Magic! Shrewsbury 2012 Cartoon Festival

The ‘Flights of Fancy’ exhibition for Shrewsbury Cartoon Festival 2012 opens to the public in the town next week. Enjoy a sneak preview of a few more submissions to the show from our members. Submission from Noel Ford to the festival exhibition for Shrewsbury Cartoon 2012. The main festival weekend is 19-22nd April. You can see […]

Swift satire from Rowson

An exhibition featuring artwork from Martin Rowson’s new graphic novel version of Gulliver’s Travels opens at the Guardian News & Media building in London today. The exhibition runs until April 12 and is open each day from 10am-6pm. Admission is free. Rowson’s modern-day take on Jonathan Swift’s tale is published by Atlantic Books. You can hear […]

The art of revolution

The Syrian cartoonist Ali Ferzat, who hit the headlines last year when he was beaten up by security police over cartoons that were critical of the Assad regime, has an exhibition at the Mica Gallery, Sloane Square, London, this week. He told the BBC: “The uprising has redefined art in Syria. It’s exposed the gulf […]

The Round-up

Nick Newman, the prolific gag cartoonist for Private Eye, The Times, The Spectator and others – and a member of the Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation, which runs the Bloghorn – has been named Sports Cartoonist of the Year for 2011 by the Sports Journalists’ Association. Highly commended were Sun cartoonist Andy Davey (also a PCO member […]

By George! It’s almost exhibition time

The main Shrewsbury International Cartoon Festival exhibition, Flights of Fancy, opens on April 4. Here is another cartoon submitted for exhibition by a Procartoonists.org member. This is by Alex Hughes and seems appropriate on this post-Budget day. The exhibition will be held at the VAN Gallery, Shrewsbury Market Hall, and will visit other venues after the festival, including RAF Museum […]

Tools for displaying drawing

Bloghorn enjoyed this video from Procartoonists.org member Alex Matthews on his working processes. We asked him about it and he told us. I always draw in Photoshop with a Wacom pad. I prefer to use paper, lightbox and a dip-pen and ink, but I find this is a massive time-saver and I can get results […]

Stamp of approval for British comics

To mark 75 years of The Dandy, Britain’s oldest comic, the Royal Mail is issuing a set of commemorative stamps today (March 20) As well as The Dandy, the set of ten stamps features characters and covers from the country’s best-loved comics including, above, The Beano, Bunty and Buster. The set also includes The Eagle, […]

The Round-up

Doonesbury, the syndicated satirical comic strip  by Garry Trudeau, has again become the subject of controversy in the US over a series of strips criticising proposed abortion legislation. Some papers have dropped this week’s strips, while others moved them from the comics pages to the op-ed section. The situation is neatly summarised in this video. […]

Taking aim for Shrewsbury Cartoon Festival 2012

You won’t want to miss the Shrewsbury Cartoon Festival 2012 either. There is just one month to go. Cartoon submitted for festival exhibition on the theme of Flying © Andy Davey Cartoonists invited for the show weekend, April 19-22, are: Angela Martin, Steve Way, Paul Hardman, Tim Harries, Cathy Simpson, Alex Hughes, Chris Ryder, John Roberts, Jonathan Cusick, Steve Bright, Tim Leatherbarrow, Bill Stott, Pete Dredge, The Surreal McCoy, Rupert Besley, Andy Davey, Steve Best, Denis Dowland, Ian […]