Cartoonists and illustrators on show
The cartoonists Peter Brookes, Matt Pritchett and Procartoonists.org member Jonathan Cusick, above, feature in The Illustrators, the annual winter show held at the Chris Beetles Gallery in St James’s, London. Featuring 800 works from across three centuries, this year’s exhibition marks the bicentenaries of the births of both Charles Dickens and Edward Lear, with drawings and watercolours by […]
Have publishers lost their Phiz?
An article on the Independent website — Where have all the book illustrators gone? — appears to have provoked some rather angry debate. The piece wonders why we do not see much illustration in books aimed at adults, something that was common in the days of Charles Dickens, who collaborated with illustrators such as Hablot […]
The Illustrators 2011
The Illustrators 2011 opens at the Chris Beetles Gallery in St James’s, London, this weekend, and runs until January 7. The gallery’s annual winter show features more than 85 much-loved and respected illustrators and cartoonists from 1837 to the present day. Contemporary cartoonists in The Illustrators 2011 include PCO members Jonathan Cusick, above, and John […]
Gallery's winter exhibition opens
The annual Illustrators show opens at the Chris Beetles Gallery in St James’s, London, this weekend, and runs until January 8. The Illustrators 2010 showcases many of Britain’s best loved and most respected illustrators and cartoonists from the past two centuries. Contemporary cartooning is represented by Mike Williams, above, Jonathan Cusick, below, and Ed McLachlan, […]
Quite Interesting Cartoonists
PCO member Stevyn Colgan writes: This year, members of the PCO have once again contributed to the BBC TV series QI and its spin-off book titles. It’s a relationship that has existed ever since the first QI Annual was published in 2008. The TV show – in which each season follows a letter of the […]