These seaside pictures artfully displayed behind the bandstand in Herne Bay have been saved from a municipal whitewashing.
The Jeremy Banx cartoons were drawn at the recent Duchamp in Herne Bay event.
Fears that the jokes would fall victim to a “Serco-style” cleaning operation, as noted in part one of the cartoon trio, proved unfounded. Happily, this made a planned petition to the local council redundant.
Banx told us:
‘‘Let the council be warned: If they had whitewashed my triptych, I might have been forced to redo it in Whitstable, where the arty-farty Islington-on-Sea smart set appreciate a good urinal gag’’.
Now that these cartoons have been saved for the nation, we may all look forward to Jeremy and the other Procartoonists.org members adding to the gaiety of the UK again next year.
Indeed, if you run an event that would benefit from input from a selection of the country’s best cartoonists, do feel free to contact us here to discuss possibilities.