Dutch success for cartoonists
The Procartoonists.org members Pete Dredge and Graham Fowell have been singled out in the “Special Mention” category at the 18th Dutch Cartoon Festival. The theme of the exhibition was “Prejudices and Stereotypes”. Pete told us: “I hadn’t entered one of these competitions for many years, probably over 30, so after the promptings of our Feco […]
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 […]
Cartoonists out and about in Europe
PCOer Tayo Fatunla was an invitee to the recent Nostrum Cartoon Festival in Mallorca and also recently seen abroad was Graham Fowell at Bergen op Zoom in the Netherlands. This festival which is held in the Markienzenhof national museum also houses a permanent exhibition of satirical art. Graham reports: Attending cartoonists and their companions spent […]
Red Nose-d cartoonist
PCOer Graham Fowell will be drawing caricatures of all-comers for just £5 per head on Comic Relief Night this Friday (March 13). The caricaturist, known professionally as the Hit Man, will be doing his five-hour stretch of drawing crowds at The Trent Inn on his home patch near Nottingham. Graham told the Bloghorn: “We want […]
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 […]
Graham Fowell book launch
PCO member Graham Fowell writes with news of a book launch; Vince Eager, the 1950’s Rock and Roller, launched ‘The Rock ‘n Roll Files’ on October 12th. Graham made the cartoons and caricatures for the book and accompanied Vince at a signing at ‘Buy The Book’ in Nottingham, this, in between caricaturing every buyer, on […]