Say 'I do' to Marriage à la Mode
A cartoon exhibition looking at all aspects of married life – for better, for worse – opens at the Cartoon Museum in London this Wednesday (March 23). Cartoon above by Pak As Prince William and Kate Middleton prepare to tie the knot on April 29, Marriage à la Mode: Royals and Commoners In and Out […]
From Herriman to Holte: Another ten great cartoonists
The cartoonist Gerald Scarfe has made a list of his ten favourite cartoonists, for the Daily Mail website. It includes some inarguable choices as well as some surprising ones. Ronald Searle, widely regarded as Britain’s best living cartoonist, is on there. There are also choices from the worlds of fine art, such as Picasso, and […]
Raise a glass to new cartoon show
An exhibition that is sure to bring some warmth and cheer to the winter opens at the Cartoon Museum in London on Wednesday 24 November. Ink and the Bottle is billed as “a merry exhibition on the pleasures and perils of the ‘demon drink’ starting with a swig of gin from Hogarth and Cruikshank”. We […]
Opinion: The Patron of the Arts
Bill Stott writes: Mr Charles Saatchi has given the Nation a large lump of his contemporary art collection, and a gallery to keep it in. Can’t say fairer than that. Sometimes, when we’re told that “the Nation” has stumped up daft money to keep Ravioli’s Temptation of St Botolph from disappearing into a foreign millionaire’s […]
Shrewsbury 2010 #2
What sort of cartoonist?
Bill Stott writes for Bloghorn about different sorts of cartoonist: The UK boasts quite a few inventive, informed and highly skilled political cartoonists many of whom don’t fool easily and must be the bane of leader writers’ lives in their ability to prove that the picture is often worth more than words. However – don’t […]
New patrons for Shrewsbury Cartoon Festival 2010
Comedian, TV host and and cartoon fan Phill Jupitus has given his public support to this year’s upcoming Shrewsbury cartoon festival by signing up as a patron of the annual event. Phill and broadcaster Libby Purves will also be joined by BBC Radio 2 DJ Alex Lester. The Festival’s full programme for 22-25 April is now available […]
Shrewsbury 2009 #13
Shrewsbury 2009 #1
Over the next few days, Bloghorn will be publishing a selection of cartoons submitted for this year’s Shrewsbury Cartoon Festival, which starts on Thursday. This year’s festival is the sixth and celebrates the bicentenary of Charles Darwin.