Steve Bell on Ronald Searle
Cartoonist Steve Bell, who curated the current Ronald Searle show at the Cartoon Museum writes here about the experience. You can read more of Bloghorn’s coverage about the three Searle shows currently on in London here.
How cartoons help us cope
Libby Purves, patron of the Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation, which runs the Bloghorn, writes in the Times today about how cartoons help us confront the dark side of human nature: Cartoon grotesques let us face the real horrors Above: Libby chats to the Guardian’s Steve Bell, creator of more than his fair share of cartoon grotesques, […]
Ronald Searle shows open in London
In the spirit of our recent coverage of the Ronald Searle exhibitions, we are pleased to publish Martin Rowson‘s article from the exhibition catalogue produced by the Cartoon Museum. In 1999 Ronald Searle was judged, by his fellow cartoonists, to be the greatest cartoonist of the 20th Century. It’s a judgement I thoroughly endorse, though as […]
Hats off to Searle at bookshop exhibition
A small exhibition of original cartoons by Ronald Searle, all drawn for for Sarah Kortum’s book The Hatless Man: An Anthology of Odd & Forgotten Manners, is at Maggs Bros Antiquarian Books, 50 Berkeley Square, London from this Wednesday, March 3. March 3 is the 90th birthday of Searle, and as we mentioned here on […]
Two exhibitions mark Searle's 90th
Next Wednesday, March 3, sees the 90th birthday of the hugely influential British cartoonist Ronald Searle. To celebrate, two exhibitions of his work will open on that day. The creator of St Trinian’s (above, from Lilliput magazine) and illustrator of the Molesworth books, who has lived and worked in France since the 1960s, will be […]
A fake Searle and a Posy Simmonds movie?
According to Perpetua, a Ronald Searle blog, there may be an original Ronald Searle St. Trinians illustration for sale on eBay. Admittedly, there is a lack of provenance, and the buyer freely admits it may be merely ‘attributed to Ronald Searle’ or even just ‘after Ronald Searle’. Even with a lack of proof that it’s […]
Ronald Searle is 88 today
One of the greatest British-born cartoonists has his 88th birthday today. Many happy returns Ronald Searle. You can find a short biography of Searle here.British cartoon talent From the PCO (Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation)