Herne Bay Cartoon Festival 2026 Photo Album
The massed band of cartoonists outside the Herne Bay bandstand. Photo © Jason Hollingsworth Glenn Marshall reports: ‘Oh didn’t we have a lovely time the day we went to Bangor!’ (Note to self: change destination) Another year, another glorious cartoon festival and this time for the live-drawing day we returned to the sea front and […]
Herne Bay Cartoon Festival 2026: Where Cartoons Meet the Coast
Chris Burke in action the last time the festival live drawing day was in the bandstand in 2016. Photo © Kasia Kowalska Emily from Beach Creative introduces this year’s festival: It’s almost time for a splash of humour, colour, and creativity as the Herne Bay Cartoon Festival returns to the Kent coast. With the theme […]
Herne Bay Cartoon Festival 2025 – photo gallery
Glenn Marshall (the real one, NOT the AI bot!) writes: Once again the promise of vittles, vin rouge & vitriolic ink-slinging lured the cartooning elite (and me) down to Herne Bay for the annual Festival of Cartoonology. Photo reportage of Herne Bay Cartoon Festival, hosted by Beach Creative, courtesy of top roving snapper Kasia Kowalska. […]
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. […]
Return to the pub
Pete Songi writes: Yes, The Great Cartoon Exhibition in a Greenwich pub is returning! They asked us back LOL! This time the theme is around ‘Summer’ and I have had another massive response from some amazing cartoonists around the country including Steve Bright, Lorna Miller and Vroni Holzmann in Scotland and Graeme Keyes, Fergus Boylan & Dean Patterson […]