Graham Fowell book launch
PCO member Graham Fowell writes with news of a book launch; Vince Eager, the 1950’s Rock and Roller, launched ‘The Rock ‘n Roll Files’ on October 12th. Graham made the cartoons and caricatures for the book and accompanied Vince at a signing at ‘Buy The Book’ in Nottingham, this, in between caricaturing every buyer, on […]
PCO Procartoonists – Art or wot?
The graphic novel wave has reached the shores of the Daily Telegraph. Here is an excellent interview with the great Alan Moore.The best British cartoon talent From the PCO (Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation)
PCO Procartoonists – The art business by Ken Pyne
PCO member Ken Pyne writes: I went to a recent exhibition and overheard a cartoonist humbly thanking one of the organisers for lowering themselves to include cartoonists with ‘proper’ artists. It is this Uriah Heep attitude I have heard over the years from cartoonists that keeps us down, and while it exists among us, we […]
PCO Procartoonists – The art business
PCO cartoonist Bill Stott writes; ONE of TV’s most irritating programmes is “Click”. It usually crops up when you expect news and concerns itself with the geekier end of things computerish, or the needs of those whey-faced wannabes who claim not to be able to live without their Blackberrys. More than once in the hearing […]
PCO Procartoonists – The future of print cartoons
Is this really the future of print cartoons? Bloghorn offers a hat-tip to the Daily Cartoonist for a thoughtful analysis on the business issues around the future of commercial drawing. From the PCO (Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation)
PCO Procartoonists – cartoon art
Brian Sewell, the really quite grown up enfant terrible of the whacky, zany world of art criticism, when asked if cartooning was an art, replied “Oh no. It’s a facility.“ A polysyllabic reply, if nothing else. But more than that, he and others in his profession or trade or art or facility are regularly put […]
Artist of the month: Martin Honeysett
It’s the last week to enjoy Martin Honeysett’s work as the first PCO artist of the month. The PCO says click H for Honeysett From the PCO (Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation)
PCO Procartoonists – The power of images
The BBC magazine has produced an interesting piece on family board games from World War 2. When you read the piece and look at the games, they were clearly no more than thinly disguised political propaganda. At the time these were made, sold and distributed, the government, who encouraged their production, was clearly, keenly aware […]
PCO Procartoonists – An artist’s story
PCO member Noel Ford writes; I’ve just had an interesting and, for me, unique experience, complete with ironic twist, that should be of interest to any cartoonists with a grievance concerning the unauthorised use of their cartoons. Earlier this year, a client informed me that three of the of the cartoon illustrations which I had […]