PCO Cartoon Awards Night

Photo © Neil Martin PCO Showbiz Correspondent Glenn Marshall writes: Reporting from the glitzy Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation Awards 2024 (AKA The Splats). Many of the great and the good from the cartoon world gathered at Channel Four headquarters for the inaugural event. We had cartoonists attending from far and wide, particular mention to Steve Bright, […]

PCO Cartoon Awards 2024

Welcome to the inaugural Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation Awards We’ve been thinking for a long time about doing our own, less formal, ‘above a pub room’, type of awards: an evening that doesn’t take itself too seriously and where we’d get together with fellow cartoonists and cartoon supporters and have a lark (and let’s face it, […]

Cartoon Tidings

Cartoon © Rupert Besley Prompted by this wonderful drawing above by Rupert Besley on the inner sanctums of PCO members forum folk have been sharing their Christmas greetings in cartoons form. All very funny so I thought they deserve a wider airing. Merry festivus and best wishes for 2025 from all at PCO Global Communications. […]

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 […]

Saint-Just-le-Martel Cartoon Festival 2024

A missive from our man in Saint-Just, Des Buckley: “3 UK Evacuees placed in French Village” In the heady days of expense accounts & optimism, inky scribblers convened in the Cartoonist Pub (aka ‘Cirrhosis-on-Thames’) in Shoe Lane. Fleet Street was in its pomp. The Cartoonists of that era exhibited a ‘thirst’ for social events. Of […]

Bill Stott 1944-2024

Bill in action at Herne Bay Cartoon Festival. Photo © Karole Steele Pete Dredge writes: Although I had long admired the work of Bill Stott in Punch I only met Bill for the first time, I think, at the Birkenhead Cartoon Festival in 1998. I say “think” because it was very much a case of […]

Whale & Dolphin Conservation cartoon workshop and exhibition

Glenn Marshall writes: We’re pleased to be working again with Whale & Dolphin Conservation particularly on their campaign to persuade people and companies not to tour Dolphin and Orca shows where they are kept in captivity. Last year we collaborated at the launch campaign in the House of Commons with #EndCaptivityNow. This year we’ve been […]

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 […]