John Jensen goes jellybeans over Stardust
There are cartoon fossickers who dig and delve among old comics – I’m talking American comics, circa late 1930s and early 1940s, looking for, and still finding, strange treasures and curios. Like, for example, Stardust, Fantomah, Buzz Crandall of the Space Patrol and, finally, Big Red McLane of the Northwoods. The link between them is […]
Cartoon review: Phill Jupitus on Radio 4
Strip by comedian and wannabe cartoonist Phill Jupitus PCOer Neil Dishington reviews Comic Love, Phill Jupitus’s BBC Radio Four show in praise of newspaper comic strips Apparently Phill Jupitus is a thwarted cartoonist. Aren’t we all? I should admit that he is not my favourite comedian, and I am not a particular fan of comic […]
Cartoons on the radio
Excerpt from a comic strip by comedian Phill Jupitus Comedian Phill Jupitus hosts a programme called Comic Love on BBC Radio Four this week, in which he talks about his love of comics and newspaper strips. An occasional cartoonist himself, he has produced a strip to go with an article promoting the radio show in […]
Graphic novel serialised in The Times
“Unlikely Events: The Times starts a comic strip” by Arthur Watts (click to enlarge) This 1930s Punch cartoon will make current Times readers chuckle, as a full-colour comic strip now appears in the paper every Monday. Excerpt from “The Trial of the Sober Dog” by Nick Abadzis The Trial of the Sober Dog by Nick […]
Cartoon workshops at the Shrewsbury festival
Tim Harries running a cartoon workshop Click image to enlarge Cartoon workshops are a key part of the Shrewsbury International Cartoon Festival, and PCO members Tim Harries and Andy Gilbert will be running two of them. Tim will host a workshop called Create a Comic Strip on Saturday (April 19) at Shropshire Wildlife Trust, 2pm–4pm. […]