The Round-up
September 1, 2013 in Events, General, Links, News
Cartoons of Margaret Thatcher – including The Pit and The Pendulum by Stanley Franklin, above, has been showing at Leeds Gallery over the summer. Read a review of the exhibition here.
The British Cartoonists’ Association is on the lookout once again for Young Cartoonists of the Year and will now also accept digitally produced artwork (although a hard copy must be submitted). Find out more about how to enter the contest here.
Artwork from Procartoonists.org member Hunt Emerson‘s adaptations of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Frankenstein will be exhibited by The Wordsworth Trust in Grasmere, Cumbria, for one month from 4 October. Read more at downthetubes.net.
Procartoonists.org member Steve Bell discusses his depictions of US presidents in this audio interview and transcript.
Those interested in going behind the scenes with cartoonists and illustrators should check out both The Tools Artists Use and 20 Questions With Cartoonists.
The Oldie, one of the most high-profile markets for UK gag cartoonists, has reached 300 issues. Richard Ingrams, founder of the magazine and former editor of Private Eye, looks back on his time with both organs in this piece from The Telegraph. A new Oldie Book of Cartoons is released next month.
Also due to land on bookshelves and coffee tables in September is Private Eye: A Cartoon History. Edited by longtime Eye man Nick Newman, the book will feature more than 1,000 gags from the past 50 years. It certainly looks jam-packed, if these sample pages are anything to go by.
Ed adds: Late entry from Sarah McIntyre, aka @Jabberworks, at the Telegraph: Comic adventures for kids of all ages.
by Blog Team
Mrs Thatcher and the cartoonists
April 10, 2013 in Comment, General, News
© Peter Brookes of The Times @ Procartoonists.org
Powerful people in politics with wealth and helpers mix myth and reality to help deliver a projection of their achievements to the public. Parts of the same formula also drive the work of many cartoonists.
© Dave Brown of The Independent @ Procartoonists.org
Both sorts of visual trickery are now at work in the national catharsis following the death of the former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
© Matt Pritchett of The Telegraph @ Procartoonists.org
We’ve gathered ten cartoons for you to enjoy, whatever your opinion of the politician. We are sure you will have seen more, please do add links in the comments.
There is a mixture of reactions here from fresh-off-the-drawing-board images to retrospectives from the 1980s like this one.
Noel Ford from the Daily Star @ Procartoonists.org
There are reactions from the regions …
© Frank Boyle of the Edinburgh Evening News @ Procartoonists.org
delayed jokes …
Christian Adams of The Telegraph @ Procartoonists.org
iconography …
© Steve Bell of The Guardian @ Procartoonists.org
futurology …
© Matt Buck Hack Cartoons for Tribune @ Procartoonists.org
appeals …
© Banx of the Financial Times @ Procartoonists.org
and pathos.
Steven Camley of The Herald @ Procartoonists.org
To repeat, we are sure you will have seen more and please do add them below in the comments.
Updated: Saturday 13th April. One national newspaper commissioned a whole supplement on Mrs Thatcher and gave the commission to Posy Simmonds – read it here. You will find more about Posy if you use the search tool on the sidebar of this site.
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