{"id":120453,"date":"2024-01-02T16:05:34","date_gmt":"2024-01-02T16:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/procartoonists.org\/?p=120453"},"modified":"2024-01-09T13:15:34","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T13:15:34","slug":"pco-cartoon-review-of-the-year-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/procartoonists.org\/pco-cartoon-review-of-the-year-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"PCO Cartoon Review of the Year 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Cartoon \u00a9\u00a0Steve Bright<\/i><\/p>\n

Glenn Marshall writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

OK, lock yourselves in, this is going to be a rocky ride and\u00a02023 was a particularly rocky ride for Rishi Sunak. The above prescient cartoon was by Brighty at the beginning of the year in The Sun.<\/p>\n

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Cartoon \u00a9 Dean Patterson<\/em><\/p>\n

Mystic deAn also predicted the turbulence the world would face in 2023.<\/p>\n

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Cartoon \u00a9 Achaz von Hardenberg<\/em><\/p>\n

The year has been that bad that by the end of it even Ukraine had slipped out of the news. I did love this Guernica reworking from a Guardian piece on the bombing of cultural sites. By Achaz von Hardenberg (admittedly it was published the previous year but I thought it deserved a showing)<\/p>\n

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Cartoon \u00a9 Jeremy Banx<\/em><\/p>\n

One feature earlier in the year was the rise in crime figures. This Banx criminal investigation from the FT.<\/p>\n

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Cartoon \u00a9 Ed Naylor<\/em><\/p>\n

Another great take on the same story from Nay in Private Eye.<\/p>\n

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Cartoon \u00a9 Paul Shadbolt<\/em><\/p>\n

The Government really doesn’t like asylum seekers in small boats but decided it would<\/em> like to accommodate them on large boats. Lovely cartoon and drawing by Shadbolt. Paul told me that in the issue following publication the Eye letters page was full of complaints about ‘inaccurate rigging of HMS Victory’, as well as the fact that ships are always referred to as ‘she’ rather than ‘it’. Drawing any military hardware in a cartoon turns out to be ‘Pedants Corner’ bating .<\/p>\n

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Caricature \u00a9 Mark Winter<\/em><\/p>\n

Amongst those that died last year was Barry Humphries in April. A great rendering of him by Chicane.<\/p>\n

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Cartoon \u00a9 Ros Asquith<\/em><\/p>\n

Also in April Dominic Raab resigned following the bullying inquiry. This faab drawing of the red faced embarrassment by Ros Asquith.<\/p>\n

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Cartoon \u00a9 Rebecca Hendin<\/em><\/p>\n

The first stage of the Covid Inquiry hearings started in June.\u00a0This was by Rebecca Hendin in The Guardian. Later in the year key witnesses would be using the contemporary version of the excuse of ‘the dog ate my homework’ about missing WhatsApp messages..<\/p>\n

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Cartoon \u00a9 Andrew Fraser<\/em><\/p>\n

The actors and writers strike\u00a0started in July and quickly escalated. This from our theatre correspondent Drew for Private Eye.<\/p>\n

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Cartoon \u00a9 Dave Brown<\/em><\/p>\n

Great mash up of two stories by Dave Brown in the Independent, one about the plastic, pink-faced, eager-to-please glitter ball, the other about a Mattel toy doll (can you see what I attempted to do there, I’ll be writing on ‘The Now Show’ before you know it!).<\/p>\n

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Cartoon \u00a9 Andy Davey<\/em><\/p>\n

We had a whole raft of by-elections in 2023, mostly where the Tory vote hit an iceberg. Their one lifebuoy was in July with Uxbridge and South Ruislip.<\/p>\n

(Ed: Lovely sea Mr Davey)<\/p>\n

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Cartoon \u00a9 Grizelda<\/em><\/p>\n

That rare by-election win was put down to the local Tory candidate’s stance against the London Labour council’s ULEZ introduction (Ultra Low Emission Zone). This wheeze by Grizelda in The Times.<\/p>\n

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Cartoon \u00a9 Henny Beaumont<\/em><\/p>\n

In August the immigration minister Robert Jenrick ordered the overpainting of cartoon murals in two reception centres for the children of asylum seekers, as the cartoons were ‘too welcoming’. This led to a huge backlash by cartoonists and ultimately to ‘The Great British Colouring Book’ which was created to give to migrant children and is indeed now on sale to the public at large. The above by Henny Beaumont for The Guardian.<\/p>\n

More on the story on our PCO blog here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

You can buy the book\u00a0here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Cartoon \u00a9 Steve Bell<\/em><\/p>\n

Lee Anderson MP (aka 30p* Lee) also made his position clear on asylum seekers coming over here. This one of Steve Bell’s last cartoons for The Guardian.<\/p>\n

* Now known as 31.17p Lee, taking into account the recent inflation hike.<\/p>\n

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Cartoon \u00a9\u00a0Chris Burke<\/i><\/p>\n

Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg continued to get ready to rumble. They’ve even attempted to stage the fight in Rome’s Coliseum; I hope the lions win. `<\/p>\n

This fine X rated face off depiction by Chris Burke for ‘Gentleman Magazine’ and ‘Milano Finanzia’, two publication that don’t feature nearly enough in our Review Of The Year.<\/p>\n

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Cartoon \u00a9 Graeme Bandiera<\/em><\/p>\n

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This on Nadine Dorries by Graeme for The Northern Agenda won Runner Up for the Political Cartoon of the Year in the recent awards.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Cartoon \u00a9 Rob Murray<\/em><\/p>\n

A fine drawing from Rob Murray in The Telegraph on Nad’s toxic resignation letter. (Is that a Leonardt 40 Shorthand dip pen nib Rob? I personally favour Leonardt’s 256. I pair it with Higgin’s Black Magic waterproof which has a very true black and dries quickly. The 256 is very flexible but robust too. I used to use genuine old school nibs supplied to me by the legendary Philip Poole at ‘His Nibs’ in Drury Lane. HATE the Gillott 303 it’s the nib of the devil….but I digress)<\/p>\n

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Caricature \u00a9 The Radical Embroiderer\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Here’s an excellent stitching up of ‘No Show Nadine’ from Radical’s ‘Sponger series’ thread.<\/p>\n

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Cartoon \u00a9 Royston Robertson<\/em><\/p>\n

The Conservative party conference began in Manchester at the end of September just a few days after the felling of the Sycamore Gap tree. Royston couldn’t resist this bit of Tory logo topiary which was published in The Spectator.<\/p>\n

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Cartoon \u00a9 Sarah\u00a0<\/em>Boyce<\/i><\/p>\n

There’s been a lot in the news about the rise in obesity in the UK and the strain it’s putting on the health service. Very funny from Sarah Boyce in Private Eye.<\/p>\n

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Cartoon \u00a9 Nick Newman<\/em><\/p>\n

As well as our waistlines increasing so was the rate of shoplifting….no doubt particularly of XXXL sizes. This one of Nick Newman’s pocket cartoons from The Sunday Times.<\/p>\n

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Cartoon \u00a9 Kathryn Lamb<\/em><\/p>\n

The water company CEOs were still pumping raw bonuses into their own bank accounts. KJ Lamb summed it up nicely in Private Eye….<\/p>\n

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Cartoon \u00a9 Pete Dredge<\/em><\/p>\n

… and Pete Dredge slings some excrement<\/span> at the aforementioned water companies.<\/p>\n

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Cartoon \u00a9 Wilbur Dawbarn<\/em><\/p>\n

As well as worrying about migrants fleeing from France we also had to worry about bed bugs fleeing from Paris. Wilbur bravely donned a hazmat suit for The Spectator.<\/p>\n

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Cartoon \u00a9 Kipper Williams<\/em><\/p>\n

In November we had the King’s Speech. Charles 3.0 had to grimace his way through reading The Government’s reversal on some of its environmental commitments. This by cartoon royalty Kipper Williams for PE.<\/p>\n

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Cartoon \u00a9 Pete Songi<\/em><\/p>\n

Pete Songi’s cartoon on plans to grant new North Sea oil and gas licences. This reads more like a desperate plot to ‘Just Stop Keir’.<\/p>\n