Terry Anderson Voted onto Board of Cartoon Rights Network International
PCO member Terry (check shirt, above) steps up to the mark Terry Anderson was recently voted onto the board of Cartoonists Rights Network International (CRNI), the human rights organisation formed specifically to fight the corner of cartoonists whose life, liberty or livelihood is threatened by governments, corporations and extremists. CRNI are embarking on a drive […]
Cartoonist Takes the High Road to Cairnstoon
PCO member Chris Cairns (together with Greg Moodie) is putting out a book of his cartoons from the Wings Over Scotland blog. “Welcome to Cairnstoon” reached its crowdfunding goal in less than a week, proving – yet again – that the public’s appetite for quality cartooning is undiminished. Read more about this cartoon compendium in […]
Steve Bell on Drawing Jeremy Corbyn
“Karl Marx meets Beatrix Potter” The Guardian cartoonist and PCO member explains the thinking behind drawing the new Labour leader as a fox. Continuing the animal theme, pigs, unsurprisingly, get a look in too… Thanks to Terry Anderson for drawing this video to our attention.
The New York Times and Editorial Cartoonists
Daryl Cagle highlights the irony of the New York Times running a contest for budding editorial cartoonists. There are two famous, unattributed quotes by NY Times editors: 1) We would never hire an editorial cartoonist because we would never give so much power to one man. 2) We would never hire an editorial cartoonist because […]