Cartoon Pick of the Week

Bloghorn spotted this great work during this week ending the 25th September 2009. One: Peter Brookes in The Times on the special relationship Two: Nicholas Garland in The Daily Telegraph on a very public crash Three: Len Hawkins in The Spectator on paranoid parenting The PCO: Great British cartoon talent Subscribe to The Foghorn – […]

Cartoon Pick of the Week

Bloghorn spotted this great work during this week ending the 31st July 2009. One: Mike Williams in The Spectator: “Excuse me, could you pass me that magazine?” Two: Martin Rowson in The Guardian: Waiting for the Iraq inquiry Three: Morten Morland in The Times: Too many twits The PCO: Great British cartoon talent Subscribe to […]

Cartoon Pick of the Week

Bloghorn spotted this great work during this week ending the 10th July 2009. One: Christian Adams in The Telegraph on the chase for the pink vote Two: Hector Breeze in The Spectator: “It is suggested that one reign for a bit without pay.” Three: And finally, Peter Brookes in The Times on trouble at No. […]

Cartoon Pick of the Week

Bloghorn spotted this great work during this week ending the 2nd July 2009. One: Jonathan Pugh in The Times on teacher re-training Two: Peattie and Taylor from Alex in the Daily Telegraph on forward thinking Three: …and Bloghorn‘s own Royston Robertson in the Readers Digest on student hijinks The PCO: Great British cartoon talent Subscribe […]

Leo Baxendale on the Bash Street Kids

In an article for the Times, legendary Beano cartoonist Leo Baxendale recalls how in the space of seven months he created the classic strips Little Plum, Minnie the Minx and, most famously, the Bash Street Kids – and that a lot of the inspiration for the strips came from a regular game of office keepie-uppie. […]

Cartoon Pick of the Week: Redacted

MPs are back in the news again with the release of their heavily blacked-out expense reports, so Bloghorn has a special round-up of the best of the redacted, censored and otherwise obscured cartoons for the week ending the 19th June 2009. One: Matt in the Daily Telegraph gives us a historical perspective on the story. […]

Cartoon Pick of the Week

Bloghorn spotted this great work during this week ending the 15th May 2009. One: Morten Mørland in The Times on following orders Two: Len Hawkins in Prospect on getting your kids into the right school Three: and Paul Noth in The New Yorker in a dark alley… The PCO: Great British cartoon talent Subscribe to […]

Cartoon Pick of the Week

Bloghorn spotted this great work during this week ending the 27th February 2009. One: Peter Brookes in The Times on Mandelson’s delusions of grandeur Two: Kipper Williams in The Guardian on more plunging shares Three: P.C. Vey in Readers Digest (US) on troubled time for bankers, one of 10 Ways to Laugh at the Recession […]

London's Political Cartoon Gallery is in rude health

Bloghorn can report London’s Political Cartoon Gallery is not going to be closing, contrary to reports in the capital’s Metro newspaper. According to the Metro, the cartoon gallery, which is the only display space in the world dedicated to the art of the editorial cartoon, is facing closure because of soaring rents and collapsing demand. […]