Leveson and the cartoonists
Cartooning has long been associated with the print industry* so it is only natural that the artists have been interested in the Leveson Inquiry report into the Culture, Media and Ethics of the Press. It was delivered yesterday, as Dave Brown of The Independent notes. Bob Moran in The Daily Telegraph imagines Lord Justice Leveson […]
Cartoonist wins book award
We send our hearty congratulations to Procartoonists.org member Clive Goddard who has won a schools book award for his children’s story Fintan Fedora, the World’s Worst Explorer. He scooped the award for best book in the Key Stage 2 category in the Stockport Schools’ Book Award. The award, which has been running since 1995, sees pupils from […]
Canvassing for charity
Many cartoonists have contributed small canvases to the Stars on Canvas 2012 charity auction, which runs online until 2 December. They include Procartoonists.org members Jonathan Cusick, Noel Ford, Tony Husband, Royston Robertson, Robert Thompson, above, and Kate Taylor. There are also canvases by names from the worlds of sport, music and entertainment. The auction is in […]
Owzat! Instant cartoon
The hacks at the Daily Telegraph sports department have been taking on the art of the cartoon after a row over image rights deprived them of photography from the current test match series between England and India. In a splendid example of making a spectacle when delivered of a googly, the journalists drew the action […]
The Round-up
Dave Walker, regular contributor to Church Times and a member of Procartoonists.org, produced the cartoon above for The Guardian this week, following the Church of England’s decision to reject the ordination of women bishops. Dave’s cartoon has attracted more than 100 comments, and counting. Having moved into greeting card designs, Matthew Inman – the cartoonist […]
Comics in running for book prize
Ripples were sent through the world of book publishing last night when it was announced that the shortlist for the Costa Book Prize features not one, but two graphic novels. Joff Winterhart’s Days of the Bagnold Summer, above, will compete against Hilary Mantel’s Bring Up The Bodies, the winner of this year’s Man Booker Prize, […]
Whither the art
Our wise old cartoonist Bill Stott contemplates the state of the, er, art. Interesting discussion on the Radio 4 Andrew Marr slot (19 November 2012) all about arts, arts funding, art in schools, and the new National Curriculum, which doesn’t include art and design as a compulsory subject. The artist Antony Gormley and others sang the […]
The Round-up
BBC Radio 4’s arts programme Front Row spoke to Quentin Blake ahead of the publication of his second volume of illustrated memoirs this week. Listen to the interview here. Alex Scarfe, the son of the renowned satirical cartoonist Gerald, is one of the three minds behind Full English, the new animated sitcom currently running on […]
Cartoonists and illustrators on show
The cartoonists Peter Brookes, Matt Pritchett and Procartoonists.org member Jonathan Cusick, above, feature in The Illustrators, the annual winter show held at the Chris Beetles Gallery in St James’s, London. Featuring 800 works from across three centuries, this year’s exhibition marks the bicentenaries of the births of both Charles Dickens and Edward Lear, with drawings and watercolours by […]
