Diamond Jubilation

How one’s Diamond Jubilee might get imagineered. “ OK. Ideas. Royal Progress. Any? Toby. Yes?” “Well, erm, they’re both well, erm, getting on a bit, yeah?” “We know that Toby – ergo the Diamond bit in Jubilee. ” “Yes, well, erm, I thought that, well, and I mean, well, perish the thought … ” “That’s […]

Mad about Bateman

H.M. Bateman: The Man Who Went Mad on Paper opens at the Cartoon Museum in London next Wednesday (April 11). The exhibition covers all aspects of Bateman’s career, from his early theatrical subjects to his famous The Man Who cartoons. It also includes examples of wordless strips, sketchbooks and other private works that are exhibited here for the first […]

Her Maj show opens

Bloghorn can recommend a visit to the Cartoon Museum on behalf of Her Maj. Opening night was packed and once the TV cameras had been dodged it was possible to see some fantastic work on the walls. We’ve featured a little below, from, ahem, our members and we thank the good folk at the museum […]

The unofficial jubilee

An exhibition called Her Maj: 60 Years of Unofficial Portraits of the Queen will be staged at the Cartoon Museum in London next month. The museum promises that it will be “teasing, afffectionate and at times downright unflattering — unlike any other Diamond Jubilee exhibition”. It opens on February 1 and runs until April 8. […]

Nelson launches with artwork exhibitions

An exhibition featuring artwork from the new graphic novel Nelson has opened upstairs at the Cartoon Museum in London, and runs until February. Nelson is a a collective graphic novel, a 250-page collaboration between 54 British comic creators. The work of 15 of those artists can be seen at the museum, and more is on […]

101 reasons to visit Cartoon Museum

An exhibition called One Hundred and One Cartoonists is at the Cartoon Museum in London from Thursday 3 November. It features cartoons, comics and caricatures from the collection of Luke Gertler, who has been collecting original cartoon artwork for more than 50 years. On display will be works by H.M. Bateman, Max Beerbohm, Giles, David […]

Doctor Who at the Cartoon Museum

Almost as long as Doctor Who has been on — and off — our TV screens he has also been seen in his comics incarnation. The world’s longest running sci-fi series began in late 1963 and the Doctor first appeared in cartoon form in TV Comic in the following year. A new exhibition, Doctor Who […]

A degree of ignorance about drawing

If you have been following this story you will be unsurprised that Bloghorn thinks comics, and cartooning in all its forms, are all too readily undervalued in the UK. It is more acceptable in the cultures of Japan, the US and across Europe to consider the narrative techniques and visual artistry employed by commercial artists […]

Laughter rings out at Bell exhibition

Oxygen was in short supply at the Cartoon Museum last night, such were the numbers that turned up for the opening of the latest exhibition, Bell Époque, but it didn’t stop people laughing. It’s hardly surprising that you would hear snorts of laughter, as this is a show celebrating more than 30 years of the […]