Update :
Yet another great image from The Independent’s Dave Brown Today :
Click for “The Great Clunking Jaw”
After today, click on this link and page through (stopping to admire the scenery) to find the cartoon dated 11th June.
New animation on Channel 4 News website later today.
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.
Dave Brown in The Indy – This link takes you to the comments page where you can then click to enlarge. A direct link can mess up your browser.
The cartoon link from the comments page is updated daily, so this will be out of date tomorrow.
and
Morten Morland in The Times – This link takes you to the cartoon section, so it will be gone in a few days.
Very different styles, lovely ‘gags’ analogies/settings – both outstanding.
Great stuff.
