Giants from Lilliput
Lilliput cover (Dec 1949) by Ronald Searle Rupert Besley writes: Some years back (50, to be precise) I spotted a small selection of Lilliput magazines from 1941-51 in a junkshop in Leeds. I bought all nine of them and have returned to them regularly since. This era was still the heyday of line illustration, […]
End of an era at Private Eye
Private Eye magazine says farewell to its longtime art director Tony Rushton tomorrow, with a party near its offices in Soho, London. Tony has been with the magazine for 50 years, joining at issue 11, and is responsible for the old-school “cut n’ paste” look to which Britain’s leading satirical magazine has doggedly stuck over […]
Desperate Dandy hits hard times
The future of The Dandy as a weekly printed comic appears to be in jeopardy. Its publisher says that no decision has been made, but Procartoonists.org understands that the comic is likely to be coming to an end in September. A Dandy cartoonist told us: “They emailed me last week saying that in all likelihood it […]
With big ideas, always read the small print
In the digital age it is possible for cartoonists to easily publish their work in ways that the expense of print made hard to achieve. However, many recent ease-of-use digital tools also come with legal caveats that affect the copyright, licensing and format rights attached to an individual piece of work. Apple has just launched […]