Desperate Dandy hits hard times
The future of The Dandy as a weekly printed comic appears to be in jeopardy. Its publisher says that no decision has been made, but Procartoonists.org understands that the comic is likely to be coming to an end in September. A Dandy cartoonist told us: “They emailed me last week saying that in all likelihood it […]
The Round-up
Drawn points us to a public reply by cartoonist and illustrator Alec Longstreth, in response to a request for spec work. It’s always worth remembering that cartoonists should be paid for their endeavours, so be sure to give it a read. Malaysian cartoonist Zunar has won his claim against the country’s government over the seizure of 66 of his […]
The Round-up
Franklin McMahon, an American visual journalist who began as a cartoonist and went on to depict major events as detailed line drawings for magazines, has died aged 90. The New York Times looks at his life and work. Sheldon Moldoff, uncredited ghost artist on Batman in the 1950s and 1960s, has also passed away. Continuing a […]
The Round-up
Christian Adams, political cartoonist for The Telegraph, has begun blogging on a daily basis, providing a fascinating insight into the process behind his latest cartoons and offering up preliminary sketches and captions that didn’t quite make it. The blog can be found here, and is sure to be worthy of repeat viewings. Sticking with the […]
Round-up: What the Bloghorn saw
The prolific cartoonist David Langdon, whose long career included work for The New Yorker, Punch and The Spectator, has died at the age of 97. Among his achievements, Langdon claimed to have originated the ‘open mouth’ expression now used by almost every gag cartoonist to clarify who is speaking in their compositions. See The Guardian […]
The Dandy relaunches (again)
The Dandy, Britain’s longest running comic, published by DC Thomson, is due to relaunch next week with a new look. Not much has been made public about the makeover, but the current unpopular fortnightly magazine-style incarnation, Dandy Xtreme, is expected to be ditched in favour of a return to a weekly comic almost entirely composed of […]
The Beano Club goes online
The long running fan club for the Beano comic, the Beano Club, is to close prior to being relaunched as a new website www.beano.com in the next few months. The Dennis the Menace Fan Club, which included membership to Gnasher’s Fang Club was started by DC Thomson in 1976 and featured badges, birthday cards, newsletters […]
Artist of the Month – Steve Bright
The PCO Artist of the month for August is Steve Bright and Bloghorn asked him which other cartoonists’ work he admired. There are far too many names to list here, and yet I’m neither a follower nor expert in any other cartoonist’s work. I have a few books by other cartoonists I enjoy, but no […]
Leo Baxendale on the Bash Street Kids
In an article for the Times, legendary Beano cartoonist Leo Baxendale recalls how in the space of seven months he created the classic strips Little Plum, Minnie the Minx and, most famously, the Bash Street Kids – and that a lot of the inspiration for the strips came from a regular game of office keepie-uppie. […]