Shrewsbury International Cartoon Festival – But is it Art?
A contribution for the “But is it Art?” show from PCOer Ken Pyne. The show is currently being exhibited in Shrewsbury until the end of April. Click to enlarge the picture. British cartoon talent From the PCO (Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation)
PCO Procartoonists – on cartoon art auctions
Is there a cartoonist in the house?Well, very often, yes, there is. Last week, PCOers Pete Dredge and Mike Turner added themselves to the throng of medical types, trustees and the odd HRH(apologies to the Duke of Kent) at the plush, modern atrium of The Royal Society of Medicine for a charity cartoon auction. It […]
PCO Procartoonists – October 2007
October was a mixed month for the PCO, we received an official vote of thanks for our work at The Big Draw which we attended during October – and also some anonymous comment. The official feedback ran something like this; “We’ve received nothing but praise from our partners, sponsors and the public. Our hosts reported […]
PCO Procartoonists – The art business by Ken Pyne
PCO member Ken Pyne writes: I went to a recent exhibition and overheard a cartoonist humbly thanking one of the organisers for lowering themselves to include cartoonists with ‘proper’ artists. It is this Uriah Heep attitude I have heard over the years from cartoonists that keeps us down, and while it exists among us, we […]