Merry cartoony Christmas!

Procartoonists.org wishes you a merry Christmas and a very happy new year with this selection of festive cartoons from our members. Have a great one, folks!   © Pete Dredge © Jonesy © Royston © The Surreal McCoy © Rupert Besley © Nathan Ariss © Colin Whittock © Huw Aaron © Matthew Buck © Brighty […]

The Round-up

Liza Donnelly, cartoonist for The New Yorker, shares with Forbes.com the transcript of a recent speech in which she looks at how cartoonists can use humour as a force for peace. Huw Aaron, a member of Procartoonists.org, shares some strips from his ongoing North Stand series and asks, ‘Who’d be a rugby fan?’ Patrick Blower, whose editorial cartoons […]

Special report: 50 years of cartoons in Private Eye

Fans of Private Eye cartoons were in for a treat this week, as editor Ian Hislop and cartoonist Nick Newman took to the stage for two separate events looking back over 50 years of visual humour in the magazine – where they picked out a few favourite gags and discussed the challenge of selecting the […]

The Round-up

Kudos to Procartoonists.org member Huw Aaron, who was recently highly commended in the Cartoonist of the Year category of the 2013 Sports Journalism Awards for his rugby-themed strip, North Stand (the prize was eventually won by The Telegraph’s Matt Pritchett for his coverage of the London Olympics). Huw has also been busy with other projects, […]

Sporting chance for cartoonists

The Procartoonists.org members Huw Aaron and Nick Newman are among the nominees in the sports cartoonist category at the 2012 Sports Journalism Awards. Huw is nominated for his strip North Stand (above, full-size version here) in The Rugby Paper, and Nick for Sunday Times and Private Eye cartoons. Other nominees are Paul Wood, Kerber and […]

When cartoonists meet The Public

Bill Stott, who will be writing regularly for the Procartoonists.org blog, gives us his take on the Shrewsbury Cartoon Festival: Shrewsbury is an opportunity to meet that most unpredictable of creatures: The Public. At Shrewsbury at least, they take cartooning in their stride. I was inking my 8ft by 5ft Big Board, when a couple (“We’ve […]

Cartoonists doing it for themselves

Cartoonists are continuing to use the print-on-demand services provided by various websites to get their work out there. These sites mean that they can print collections of their drawings as and when they are needed, so they don’t end up with boxes full of unsold books cluttering up their sheds. While the cartoonists probably won’t […]