Sun shines on the Herne Bay Cartoon Festival yet again …

We’ve shown you the photos of the parade of cartoonists at the Herne Bay Cartoon Festival, which knocked the Rio Olympics opening ceremony into a sun hat, now here are some great photos of the Bandstand event itself, as well as the event’s exhibition openings.

Photos © Kasia Kowalska. Click images to enlarge.

12472491_1492833917409278_4954110497287370451_n — Where to begin? Matt Buck opts, logically enough, for the top left-hand corner

13661953_1492841430741860_8303733899322517310_o — Steve gets Way down

13667848_1492835444075792_5181022475524917005_o — Des Buckley and Andrew Birch draw on the shared boards. Many cartoonists contributed to these, helping to build up several murals of seaside gags

13668827_1492840514075285_5908739049415541290_o — A seagull’s-eye view of the proceedings

13925300_1492836260742377_8429807065743124314_n — Rich Skipworth goes nose-to-nose with his big board cartoon

13668852_1492835647409105_872671544278714651_o — Glenn Marshall paints his Photo-U booth. Later he sat inside and drew strips of passport-style cartoons for paying customers, raising money for Amnesty International. There was a permanent queue

"Photos" from the booth (see above) — “Photos” from the booth (see above)

13686570_1492840910741912_1371152455696001560_n — Pete Dredge in caricature mode. He also drew general cartoons for the public, along with Roger Penwill, as they queued for caricatures drawn by Alex Hughes

13876629_1492845897408080_5182406168351962457_n — Dave Brown creates another masterpiece

13882303_1492844690741534_4530036505358307346_n — Festival regular Karol Steele, second right, with her family, in caricature form

13886305_1492842027408467_6781145281469979346_n — Master of ceremonies Steve Coombes, left, and cartoonist Andrew Birch, with Jacob Watts, 6, one of the winners of the event’s Young Cartoonists Competition

Alex Hughes inspires a future generation. Pix © Chris Williams — Alex Hughes inspires a future generation. Pic © Chris Williams

13886416_1492844960741507_5948474008307991813_n — Clockwise from top left, Royston Robertson, Gerard Whyman and Chris Williams tackle the boards

13886430_1492841700741833_7017745388588610693_n — The cartoon workshop with Tim Harries was popular

13886859_1492846360741367_403124721798431849_n — Singer Amelia Fletcher, who performed at the event with The Catenary Wires, contributes to the large public board

13900259_1492841327408537_5206436199579959571_n — Jeremy Banx and Rich Skipworth. Note “cartoonist as rock star” pose

13912570_1492839004075436_7992082366246408164_n — Cathy Simpson, right, offered advice and tips on the public board

13912700_1492840330741970_3282868685537259335_n — The Surreal McCoy contributes a shared-board gag

13923834_1492847527407917_1265445530012591542_o — Clive Goddard’s wonderfully inventive peep board, featuring, clockwise from top left, Amy Amani-Goddard, Steve Way, Clive himself, and Royston Robertson

13937729_1492839204075416_1738016466019305092_o — Chris Burke’s peep board. All the cartoonists were certainly in need of a beer after another sunny day’s cartooning at the Bandstand

csworkshop — Earlier, on the Saturday, Cathy Simpson hosted a workshop on drawing monsters at Beach Creative, where the main festival exhibition was also held. Pic © Royston Robertson

There were private views of the festival exhibitions, including Glenn Marshall's Not Funny at One New Street art gallery. Here's the man himself in front of his Wall of Rejection — There were private views of the festival exhibitions, including Glenn Marshall’s Not Funny at One New Street gallery. Here he is in front of his Wall of Rejection

Specially brewed ale was available with bespoke Marshall labels — Specially brewed ale was available with bespoke Marshall labels and badges

Cartoonist Rob Murray takes in the exhibition by the late David Hawker — Cartoonist Rob Murray takes in the exhibition by late punch cartoonist David Hawker, at a private view at the tiny Bay Art Gallery. Pic © Royston Robertson

Rupert Besley, left who co-organised the Hawker exhibition, with Nathan Ariss — Rupert Besley, left, who co-organised the Hawker show, with Nathan Ariss

Postcards from the Seaside, the main festival exhibition, was opened by Sir Roger Gale, left, with Steve Coombes, the Thanet North MP. The postcard featured new cartoons by dozens of cartoonists riffing on the idea of seaside postcards, as well as a small exhibition of prosecuted cards by Donald McGill, king of the saucy postcard — Postcards from the Seaside, the main festival exhibition, was opened by Sir Roger Gale, left, the Thanet North MP, with Steve Coombes,

The show featured new cartoons by dozens of cartoonists on the theme of seaside postcards, here about to be hung, as well as a small exhibition of prosecuted cards by Donald McGill, king of the saucy postcard — The show featured new cartoons by dozens of cartoonists on the theme of seaside postcards, here about to be hung, as well as a small exhibition of prosecuted cards by Donald McGill, king of the saucy postcard. Pic © Royston Robertson

The show featured new cartoons by dozens of cartoonists on the theme of seaside postcards, as well as a small exhibition of prosecuted cards by Donald McGill, king of the saucy postcard. Article from Herne Bay Gazette, click to enlarge — Article from Herne Bay Gazette, click to enlarge

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