Bloghornery – June 2010
Things the Foghorn saw this month… Musical comedian and sometime Oink! cartoonist Frank Sidebottom’s creator Chris Sievey has died. New museum for cartoon illustrator Heath Robinson has opened in Pinner, North London. The US comic strip Little Orphan Annie (probably better known over here for the musical version, Annie) has finally come to the end of […]
Cartoon secrets revealed
News reaches Bloghorn of a couple of British cartoonists revealing the tricks of the trade. Firstly there’s The Times‘ Peter Brookes explaining how he’ll be caricaturing the party leaders in the upcoming General Election. On drawing the current Prime Minister: With Gordon Brown I’ll start with the hair, increasingly grey and much more coiffured these […]
Cartoons and cartoonists to feature on US postage stamps
The US Postal Service is to honour cartoonist Bill Mauldin with a postage stamp, due to be released in March 2010. Mauldin, who served with the 44th Infantry Division during World War II drew cartoons about ordinary soldiers for Stars and Stripes, the US Army’s newspaper. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1945 and died […]
Back to school with Cartoon Classroom
Comic artist David Lloyd (of V for Vendetta fame), cartoon historian Paul Gravett and teacher Steve Marchant (author of The Cartoonists’ Workshop) have created cartoonclassroom.co.uk. They plan to to centralize all information relating to the study of cartoon and comic strip creation in the UK. The website launches officially in early October and the trio […]
A Big Board from start to finish
Cartoonist Tim Harries demonstrates how to draw a Big Board cartoon from start to finish, at this year’s Shrewsbury International Cartoon Festival
Cartoon football for Euro 08
The BBC has embraced the talent of Aardman animation, makers of Wallace and Gromit among many others, to make the titles for their coverage of the European football championships, which are starting this weeeknd. If you watch the video from the Beeb here, you’ll see what a key role traditional drawing and cartoon skills can […]
Not all in the dirty mac brigade…
This morning, a BBC Radio5Live feature ran a feature on child pornographers using drawings to avoid the law on the distribution and viewing of obscene photography. The presenter described such images as ‘cartoons’. Perhaps he meant drawings or simple visual communication, or even art, but to be honest, the feature was so badly constructed it […]
PCO Artist of the Month – Dave Gaskill
A second offering of cartoon, illustration and caricature from PCO Artist of the Month – Dave Gaskill. Bloghorn says click G for GaskillBritish cartoon talent From the PCO (Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation)
Cartoon blog from the New Yorker
The New Yorker magazine recently launched a blog called Cartoonist of the Month. As you might expect, each month a different cartoonist takes the reins and talks about cartooning, their influences, how they work, and so on – while providing lots of cartoons and sketches of course. This month’s contributor is Barbara Smaller and if […]