The Wolf of Baghdad released
I’ve just wolfed down in one sitting the wonderful, recently published ‘The Wolf of Baghdad’ by PCO’s Carol Isaacs, AKA The Surreal McCoy, published by Myriad Edition. It follows the story of Carol’s family roots and the everyday life of the Jewish community in Baghdad, where a quarter of the city’s population were Jewish up until […]
Shrewsbury International Cartoon Festival 2019 preview
It’s only two weeks until Shrewsbury International Cartoons Festival. This years theme is ‘Animals’ and has a very full programme. This year all the speakers happen to be Procartoonists members. Friday 26th, 7.30pm Fist up on the Friday night The Guardian’s Steve Bell will share his lifelong close-up study of ‘Political Animals’, from Tarzan Hesletine […]
The Wolf of Baghdad – a memoir of a lost homeland
Illustration © The Surreal McCoy The Wolf Of Baghdad, an audio-visual project created by PCO member The Surreal McCoy, is based on her Iraqi-Jewish family’s memories of their lost homeland. A short preview can be seen here. Illustration © The Surreal McCoy Drawn digitally the memoir will be presented as a motion comic – a […]
The Wolf of Baghdad
The Finns have a word – kaukokaipuu, which means a feeling of homesickness for a place you’ve never been to. With funding from Arts Coucil England PCO member The Surreal McCoy is embarking on an audio-visual project called The Wolf of Baghdad. It will tell the story of her family’s lost homeland, a place that […]
