Art comes face to face with science

Material World, the BBC Radio 4 science programme, has launched a challenge to the find the amateur scientist with the most interesting idea – and the cartoonist William Rudling is in the running. William, a Procartoonists.org member, is one of four finalists in the So You Want to be a Scientist? challenge. The cartoonist, 69, from Leeds, […]

The Round-up

Franklin McMahon, an American visual journalist who began as a cartoonist and went on to depict major events as detailed line drawings for magazines, has died aged 90. The New York Times looks at his life and work. Sheldon Moldoff, uncredited ghost artist on Batman in the 1950s and 1960s, has also passed away. Continuing a […]

Sat-Nav’ing our way to Shrewsbury cartoon 2012

Exhibition submission cartoon © and courtesy of Rupert Besley We know all routes lead to Shrewsbury Cartoon Festival 2012 at this time of the year. See you there. The UK Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation

Remember the first time?

Bob Mankoff, cartoon editor at The New Yorker, has invited several established cartoonists to talk about their first gags that hit the mark at the magazine. First up was Mick Stevens, followed by Jack Ziegler. Both are now considered to be part of the “old or at least oldish guard now”, says Mankoff on his […]

The Round-up

© Quentin Blake – on display at Chris Beetles Gallery in St James London London’s Chris Beetles Gallery is running an exhibition of work by William Heath Robinson and others, opening on 6th March and hosted at West House in Pinner. ‘William Heath Robinson and the Best of Contemporary Illustration’ also features work by Quentin Blake, Oliver Jeffers, […]