Cartoons are good in a crisis
Cartoon by Mel Calman Crisis? What Crisis?, an exhibition of original cartoon artwork relating to various financial and political crises over the past 100 years, is part of the Watercolours and Drawings Fair at London’s Covent Garden. The fair runs from today (February 4) until February 8 and is held at the Flower Cellars, 4-6 […]
New job created in newspaper cartooning
Look here and here (scroll down for the button) then read all about it here via Morten Morland of The Times.
Cartoon Pick of the Week
We spotted this great work this week … One: Jonathan Pugh in The Times on trouble at M&S Two: Peter Brookes in The Times on the last days of Bush Three: Harry Venning in the Guardian: Clare in the Community The PCO: Great British cartoon talent Subscribe to The Foghorn – our print cartoon magazine
Bloghorn's Christmas Pick of the Week
The festive season is upon us, so this week Bloghorn has a bulging sack full of Christmas themed cartoons… One: Simon Bond in Private Eye: ‘City Christmas Tree 2008’ Two: From Tony Holland in the Spectator, the credit crunch hits the Twelve Days of Christmas Three: Christmas tree dressing at Number 10 for Peter Brookes […]
Goodbye big print (and cheerio President Bush)
PCOer Andy Davey writes: One thing that all cartoonists are very aware of is that the face of publishing has changed. Much of it has been a little scary for established old-media cartoonists, but one of the undoubted benefits of the new trends has been on-demand printing. While there’s still a need for hard copy […]
PCOer Morten Morland wins political cartoonist of the year
PCOer Morten Morland won the Political Cartoon Society‘s cartoonist of the year yesterday. Bloghorn is publishing one of Morten’s Post-it note caricatures of Gordon Brown above. Bloghorn’s alter ego, and the current chair leg of the PCO, Andy Davey said: It’s great that Morten has won this. He’s one of the best cartoonists working in […]
Cartoon Pick of the Week
Bloghorn spotted this great work this week… One: Dave Brown in the Independent on the Pre-budget Report Two: Peter Brookes in the Times on the Death of New Labour Three: Paul Wood in the Spectator: “It’s pretty chilly out. Do you want to borrow a scarf?”The PCO: British cartoon talent From the PCO (Professional Cartoonists’ […]
Cartoon Pick of the Week
Bloghorn spotted this great work this week… One: Peter Brookes in the Times on the BNP list Two: Tim Sanders in The Independent on “I’m a Celebrity…” Three: Dave Walker at the Church Times Blog on pubs becoming churches The PCO: British cartoon talent From the PCO (Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation)
Cartoon books coming out
The clocks have fallen back, and subsequently the nights are drawing in, so as we race towards Christmas publishers are putting out books on cartooning. Here’s a selection of recent example that may be filling stockings come December. First up is The History of the Beano: The Story so Far, a comprehensive round-up of the […]