Shrewsbury International Cartoon Festival in the rear-view mirror.

Jonathan Cusick, Pete Dredge, John Roberts and Helen Pointer ‘drawing the crowds’. Rupert Besley writes: The sun shone on the righteous – and on the cartoonists in Shrewsbury. It was a bumper gathering in the town this last weekend, with visitors and participants drawn from far and wide. Few more so than festival regular Dean […]

Get Colouring

Jonathan Cusick writes: Support the festival this Christmas by giving the cartoon fans in your life a copy of the Shrewsbury Cartoon Festival Colouring Book! More than 40 black line cartoons from top cartoonists for your shading enjoyment. Relax, be inspired or just have a giggle. Fun for all ages. Sold to raise funds for […]

Success for Shrewsbury festival

The Shrewsbury Cartoon Festival, which took place at the weekend, drew huge crowds and was deemed a success by all involved. And it has already been given a major boost for next year. The Shropshire Star reports that the festival has just won a £2,000 grant for next year’s event. Every penny will count as […]

Festival details released

The Shrewsbury Cartoon Festival takes place next month and more details of the events have been released.  These include the title of the music-themed exhibition: With a Song in My Art – we are featuring cartoons submitted for the exhibition – and details on the live drawing events and workshops on creating strips,  mini-comics and, er, farting […]

Personal Bests: Technical terms

So many sports, so many new terms to learn. You can enjoy more great jokes in our permanent portfolios or scroll back through our Personal Bests exhibition.

Cartoon Pick of the Week

For the week ending 1st May 2009, we have a Shrewsbury Big Boards Special, a selection of some of the giant cartoons seen at this year’s festival. One: Steve “Bestie” Best on CO2 emissions Two: Jacky Fleming’s Mrs Darwin Three: Kipper Williams looks at a mayfly’s day Four: Clive Goddard on human resources Five: Dave […]

Shrewsbury International Cartoon Festival and the UK Cartoon Museum

The curator of the UK’s national Cartoon Museum Anita O’Brien has contributed an exhibition to the Shrewsbury festival this year. This cartoon from Steve (Bestie) Best is one of the many on show now. You can click the cartoon to see a larger version. British cartoon talent From the PCO (Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation)