Peter K. says he was given this pen-and-watercolour painting between 1980 and 1990 in London. He’d like to identify the (presumably French) cartoonist who signed himself ‘Chris’. Anyone got any ideas?
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Private Eye submission formats
Ed Clarke (pictured) deals with cartoon submissions at Private Eye and tells me they still get some submissions as hard copy, which is inconvenient. Email is preferred, with cartoons as separate JPG file attachments (i.e. not embedded in the body of the email), ideally no more than five cartoons per issue. File sizes should be […]
Cartoon contests
The European Cartoon Center (sic) has a useful listing of forthcoming cartoon competitions. As ever, those considering submitting their work should read the terms and conditions carefully because sometimes competition organisers try to expropriate your copyright. Also beware infringing the rights of publications that you have previously sold work to: not all will be happy […]
Anthony Smith is in ‘Viz’
Congratulations to Anthony for getting a strip in Viz. Readers of Private Eye will be familiar with his regular feature ‘Logos as they should be’ which has run since 2017. You can find out more about him at http://www.anthonysmithcreative.com/
The other Zoom
The brilliant cartoon prodigy Zoom Rockman is showing his ‘Jewish Hall of Fame’ between Tuesday 23rd May and Sunday 3rd September 2023. The exhibition is at JW3, 341-345 Finchley Road, London NW3 6ET, and includes not only 80+ caricatures of British cultural icons, but also ten life-size moving articulated figures of people like Amy Winehouse, […]
Cartoon Museum publishes fundraising Coronavirus cartoon book
The Cartoon Museum has published a special fundraising eBook entitled #DrawtheCoronavirus: A Cartoon Mini-Challenge from the Mind of Martin Rowson. The eBook collates submissions to a ‘draw the coronavirus’ competition run on Twitter by cartoonist Martin Rowson in April 2020. It contains 193 cartoons by 71 different artists. Featuring artwork by both members of the public and […]
