Artist of the Month – Noel Ford
Bloghorn asked Artist of the Month, Noel Ford, What do you see as the future of cartooning in the digital age? Since the days of Hogarth, cartoons have been engraved, pencilled, penned and brushed. Digital media is, in one way, just another step along the way. However, the digital age has revolutionised our profession in […]
Artist of the Month – Noel Ford
Bloghorn quizzes our artist of the month for April, Noel Ford. Which other cartoonists’ work do you admire? How long have you got? Okay, although it’s not in my nature to have “heroes”, cartoonists or otherwise, I do greatly admire the drawing and humour of many cartoonists, alive, dead and in-between. No names, no pack-drill […]
Artist of the Month – Noel Ford
Bloghorn asked Noel Ford, this month’s featured artist how he became a cartoonist: I didn’t have much choice. Brainwashed by having Film Fun and Radio Fun read to me from the age of two, bombarded with my Uncle’s and Auntie’s huge backlog of Beanos and Dandys, I drew my first cartoon around the age of […]
Artist of the Month – Noel Ford
Bloghorn Artist of the Month for April is Noel Ford. Noel was regular contributor to Punch magazine for almost 20 years and is a former editorial cartoonist for the Daily Star. Currently, he is editorial cartoonist for half a dozen national UK publications and he also produces work for calendars, greeting card and book illustration […]
Artist of the Month – The Surreal McCoy
The Bloghorn’s PCO Artist of the Month, The Surreal McCoy, passes on tips for wannabe cartoonists: Never take rejection to heart- somebody, somewhere will love your work. You’ll just have to find them. And practise, practise and continue to practise drawing. Your style will eventually reveal itself. Then practise some more. I fully intend to […]
Artist of the Month – The Surreal McCoy
Bloghorn asked the PCO Artist of the Month, The Surreal McCoy, how do you make your cartoons? A bit of ink on paper, followed by a spot of colour from Photoshop using a digital tablet and usually accompanied by plenty of procrastination. (To paraphrase John Lennon, cartoons happen when you are busy making other plans/cups […]
Artist of the Month – The Surreal McCoy
The PCO Artist of the Month for March is The Surreal McCoy. Bloghorn asked Surreal the usual searching question: What made you become a cartoonist? As there’s no history of madness in the family I can only assume it must have been drunken musicians laughing at my incoherent doodling on the tour bus. Since then […]
Artist of the Month – The Surreal McCoy
Bloghorn’s Artist of the Month for March is The Surreal McCoy, whose cartoons have appeared in The Independent, The London Evening Standard, The London Jewish News, The Fortean Times and The Oldie magazines among others. The Surreal McCoy also held the post of Cartoonist-In-Residence on Sandi Toksvig’s daily show for LBC radio, drawing live on […]
Artist of the Month – Neil Dishington
Bloghorn finished our interview with Artist of the Month, Neil Dishington ‘Dish’, by asking about his thoughts on the future of making jokes in drawing. I hope there is one. I used to advise the kids I taught to ‘go for it’ otherwise you will regret not giving it a go. I still meet up […]