Young cartoonist contest goes digital

The Young Cartoonists of the Year competition 2013 has opened and for the first time they are accepting artwork that has been created digitally. Although the flyer for the event states “original artwork only”, the Cartoon Museum, which runs the event with the British Cartoonists Association, was happy to clarify, telling us: “If you draw […]

Procartoonists bag couple of CATs

The Cartoon Art Trust Awards, an annual fundraiser for the Cartoon Museum in London, were held last week, and this year’s winners, including two Procartoonists.org members were as follows: Joke cartoonist Kathryn Lamb, above, (Private Eye, The Oldie, The Spectator) Strip cartoonist Steve Bell for “If …” (The Guardian) Pocket cartoonist Banx (aka Jeremy Banks, Financial Times) Caricaturist James […]

Young cartoonists: get drawing

Budding cartoonists take note: the Cartoon Art Trust, which runs the Cartoon Museum in London, is looking for entries for this year’s Young Cartoonists of the Year competition. Cartoons are required for the under-30 and under-18 categories, and the closing date is looming: November 15, 2010. The winners will receive their awards at the 16th […]

Cartoons continue to bite

From 30 Years of Viz, currently at the Cartoon Museum “Pictorial satire is so ingrained in our culture that people often don’t realise what a huge part of their lives it is. Not just in comics and newspapers, but also animations, games, advertising, greetings cards” – Anita O’Brien, Curator, Cartoon Museum Taken from an article […]

Young Cartoonists of the Year to be announced

Voting has now taken place for the 2009 UK Young Cartoonist of the Year awards. The awards will be presented at the annual Cartoon Art Trust event in central London this evening. The awards are made in two categories, for artists under 18 and 30s years old, and were chosen from more than 200 submissions. […]

Let us have faith in cartoons …

PCOer Martin Rowson writes… One way and another I’ve had quite an exciting week. At the Cartoon Awards on Wednesday I got slapped, quite hard, by the celebrated lawyer and serially rebellious Labour MP Bob Marshall-Andrews, who seems not to have liked an interview I did with him for The Spectator this August. Surprisingly enough, […]

The 14th Cartoon Art Trust Awards

The Cartoon Art Trust Awards were presented last night at The Mall Galleries in London. The trust, which runs the Cartoon Museum in London, has presented the awards annually since 1995. Gag cartoonist Grizelda, left, was among the winners. PCOer and Private Eye regular Will “Wilbur” Dawbarn was there and sent Bloghorn this personal report: […]