Shrewsbury International Cartoon Festival kicks off tonight with a drop-in cartoon workshop at the Bear Steps Gallery at 4.30pm, and a talk by Dr Nick Hiley from the British Cartoon Archive on the cartoons of Carl Giles at Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery at 7pm, tickets £5.
In the meantime, the exhibition Personal Bests opened on Monday (also at the Bear Steps Gallery) and features cartoons on the Festival’s Olympic theme, including these:
- Bloghorn Shrewsbury 2011 Olympics cartoon © Noel Ford
- Bloghorn Shrewsbury 2011 Olympics cartoon © Royston Robertson
Come back to Bloghorn for coverage of the festival as it happens, or follow the hashtag #shrews11 on Twitter.