Free will and cartooning
An opinion piece by Bill Stott Free will and cartooning: is this a no-brainer? Or will I realise hitherto unseen and earth-shattering truths whilst typing? A eureka moment like finally figuring out what the symbol on your car’s dashboard resembling a tap-dancing flukeworm represents. In some countries, drawing cartoons, usually political ones, which laud the state […]
Beauty or bunk? The art of creativity
Cartoonist and Procartoonists.org member Bill Stott talks creativity while trying to avoid the usual pitfalls “Creativity is bunk” – I can’t remember where I read that, but it sort of lodged, because its bizarre. Not unlike Big Brother being classed as entertainment. Maybe its one of the utterings of the great, good, and often dead. […]
The Rules of Cartooning
Bill Stott our man with the Gillott 303 Leonardt nib reveals the Rules of Cartooning: Oh yes, there are rules. Hundreds probably, but most of them are best known to students of cartooning rather than cartoonists (well at least, this cartoonist who finds scholarly texts on humour a bit anaesthetic). Below are a few which probably don’t […]
Personal Bests: Prepare the Stadium!
Activity at the Olympic Stadium on this, the sixth day seventh day* of competition in the London 2012 Olympic Games. Try weaving back through a few Personal Bests here. * Scribe to be struck down by the god(s) – Ed
The cartoonist and the twits
Our man Bill Stott reports: Well, I tried. Caved in to peer pressure and signed up to Twitter. Did the same with Facebook years ago. Finally managed to un-Facebook myself a while back. At least, I think I did. You can never tell with these things. Joining’s easy. Leaving’s a lot more complicated. A bit […]
When cartoonists meet The Public
Bill Stott, who will be writing regularly for the Procartoonists.org blog, gives us his take on the Shrewsbury Cartoon Festival: Shrewsbury is an opportunity to meet that most unpredictable of creatures: The Public. At Shrewsbury at least, they take cartooning in their stride. I was inking my 8ft by 5ft Big Board, when a couple (“We’ve […]
Cartoonist Idol shortlist announced
The Surreal McCoy and Rob Murray, both members of the PCO, which runs the Bloghorn, have made the final in the strip cartoon section of the i newspaper’s “Cartoonist Idol” competition. They feature alongside strips by Phil Merchant, Trumble & Warr, and Geoff Thompson on pages 26 and 27 of the i today. The PCO […]
Osama jokes: The laughter of being alive
Over at the New Yorker blog, cartoon editor Bob Mankoff notes that Osama bin Laden had disappeared off their humour radar for a while, the 2007 cartoon above being his last appearance. He takes a look at Bin Laden cartoons down the years and notes that in the age of terrorism – and this is […]
Shrewsbury perspective
Shrewsbury festival cartoonist Bill Stott writes: Amongst all the frenetic cartooning activity at Shrewsbury – the Big Boards, the caricaturing, strolling players in costume, the music, the wonderful weather and the public throng, two tiny incidents serve to underline the public’s liking for good cartoons. One involved a tiny chap called Pacey who stood with his […]