Shrewsbury 2010 – Saturday
Laughter and music has been ringing out on the streets of Shrewsbury today as the cartoon festival gets into full swing. The market square has been abuzz with crowds who have come to see the cartoonists producing Big Boards, caricatures and “reverse” caricatures, with live bonus as an added bonus. Political cartoonist Martin Rowson didn’t […]
The automated caricature
It is a fact universally acknowledged that a supermarket retailer in possession of the No1 spot is in want of a commercial wheeze – such as this one. Of course, Bloghorn says you’d be better off buying the real thing with a personal caricature from people who can draw like this instead of relying on a […]
The cartoonist and the rebounding, rubber artwork
PCOer Chris Burke sends a visual report on the phenomenon of rubber, or, rebounding artwork. Clients always want artwork as soon as possible but, strangely, there is always time for it to come back for changes. We offer here an example of Chris’s work with before and after images showing the changes requested in a […]
Scarfe comes to Shrewsbury
The cartoonist Gerald Scarfe is touring the UK with his show Scarfe On The Road. It comes to the Shrewsbury Music Hall on the 4th of September Scarfe is one of Britain’s most popular caricaturists and is political cartoonist for the Sunday Times. For more details on this illustrated talk, which spans his 40-year career, […]