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Clive Goddard, PCO Chair writes: The Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation are shocked and saddened to hear of the death of the London Cartoon Museum’s Alison Brown. Aged just...
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Clive Goddard, PCO Chair writes: The Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation are shocked and saddened to hear of the death of the London Cartoon Museum’s Alison Brown. Aged just...
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How cartoons help us cope
March 8, 2010 in Comment
Libby Purves, patron of the Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation, which runs the Bloghorn, writes in the Times today about how cartoons help us confront the dark side of human nature:
Cartoon grotesques let us face the real horrors
Above: Libby chats to the Guardian’s Steve Bell, creator of more than his fair share of cartoon grotesques, at last year’s Shrewsbury Cartoon Festival. Photograph © Gerard Whyman
Tags: black humour, cartoon grotesques, dark humour, Libby Purves, Professional Cartoonists Organisation, Ronald Searle, Shrewsbury International Cartoon Festival 1 Comment »