Mike Turner 1942 – 2020

Mike and Anita O’Brien at Ayr Cartoon Festival Pete Dredge writes: Like many cartoonists of a certain age, I first met Mike in the late 1970’s through membership of the Cartoonists’ Club of Great Britain. In those days the Club would meet monthly in The Cartoonist Pub in London’s Shoe Lane, as well as regularly […]

The Cartoon Museum announces move at ’50 Glorious Shows!’ launch.

The Cartoon Museum announced its exciting plans for a relocation to a new space at the launch of the ’50 Glorious Shows!’ exhibition last Wednesday. The museum Curator Anita O’Brien reveals the plans.                                               […]

The Round-up

Kasia Kowalska writes: Twelve cartoonists have been commissioned to create artwork about the First World War to accompany the BBC Radio 4 series 1914 Day by Day, in a collaboration between 14-18 NOW and the Cartoon Museum. Margaret MacMillan, author of The War That Ended Peace, follows the events that led to the conflict in a daily broadcast at 4.55pm. The Procartoonists.org […]

Talking about Bateman

The cartoonist and Procartoonists.org member John Jensen is to host a talk on H.M Bateman at the Cartoon Museum in London next week. The Early Bateman is held in conjuction with the museum’s exhibition The Man Who Went Mad on Paper. In the talk, on Wednesday 27 June at 6.30pm, John will explore the beauty […]

Cartoons continue to bite

From 30 Years of Viz, currently at the Cartoon Museum “Pictorial satire is so ingrained in our culture that people often don’t realise what a huge part of their lives it is. Not just in comics and newspapers, but also animations, games, advertising, greetings cards” – Anita O’Brien, Curator, Cartoon Museum Taken from an article […]

Shrewsbury International Cartoon Festival and the UK Cartoon Museum

The curator of the UK’s national Cartoon Museum Anita O’Brien has contributed an exhibition to the Shrewsbury festival this year. This cartoon from Steve (Bestie) Best is one of the many on show now. You can click the cartoon to see a larger version. British cartoon talent From the PCO (Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation)