Herne Bay Cartoon Festival 2017:
The End of the Pier Show
August 10, 2017 in Events, General, News
The Herne Bay Cartoon Festival main event was held on the Pier for the first time on Sunday, after four years at the Bandstand. It proved a perfect fit for a live cartooning event. The sun shone and a good time was had by all.
Photos © Kasia Kowalska unless otherwise stated
The cartoonists’ parade their way on to the Pier with HBCF pencils, led by
Rob Murray, Chris Burke, Martin Rowson and Dave Brown
The town crier announces the event as many of the cartoonists assemble
The cartoonists who took part were: Nathan Ariss, Jeremy Banx, Rupert Besley, Andrew Birch, Dave Brown, Des Buckley, Chris Burke, Pete Dredge, Noel Ford, Clive Goddard, Alex Hughes, Glenn Marshall, Rob Murray, Roger Penwill, Helen Pointer, Royston Robertson, Martin Rowson, Tim Ruscoe, Tim Sanders, Rich Skipworth, The Surreal McCoy, Steve Way and Chris Williams.
Where to begin? Chris Burke makes a start on creating a seaside peep board
Chris Burke’s finished board is peerless. Photo © Richard Baxter
A day of contrasts: Martin Rowson with Andrew Birch
Martin Rowson’s Jeremy Corbyn cartoon drew a few disapproving glances but the kids loved it. Photos © Jason Hollingsworth
Click here for our blog post on Martin Rowson’s talk at the festival.
The caricaturists — Helen Pointer, Alex Hughes and Pete Dredge — were kept constantly busy. Photo © Jason Hollingsworth
Happy customers with caricatures by the three artists. Photo © Kerry Riley
Glenn Marshall created a cartoon Punch and Judy show with a modern twist. That, as they say, is the way to do it
As ever, the public were given a chance to draw, overseen by cartoonist the Surreal McCoy. Photo © Kerry Riley
Royston Robertson did board entirely filled with Brexit cartoons
Andrew Birch draws a seaside-themed board
Many of the cartoonists contributed to the Fake Cartoons shared board, mostly gags about Donald Trump. SAD! Photo © Richard Baxter
In the frame: Rob Murray poses with his board based on The Scream, with an info panel from “Tat Modern”. Photo © Richard Baxter
No Herne Bay Cartoon Festival would be complete without big board cartoon from The Independent’s Dave Brown
To end the day, the cartoonists went on the merry-go-round. Pictured are
Noel Ford, who made his Herne Bay debut, Chris Williams and Alex Hughes. Photo © Karol Steele
The caricaturist Helen Pointer also appeared at Herne Bay for the first time. Photo © Jason Hollingsworth
That’s all, folks. You can see more by visiting @HBCartoonFest on Twitter or Facebook.com/ HBCartoonFest.
Herne Bay Cartoon Festival is sponsored by the Professional Cartoonists Organisation and supported using public funding by Arts Council England.
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