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Public voting is under way for the Political Cartoon of the Year 2014. Those in the running include the Procartoonists.org members Andy Davey, above, Dave Brown, Martin Rowson, Steve Bell, Steve Bright and Gary Barker. The Times’s political cartoonist Peter Brookes is the subject of a short film called The Art of Satire, part of the […]
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In the wake of recent disappointing decisions elsewhere in the mainstream press, it’s encouraging to see cartoons being celebrated this week in a major newspaper. The Independent is the latest to provide coverage of Private Eye’s new retrospective cartoon book, and PCO members feature prominently in the article, which includes quotes from Nick Newman and […]
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A recent New Yorker cartoon by Mick Stevens, above, led to a temporary ban on the magazine’s Facebook page this week, because it apparently broke the social network’s decency rules. Bob Mankoff, the New Yorker’s cartoon editor, looks in detail at the supposed offence on his blog. The latest collection of Punch artwork focuses on […]
Personal Bests: That’s the spirit
While we wait for Team GB to win any gold medals, let’s try to maintain the determined Olympic spirit! It is alive and well, just about, in this Personal Bests cartoon by Mike Williams. See the Procartoonists.org portfolios for more work by the cartoonists in this Olympics exhibition.
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We bring news of an exhibition of work by the Procartoonists.org member Cathy Simpson who helpfully writes about Twitterings and Catcreeps here. Another member, Wilbur Dawbarn, talks about his latest cartoon for Private Eye, which may well be the first in a series. Christian Adams, The Telegraph’s editorial news cartoonist, writes about the need to plan ahead to be able […]
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Former Punch cartoonists Bill Hewison, Ed McLachlan (above) and Mike Williams are the stars of a new show opening later this month at the Chris Beetles Gallery in London. The selling exhibition features work from Punch itself, alongside cartoons published in Private Eye, The Spectator and elsewhere. See the Chris Beetles site for more details. Annie Tempest, the cartoonist behind the […]
Gallery takes cartoon show north
The Chris Beetles Gallery of St James’s, London, is taking its collection of cartoons up the A1 to Nunnington Hall, near York, for a selling exhibition entitled Three Centuries of Cartoon Art which opens tomorrow (April 12). Cartoon art spanning the ages will be on view, starting with Thomas Rowlandson from the 18th century, through […]
Foghorn magazine – Issue 48
Just in time for Christmas, the latest issue of Foghorn, the cartoon magazine of the Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation has been published. Featuring a festive cover by the PCO’s The Surreal McCoy, the magazine is available to subscribers for the very merry price of £20 for six full colour issues – all delivered down your chimney (or through your door). […]
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, […]