Let It Snow! Show
Glenn Marshall writes: There was a Snow gathering at The Duke of Greenwich pub for the opening of the latest Pete Songi curated exhibition ‘Let It Snow!’ and many brave souls donned their thermal underwear to make the arctic expedition to Greenwich. Thanks to Mark Winter for all the photos. Ed Naylor (Nay) with Pete […]
Trumpmageddon – Cartoon Special
© Mark ‘Chicane’ Winter If there are any industries that should be thrilled at four more years of Trump it’s the cartoon profession and purveys of orange ink. I’ve been reposting many of these cartoons and caricatures across social media in the run-up to the US election expecting I’d be able to sway the American […]
Herne Bay Cartoon Festival 2024 Review
Photo © Karol Steele Royston Robertson writes: They came, they drew and the sun shone. Again. The word had clearly got out about the 2024 Herne Bay Cartoon Festival as it was busy from the get-go as members of the public crowded around the cartoonists outside the Beach Creative gallery on Sunday 4 August, […]
Herne Bay Cartoon Festival 2024 Preview
Herne Bay 2024 poster by Rob Murray Royston Robertson writes: The 11th Herne Bay Cartoon Festival, which will see cartoonists from all over the country visit the Kentish seaside town, is upon us, and the theme is “Rocking the Boat!” The main live event will be held at the Beach Creative gallery again – on […]
Summer’s finally here
The latest Duke of Greenwich exhibition opened last Thursday. This is he second exhibition at his venue curated by Pete Songi. Here are few holiday Summer snaps by Mark ‘Chicane’ Winter. Mark and Steve Hamson helped put up the cartoons. Pete hammering it. The show had a overwhelming amount of submissions and features over sixty cartoonists. […]
Great Ideas exhibition
Jeremy Banx writes: So another PCO exhibition is now on show in the café at the Omnibus Theatre on Clapham Common. Hot on the heels of our last exhibition of Xmas panto cartoons for ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’, this time the theme is ‘Ideas’. And what a lot of ideas about ideas there are. No […]
PCO Cartoon Review of the Year 2023
Cartoon © Steve Bright Glenn Marshall writes: OK, lock yourselves in, this is going to be a rocky ride and 2023 was a particularly rocky ride for Rishi Sunak. The above prescient cartoon was by Brighty at the beginning of the year in The Sun. Cartoon © Dean Patterson Mystic deAn also predicted the turbulence the world […]
Tony Husband – A Tribute in Cartoons
All at PCO were shocked and saddened to hear of the death of Tony Husband, one of the cartoon world’s all time greats. There have already been numerous fine tributes written about Tony – here’s a great memoriam by John Freeman on Down The Tubes comics-related blog. Another excellent testimonial with wonderful photos and video […]
The PCO Cartoon Review of the Year 2022
Another year, another cartoon review featuring work from PCO members. As the world moves on from one disaster to another what more can you ask for than an emergency cartoon service attempting to defibrillate you at the start of the new year! Cartoon © Dean Patterson deAn set the tone for the year with this […]