John Jensen on wit and wisdom: Part 3
In the final part of his series on wit and wisdom (read part one here and part two here) PCOer John Jensen argues that sometimes cartoonists get better results on a smaller canvas International cartoon exhibitions should be encouraged and they will continue throughout the years. The symbolic stone walls, barbed wire and the dying […]
Snap! A Cartoon Pick of the Week Special
Bloghorn notices that when political cartoonists pick the same targets, they often pick the same jokes, or at least variations on a similar theme. This can be seen in the national press today as three heavyweight cartoonists give their take on Lord Goldsmith appearing before the Chilcot Inquiry into the Iraq war. One: Peter Brookes […]
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’ […]
Cartoonists in peril
Cartoonists in this country might be feeling the pinch at the moment, but at least they don’t work under the threat of arrest, assault or even death. In Honduras recently, cartoonist Allan McDonald (interview) was detained for 24 hours, had his studio ransacked and cartoons and drawing materials destroyed following the publication of several cartoons […]
Art Spiegelman and the Refugee Ship Blues
The potential for the power of the visual image is demonstrated by this recent editorial comic strip in the Washington Post by Maus cartoonist Art Spiegelman. The strip focuses on American editorial cartoonists’ response to the arrival (and subsequent denial of entry) of a shipload of 900 Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany in 1939 (the […]
Dave Brown on new cartoon exhibition
Prudence and Stability, by Dave Brown, after Dignity and Impudence by Edwin Landseer (1839) The Independent today features a new article by cartoonist Dave Brown, about his exhibition Rogues’ Gallery: More Misused Masterpieces which is currently at the Political Cartoon Gallery in London.
Cartoonist draws funny money for C4
It seems the government is set on printing more money to get us out of the current economic crisis, so journalists and cartoonists everywhere are having to learn how to spell quantitative easing. But when you need funny money in a hurry, who better to call on than a cartoonist? That’s what Channel 4 News […]
Managing the art of the unfunny cartoon
The reader’s editor at The Guardian news organisation writes in response to critical correspondence about some of cartoonist Steve Bell’s editorial cartoons.
A cartoonist's farewell to Dubya
Whoever wins the US election, he is probably unlikely to be as much of a gift to cartoonists as the guy who is currently putting his feet up in the Oval Office. US editorial cartoonist Mike Luckovich tells us “What I’ll Miss About George W.” The PCO: Great British cartoon talent From the PCO (Professional […]