The Round-up: Procartoonists special
May 7, 2014 in Events, General, Links, News
Sally Heathcote: Suffragette, illustrated by Kate Charlesworth © Mary Talbot, Kate Charlesworth, Brian Talbot
We’re blowing our own trumpet this week with a Round-up focusing on members of Procartoonists.org — the Professional Cartoonists Organisation — as they seem to be a busy lot at the moment.
First up is Kate Charlesworth, whose book Sally Heathcote: Suffragette, above, is out now. You can read a “behind the scenes” piece at Down the Tubes and a review at The Independent.
Ralph Steadman has been promoting the release of his documentary For No Good Reason in the US by talking to the LA Times and AV Club.
A series of cartoons by Andy Davey for the pressure group Clean Air In London is set to put pollution at the heart of the local elections, according to ITV.com.
Take Care, Son © Tony Husband
A book by Tony Husband about his dad’s dementia, Take Care, Son, is to be serialised in the Daily Mail. We’ll let you know when that happens. Meanwhile, he continues to tour his Cartoon History of Here with the poet Ian McMillan.
Many Procartoonists.org members contributed to a new exhibition called The Art of Drawing, at Stranraer Museum, after the organisers put out an urgent call to professional cartoonists to submit artwork, in order to show schoolchildren that a love of drawing can turn into a career. It runs until 7 June.
Simon Ellinas recently made an appearance on Channel 5 News illustrating a feature on David Cameron, Alex Salmond and the Scottish referendum.
Luis Suarez puts best foot forward for Phil Disley’s posters. Photos © Liverpool Echo. Click image to enlarge
Here’s an unusual one! Fifty paintings featuring the Liverpool striker Luis Suarez’s footprint have gone on sale. They were created by cartoonist Phil Disley. Read more at the Liverpool Echo.
Martin Rowson has been working with the Laurence Sterne Trust producing a collaborative artwork that the 18th-century satirist and creator of Tristram Shandy would have been proud of. There’s a Facebook gallery of the day here.
Cartoons on Demand © Royston Robertson
Cartoonist and editor of the Procartoonists blog Royston Robertson has collected together dozens of gags from Private Eye, Reader’s Digest and other magazines in a new book called Cartoons on Demand.
And finally, our patron Bill Tidy tells his local newspaper why he will never stop drawing cartoons. Quite right too.
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Dan Rosandich said on May 8, 2014
I have been a follower of many of these cartoonists. It was great when Punch was still in existence in the 90’s I think….although I air mailed them alot of my panels, they weren’t interested in my work but it is great to see a thriving cartoonist world across the pond.Cartoons
Matthew Buck said on May 8, 2014
Hi Dan, That’s good to know. We have good relations with the NCS over in the US and even exchanged ‘drawn tablecloths’ with them following the complementary events of Shrewsbury Cartoon Festival and the Reubens!
Royston said on May 8, 2014
Thanks for looking in, Dan. It’s not always thriving, cartooning can be a struggle in this age of digital change, but one of the main weapons cartoonists have is persistence! And this post shows that we are keeping on keeping on, adapting to the changing times by branching out in different directions.
Royston said on May 8, 2014
A post on the tablecloths is here: http://procartoonists.org/a-surreal-view-of-the-reubens/
Bill Stott said on May 15, 2014
Very complimentary piece on R4 this morning about the Kate Charlesworth illustrated “Sally Heathcote” book. Good stuff, Kate !