The Round-up
In the wake of recent disappointing decisions elsewhere in the mainstream press, it’s encouraging to see cartoons being celebrated this week in a major newspaper. The Independent is the latest to provide coverage of Private Eye’s new retrospective cartoon book, and PCO members feature prominently in the article, which includes quotes from Nick Newman and […]
The Round-up
The Premier League was rocked this week by the unexpected news of Sir Alex Ferguson‘s retirement, and cartoonists had a ball with it (sorry). In The Telegraph, Christian Adams put the news in context (above), while Matt Pritchett drew parallels with another recent shock resignation. Over in The Guardian, Kipper Williams considered the impact on […]
The Round-up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=542Y-0kJHjo Above: an animation by Procartoonists.org member Paul Baker, commissioned for (and projected at) the launch of the new InterContinental London Westminster hotel. Inspired by its location, the hotel is politically themed and features a gallery of cartoons by Gerald Scarfe alongside other political caricatures. Fellow PCO member Ian Baker is one of a number […]
The post-Christmas Round-up
The gifts may have been exchanged and the turkey polished off, but there’s still time for a few festive treats of the cartooning variety that may have escaped your attention over the Christmas period. You can enjoy every installment of Peattie and Taylor‘s 15-part seasonal Alex tale, It’s A Wonderful Crisis, as it unfolds over […]
The Round-up
Rosie Brooks, a member of the Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation, which runs the Bloghorn, has found a piece of her artwork adorning a US postage stamp. That’s because she painted the guitar that Sir Paul McCartney is pictured with on one of a range of stamps for the animal welfare charity PETA. You can watch Rosie […]
Prize guys
On Sunday, the winner of the fourth Cape/Observer Graphic Short Story prize was announced as Stephen Collins. His story – In Room 208 – won him £1,000 and a full reprint of the tale in the Observer newspaper. Collins was chosen by a jury that included comic historian and organiser of the Comica festival Paul Gravett, […]
2010 Election cartoon round-up
Alex Hughes reports. You may have not noticed, but there’s been a general election in Britian recently. And a general election means it’s open season for the political cartoonists, so here Bloghorn presents a brief summary of the events of the last month or so in cartoon form, starting at the beginning of the election […]
Prospect magazine profiles cartoonists and launches new strip
Helping mammon soften his image, by Stephen Collins The Prospect magazine blog continues its Cartoonist of the Month series by firing questions at PCOer Alex Matthews. You can also read interviews on the bog with Nick Downes and Clive Goddard. Meanwhile, the magazine has also announced a new regular cartoon strip, excerpt above, drawn by […]
The 14th Cartoon Art Trust Awards
The Cartoon Art Trust Awards were presented last night at The Mall Galleries in London. The trust, which runs the Cartoon Museum in London, has presented the awards annually since 1995. Gag cartoonist Grizelda, left, was among the winners. PCOer and Private Eye regular Will “Wilbur” Dawbarn was there and sent Bloghorn this personal report: […]