The Round-up
Chris Burke, the widely published caricaturist and illustrator – and Procartoonists.org member – gives a local blog a tour of his home and studio in Royal Tunbridge Wells. Read the resulting feature interview, and see plenty of examples of Chris’ work, here. The Guardian has an interview with David Fickling and family – the tribe behind weekly […]
Chris Burke to talk at illustrators group
Detail from Norwich, created for Ottakar’s bookshops by Chris Burke PCOer Chris Burke is guest speaker at the Brighton Illustrators Group meeting on 28th January. His talk takes place at the Eagle pub, 125 Gloucester Rd, at 8pm. Chris tells us what he has planned: I’ll be taking an illustrated canter through 25 years of […]
Cartoonists crack Eggheads
The Cartoonists, a team put together by the Professional Cartoonists Organisation, stormed to victory on the TV quiz show Eggheads last night, after winning each of their head-to-head rounds. Egghead Kevin Ashman described it as “the most comprehensive defeat we’ve ever had”. Here, team captain Alex Hughes explains how it all happened A little over […]
Cartoonists on Eggheads tonight
A team representing the Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation, the organisation behind the Bloghorn, is set to appear on the BBC quiz show Eggheads tonight (October 29) at 6pm on BBC Two. The Cartoonists are, left-to right, Chris Burke, who was team stand-in, Alex Hughes, Royston Robertson, Robert Duncan, Graham Fowell and Martin Rowson. See the Bloghorn […]
Eggheads coming to the boil…
As mentioned previously in the year here on Bloghorn, a team representing the Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation is set to appear on the BBC quiz show Eggheads. The team, comprising Chris Burke, Royston Robertson, Robert Duncan, Graham Fowell, Martin Rowson and myself, Alex Hughes, will air on BBC2 at 6pm on Thursday 29th October. Obviously, we […]
PCO team to appear on Eggheads TV quiz
A team from the Professional Cartoonists Organisation, which runs The Bloghorn, is to appear on the daily BBC Two quiz show Eggheads. The team, called simply The Cartoonists, will challenge the Eggheads team, who are all winners from other quiz and game shows. Pictured (seated, left to right) are PCOers Chris Burke, Alex Hughes, Royston […]
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 […]
Cartoon Pick of the Week
Bloghorn spotted this great work this week … One: Kipper Williams on the US banking system. Two: Matt Pritchett in the Telegraph on recapitalising the banks in the UK Three: a treat. Chris Burke from GQ on where politicians like to go for their lunch. Week ending 17th October 2008 The PCO: British cartoon talent […]