oor Wullie under the hammer
Rob Murray writes: An oil painting of iconic Scottish cartoon-strip character Oor Wullie is due to be auctioned in Glasgow on Thursday night, and has been valued at between £2,500 and £3,500. © STV – Scottish Television – Image by artist Graham McKean The painting, by Irvine-based artist Graham McKean, shows D.C. Thomson‘s Wullie – […]