Hector Breeze RIP
Cartoon from Private Eye – A Cartoon History Rupert Besley writes: The sad news of the passing of Hector Breeze not long after celebrating his 90th birthday, has, unsurprisingly, brought in a flood of tributes from fellow cartoonists, all recognising the greatness of the man along with the warmth, charm and wit of his cartoons. […]
Re:Mona exhibition
Glenn Marshall writes: I’ve long been a Mona Lisa obsessive, now I’ve come up with a cunning way to get others to join in. Along with Helen Wilde and Terry Sole of One New Street Gallery I’ve just hung the ‘Mona Lisa – Not Funny’ exhibition as a side-show to the excellent Herne Bay Cartoon […]
Video: Cartoonists in Herne Bay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KedekiED1k&feature=youtu.be This short video covering the exhibition and live cartooning in Herne Bay last month has been posted online by David Good Videos. Former PCO chairman Nathan Ariss is our host, taking us through the background to the event and the live drawing that took place. Sue Austen of Beach Creative in Herne Bay and […]
A surreally great weekend
Cartoonists Beside the Surrealside in Herne Bay at the weekend was a scorching success. Here’s co-organiser Nathan Ariss with his post-event analysis: I have only just recently discovered the true meaning of some of those well-worn platitudes, such as “Build it and they will come” and “We really couldn’t have done it without you” etc. […]
Seaside cartoon event this weekend
The Cartoonists Beside the Surrealside event takes place in Herne Bay, Kent, this Sunday. There will be live drawing of gags, political cartoons, caricatures and more in the Bandstand on the sea front from midday until 5pm. Cartoonists due to take part, mostly PCO members, are: Nathan Ariss, Jeremy Banx, Andrew Birch, Dave Brown, Chris Burke, […]
A little on the surreal side
Here are some cartoons submitted by Procartoonists.org members for the Cartoonists Beside the Surrealside exhibition which can be seen at Beach Creative in Herne Bay later this month. The exhibition at the gallery in Beach Street has already been extended. It will now run from Wednesday 30 July until Tuesday 12 August. Opening hours 10am-5pm. […]
Seaside calls again for cartoonists
After last year’s cartooning fun in Herne Bay, Kent, we can announce that a whole bunch of cartoonists are on standby to do it all again next month. We’ll have more on this in due course, but in the meantime put 3 August in your diaries and check out the ace poster by PCO member […]
Duchamp in Herne Bay: the Movie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K70EsYznDc&feature=youtu.be The organisers of last year’s Marcel Duchamp in Herne Bay Festival, which many Procartoonists members took part in, have released a rather nice video of the event, above. It was put together by David Good. The festival is one of the nominees in the East Kent People’s Awards. You can vote for it here. […]
The commercial art
A collector of cartoons spoke some home truths at the recent private view of Bring Me Laughter. Kasia Kowalska writes. In his speech opening the show, George Walker implored all those present to remember that he’s “not a Rothschild”. He was, undoubtedly, being modest as, together with his wife, Pat, he has dedicated more than 60 […]