Martin Rowson (and mini Farage) visit the Herne Bay Cartoon Festival
Martin Rowson took part in the Herne Bay Cartoon Festival for the first time this year, where he gave a talk and was interviewed by Rosie Duffield, the first ever Labour MP for nearby Canterbury. All photos © Kasia Kowalska unless otherwise stated But the Guardian cartoonist brought an extra guest to the event at […]
Re:Mona exhibition
Glenn Marshall writes: I’ve long been a Mona Lisa obsessive, now I’ve come up with a cunning way to get others to join in. Along with Helen Wilde and Terry Sole of One New Street Gallery I’ve just hung the ‘Mona Lisa – Not Funny’ exhibition as a side-show to the excellent Herne Bay Cartoon […]
Fifth Herne Bay Cartoon Festival begins
[Poster by Chris Burke] The fifth Herne Bay Cartoon Festival is under way, and this year the event features a change of venue for its main live event and a guest appearance by one of the UK’s top political cartoonists. After four years at the town’s Bandstand, the live event will be held on the […]
Sun shines on the Herne Bay Cartoon Festival yet again …
We’ve shown you the photos of the parade of cartoonists at the Herne Bay Cartoon Festival, which knocked the Rio Olympics opening ceremony into a sun hat, now here are some great photos of the Bandstand event itself, as well as the event’s exhibition openings. Photos © Kasia Kowalska. Click images to enlarge.
Herne Bay Cartoon Festival 2016:No rain on this parade
The sun shone brightly on the Herne Bay Cartoon Festival for the fourth year running, bringing thousands of people to the town’s Bandstand on Sunday for a truly memorable day. It began with a parade of cartoonists conducted by organiser Steve Coombes (above, with back to camera). They wielded large pencils and banners and played […]
Herne Bay Cartoon Festival 2016
The fourth Herne Bay Cartoon Festival takes place next month. The festival’s flagship live event will be held, as usual, in the Bandstand on the seafront, on Sunday 31 July. More than 20 cartoonists from all over the country will be there to draw big-board cartoons, cartoon murals, caricatures and to host workshops. There will […]
On the fringes at Herne Bay
Like any good festival, the Herne Bay Cartoon Festival has a fringe. And his name is Glenn Marshall. He writes: The cartoonists who get exhibitions are the successful, good ones. This exhibition sets to redress the balance. Full of ideas that don’t quite work, drawings that don’t quite look right and text that is completely […]
Cartoon festival organisers: “Can you spare a tenner?”
The organisers of the Herne Bay Cartoon Festival are turning to the internet to help pay for next summer’s event, using a unique form of crowdfunding where the government matches every tenner donated. Bayguide, which has staged three successful cartoon events in the Kent seaside town, has set up a page on the Local Giving […]
Shooting Cartoonists at the Seaside
We’re grateful to David Cross for sending us this wonderful watercolour of cartoonists in action at the Herne Bay Cartoon Festival. Click the image to enlarge and see how many cartoonists, and other great details, you can spot. David, who curated the Outrage! exhibition at the Seaside Gallery, called the painting Shooting Cartoonists at the […]