The following article is reproduced from the July 2025 edition of The Jester: The nefarious tendrils of [articifial intelligence] have already made themselves known within applications for the club, and it’s hard to avoid AI-drawn cartoons online regardless of quality. It’s clearly not going away. But that doesn’t mean we have to accept it, either. […]
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And the winner is…
Following a public vote on cartoons submitted for July’s Jester, ‘Sherry’ has been declared the winner with this drawing. Second place went to John Hill and third place to ‘Dean’. Look out for their work in the August issue; and thanks to all those who entered and voted. Click here for details of the next […]
HOW DO YOU DO THAT THEN? – SHADING
RICH SKIPWORTH’S TIPS, TRICKS, AND NERDY TECHNO-BABBLE One thing that was very popular at the recent Malta Minicon was the “Cartoon Mentoring” session. Some of the lesser experienced cartoonists teamed up with the hard bitten long-in-the tooth professionals for some one-to-one advice on cartooning technique. I paired up with Mitch Mitchell, who was very interested to learn about […]
Cartoon Conservatoire
Each month in the pages of The Jester Cartoonists’ Club members are honoured to receive teachings and wisdom from miserable French cartoon genius Zut. Zut appears with the assistance of Alex Matthews.
Shrewsbury International Cartoon Festival 2015: The Chairman’s Report!
This article first appeared in The Jester issue 487. In previous years of the Shrewsbury Cartoon Festival I have been at various times a curious bystander, wandering around wondering who all these artists were; an Instant Exhibition cartoonist doing quick gag cartoons for the general public; and a “Big Boarder”, labouring for a day or […]
How Do You Do That Then? – Christmas Cover
RICH SKIPWORTH’S TIPS, TRICKS, AND NERDY TECHNO-BABBLE This article first appeared in The Jester issue 472. This issue, I’m going to attempt to show the essential steps I went through to complete a cover illustration for The Chistmas Jester in 2013. The theme was “Saints and Sinners” and Ian had asked that I do a […]
