Cartoonist dishes the dirt on daily routine
This image of Boris Johnson making a mess of Tory policy on Europe was Peter Brookes’ cartoon for The Times on October 6. You can read a “day in the life” profile of the cartoonist at work, explaining how he came up with the cartoon, at the Times Onine website. According to the profile, “Brookes’ […]
Two political cartoon shows to open
Two political cartoon exhibitions open in London next week, at the Chris Beetles Gallery and the Political Cartoon Gallery. PeterBrookes: The Best of Times, above, is at the Chris Beetles Gallery from Monday (October 12) until October 31. More than 100 of Brookes’s most recent cartoons from The Times will be on display. Signed copies […]
Cartoon Pick of the Week
Bloghorn spotted this great work during this week ending the 25th September 2009. One: Peter Brookes in The Times on the special relationship Two: Nicholas Garland in The Daily Telegraph on a very public crash Three: Len Hawkins in The Spectator on paranoid parenting The PCO: Great British cartoon talent Subscribe to The Foghorn – […]
Cartoonists talk to Artists and Illustrators magazine
The August 2009 issue of Artists & Illustrators magazine features an interview with six prominent British cartoonists. Nick Newman, Peter Brookes, Posy Simmonds, and PCOers Morten Morland, Kipper Williams,and John Jensen talk about how they got started in the ‘business of satire’.
Cartoon Pick of the Week
Bloghorn spotted this great work during this week ending the 10th July 2009. One: Christian Adams in The Telegraph on the chase for the pink vote Two: Hector Breeze in The Spectator: “It is suggested that one reign for a bit without pay.” Three: And finally, Peter Brookes in The Times on trouble at No. […]
Cartoon Pick of the Week: Redacted
MPs are back in the news again with the release of their heavily blacked-out expense reports, so Bloghorn has a special round-up of the best of the redacted, censored and otherwise obscured cartoons for the week ending the 19th June 2009. One: Matt in the Daily Telegraph gives us a historical perspective on the story. […]
Cartoon Pick of the Week
Bloghorn spotted this great work during this week ending the 27th February 2009. One: Peter Brookes in The Times on Mandelson’s delusions of grandeur Two: Kipper Williams in The Guardian on more plunging shares Three: P.C. Vey in Readers Digest (US) on troubled time for bankers, one of 10 Ways to Laugh at the Recession […]
London's Political Cartoon Gallery is in rude health
Bloghorn can report London’s Political Cartoon Gallery is not going to be closing, contrary to reports in the capital’s Metro newspaper. According to the Metro, the cartoon gallery, which is the only display space in the world dedicated to the art of the editorial cartoon, is facing closure because of soaring rents and collapsing demand. […]
Cartoon exhibition: Browned Off!
The Political Cartoon Gallery’s Tory Blues exhibition has now closed so, in the interests of balance, attention is turned to the Labour Party. Browned Off! A cartoon exhibition on the first 18 months of Gordon Brown as Prime Minister, opens at the gallery on Wednesday (January 21) and runs until March 14. The show will […]