Posts Tagged “cartoons”

Great video over at The Guardian with a voiceover by Steve Bell showing his cartoons of George W. Bush throughought his presidency.

Go here.

Idea, words, execution and detail (look at the lions on the royal coat of arms).

Two different treatments of the same topic from two of the best, Dave Brown and Morten Morland.
Click images to view.

As The Times fails to archive its cartoons properly, it’s good to see Morten posting them on his blog.

I hope neither mind me using the cropped thumbnails as links.

A welcome return to blogging from Morten Morland, one of the best cartoonists published in the UK and internationally.

See this post about him being ripped off for the second time (that he’s aware of) by the same “tracer”.

Then browse around his site, bookmark it, then add it to your blogroll which will surely encourage him to return to more frequent posting

Morten’s latest is in today’s Times here.
Unfortunately, The Times doesn’t properly archive its cartoon section, so it will disappear over the next week, but the link is still valid for keeping an eye on Morten’s and Peter Brookes’ most recent work.

in London.
UPDATE

Cartooning is a way of taking back a little power from the bullies who run our lives. A cartoonist is a lone assassin who keeps on firing away at them and hopefully, if he manages to get enough direct hits, he might find a little weak spot and help to bring them down.

- An interesting interview with Dave Brown in today’s Independent HERE

From the Procartoonists blog :

An Independent Line – an exhibition of cartoons from The Independent newspaper, by Dave Brown, Peter Schrank and Tim Sanders, is at the Political Cartoon Gallery in London from June 18 until October 18.

Plenty of time to see some of the best UK political cartoons from the last 12 years, some of which are for sale.

Definitely worth a trip to London.
The Political Cartoon Gallery is easy to get to in Central London, on Store Street which runs between Tottenham Court Road and Gower Street – see map here.
Full address – 32 Store Street, London WC1E 7BS. Open Monday to Friday 9.30am – 5.30pm and on Saturdays between 11.30am – 5.30pm. (As with every event that lasts so long, best to check opening times before you travel – Bank Holidays etc.)

Plenty of good bars and restaurants around (NB – No drinking on public transport and don’t leave confidential documents on the tube, bus or train.)

Humour, horror/drama, movie analogy and an outstanding style and talent.
Click here (today)

and for when it is gone tomorrow (when the opinion page is updated) click here.

Here’s hoping his work doesn’t fall to the censor as the new regime at The Independent takes over.

Hopefully I’ll be posting more next week – I’ve been doing tax etc. paperwork all this week.

The Shrewsbury International Cartoon Festival starts tomorrow, the 18th of April.

Giant Cartoons in The Square
Caricaturing
Workshops
On the spot drawing
Meet the Cartoonists
Exhibitions

Worth a visit if you’re near or not-so-near.

Dave Brown of The Independent will be exhibiting, Matt Buck and may of his mates will be there, performing in public, which, I hope means drawing, painting etc.

From the festival’s website – (more here)

2008 Festival 18th – 20th April

Since 2003 the town has hosted this international event which attracts around 40 full-time, professional cartoonists and caricaturists from the UK and abroad.

The 2008 Festival dates are 18th – 20th April. During this weekend around 40 professional cartoonists and caricaturists from the UK and overseas will converge on Shrewsbury and will be set loose to cartoon and caricature for the public.

The theme of the 2008 Festival is ‘Art’ and one of the highlights will be an exhibition of new work by Festival cartoonists entitled ‘But is it Art’ which will run from 30th March – 26th April.

The Festival offers unique opportunities to see artists at work; 20 of them on huge boards in The Square during the weekend, others drawing caricatures and some running cartoon workshops for all ages.

I’m taking a bit of a break for a few days/weeks to sort out a few things but intend to return with images as soon as I can.
In the meantime, I suggest you :
a) Keep an eye open for Matt Buck’s stuff on his own site and Channel 4 News website.
b) Visit Morten Morland’s blog, encourage him to post more often and provide links to his stuff which appears in The Times.
c) Keep an eye on The Indy’s great cartoonist Dave Brown as his images can be seen in the Independent’s Opinion section.
A word of warning for Indy website visitors. The site seems to cram too much rich media into one page and it may slow down your browser.
I alerted them to this but it seems to be getting worse. I don’t want to adblock the site as it goes contrary to my desire to see it succeed but if it crashes my browser or slows down my computer then I either won’t visit it or use the necessary software to protect my pc.
d) For publishers and commercial blog owners, you should visit the PCO, The Professional Cartoonist’s Organisation where you can see the portfolios of many outstanding talents. You can then choose who to commission instead of nicking substandard work from the web, including mine.

Here’s a little George Carlin for your delectation. Some may have seen it, but his stuff makes for great viewing. NB. some swearing in the video.