A cartoonist’s memories of Punch magazine
PCO cartoonist Martin Honeysett writes: I was a Punch man. I started in the 1970s when Bill Davis was editor and continued until its final demise. It took a year of weekly submissions before I got accepted and once that happened I felt I’d arrived. For a freelance gag cartoonist Punch was the business, and […]
The Best of Punch Cartoons – book launch
A book launch for The Best of Punch Cartoons took place at Harrods in West London last night. PCOer Pete Dredge reports There was a healthy turnout of cartoonists with many PCO members on show; Clive Collins, Martin Honeysett, Ken Pyne, Geoff Thompson, John Jensen, Nick Newman, Chris Burke, Steve Way, Stan McMurtry, Arthur Reid, […]
Memories of Punch magazine
PCO cartoonist Pete Dredge writes: What saddens me most about the demise of Punch, apart from the purely selfish loss of what was once a regular market for me, is that thousands of jokes which would have graced its pages on a weekly basis have never had the chance to be made by the amazingly […]
Punch magazine recalled
PCO member John Jensen offers a memory of things at Punch magazine. This article was originally published in the Foghorn magazine, which the PCO publishes. Punch died in 1992. Towards the end of its life the atmosphere in the art department was bright, lively and smiling. I thought such camaraderie was inspiring amid all the […]
The legacy of Punch – and the professional cartoonists
Evidence for the existence of a predecessor publication to our own Foghorn cartoon magazine has been revealed on a national media outlet. You may listen again to the wireless segment here. The PCO: Great British cartoon talent From the PCO (Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation)
Graphic novel serialised in The Times
“Unlikely Events: The Times starts a comic strip” by Arthur Watts (click to enlarge) This 1930s Punch cartoon will make current Times readers chuckle, as a full-colour comic strip now appears in the paper every Monday. Excerpt from “The Trial of the Sober Dog” by Nick Abadzis The Trial of the Sober Dog by Nick […]
Pont events at the Cartoon Museum
The Cartoon Museum has a series of evening events lined up to accompany its exhibition Pont – Observing the British at Home and Abroad, which was reviewed here last week. Pont – the Making of a Humorous Artist, June 5: Illustrated talk with Anita O’Brien, discussing the evolution of Pont’s style from his drawings of […]
Review: Pont at the Cartoon Museum
PCOer Royston Robertson reviews the exhibition Pont: Observing the British at Home and Abroad at the Cartoon Museum It’s probably asking for trouble to use the word “important” in relation to a cartoon exhibition, but it seems applicable here as Pont, who was known as Graham Laidler to his mum, is so often overlooked when […]
Cartoon exhibition: Pont of Punch
Cartoon by Punch cartoonist Pont. (Click to enlarge) An exhibition entitled Pont: Observing the British at Home and Abroad runs at the Cartoon Museum in London from April 23 until July 27. It features more than 90 classic cartoons about the quirks of the British by Graham Laidler, better known as the Punch cartoonist Pont. […]