A cartoonist on cartoonists
PCOer John Jensen watches a conversation with Posy Simmonds and Steve Bell and finds them to be cartoon chalk and cheese Posy Simmonds and Steve Bell, both satirists but so different from each other and both so good, were brought together at Kings Place, London; the Guardian’s new glass and glister home. Posy Simmonds at […]
The other side of cartoonist Barry Fantoni
Barry Fantoni with his Portrait of the Duke of Edinburgh, at the Woodstock Gallery, 1963 The exhibition Barry Fantoni: Public Eye, Private Eye is at the Thomas Williams Fine Art Gallery, in Old Bond Street, London, from April 22 until May 22. Barry Fantoni has had a long association with Private Eye magazine since 1963, […]
Prospect's Cartoonist of the Month
Prospect magazine has launched a new Cartoonist of the Month feature, as part of its First Drafts blog. And PCOer Clive Goddard is the first to offer an insight into the world of cartooning.
Going Bath in time at cartoon show
An exhibition of political and satirical cartoons goes on display at Bath Central Library from this Wednesday (April 1). Many of the 50 or so cartoons are rare and will not have been seen before. They include caricatures of Bath during its Georgian heyday by Thomas Rowlandson (creator of Bath Races, above, from 1810) images […]
Last issue of the DFC out today
The final issue of the DFC is out today, though a group of artists and writers who were involved in the comic have launched a new blog dedicated to news, drawings, and new projects called Super Comics Adventure Squad. You can also read some of the strips that will not now appear in print on […]
Bloghorn patron raises laughs and money
PCO patron Libby Purves raised lots of laughs on Radio 4’s Stand-up With the Stars, as well as raising money for charity. But sadly she was not the winner – that honour went to fellow Radio 4 presenter Peter White. Listeners decided the winner by a telephone vote. Proceeds from the vote raised money for […]
Web-comic creators do their Thing
If you have put together an event and can’t think of a name for it, you can always just call it a “Thing”. That’s what the organisers of the UK Web & Mini Comix Thing did. The annual Thing, which began in 2004, is a convention for readers and creators of web-comics and self-published mini-comics, […]
Cartoonist draws funny money for C4
It seems the government is set on printing more money to get us out of the current economic crisis, so journalists and cartoonists everywhere are having to learn how to spell quantitative easing. But when you need funny money in a hurry, who better to call on than a cartoonist? That’s what Channel 4 News […]
DFC comic is put up for sale
The DFC, the weekly kids’ comic launched last year, is up for sale. The publisher, Random House, said it will close on March 27 if a buyer cannot be found. Philippa Dickinson, Managing Director at Random House Children’s Books, said: “Unfortunately, in the current economic climate, we have decided that the DFC is not commercially […]