Bloghorn spotted this great work this week...
One: Dave Brown in the Independent on the Pre-budget Report
Two: Peter Brookes in the Times on the Death of New Labour
Three: Paul Wood in the Spectator: "It's pretty chilly out. Do you want to borrow a scarf?"
The PCO: British cartoon talent
The time difference between the UK and the USA meant that newspapers here were unable to report the victory of Barack Obama the day after the election. So British cartoonists had another day to gather their thoughts, and we saw the results yesterday.
Two cartoonists noted a certain messianic quality in the President Elect. Peter Brookes in The Times came up with a saintly Obama and Matt in the Daily Telegraph wondered if he could work miracles.
Andy Davey in The Sun saw the election as a new dawn and Paul Thomas in the Daily Express also looked at the notion of new hope for America.
A celebratory tone was notable. Steve Bell in The Guardian depicted a slam-dunking Obama and Dave Brown in The Independent showed his ballooning popularity.
Mac in the Daily Mail had Obama beating racism, to make it to the White House while Matt Buck at Channel 4 News noted how that famous address is changed for ever. Nicholas Garland in The Telegraph took an interesting sideways slant, with a quote from Martin Luther King.
Alex Hughes in Tribune looked ahead to the huge challenges faced by the new President and Patrick Blower, on his Livedraw site, had an animated take on this weight of expectation.
It will be fascinating, of course, to see how cartoonists will react once Obama is doing the job of President, when the news stories are not all positive.
Have you seen any other great Obama cartoons in the UK media? Let us know via Comments below
The PCO: Great British cartoon talent
Bloghorn spotted this great work this week ...
One: Steve Bell in the Guardian on Sarah Palin's wardrobe allowance.
Two: Nick Newman in the Times on the Madonna/Guy Ritchie divorce.
Three: Dave Brown from the Independent on George Osborne and Peter Mandelson's boat trip.
Week ending 24th October 2008
The PCO: British cartoon talent
Bloghorn spotted this great work this week. Quite a lot of it appeared to be bashing the Prime Minister ...
One: Dave Brown in the Independent on the Large Hadron Collider at CERN
Two: Noel Ford in the Church Times on Fairtrade clergymen
Three: Mac (Stan McMurtry) in the Daily Mail on life's little problems. "Maybe it's someone to see the house"
Week ending 12th September 2008
It's British cartoon talent
As we drift into the sometimes quieter backwaters of the summer news season, here's a few cartoons that caught Bloghorn's eye this week.
One:
Dave Brown on lip-reading, from the Independent
Two:
Pete Dredge on the continuing effect of the smoking ban, from the Spectator
Three:
Christian Adams on yawning dogs, from the Telegraph
As previously mentioned, if you've seen a cartoon in the last seven days or so that you think deserves a bit of attention, please pop a link to it into the comments below.
It's British cartoon talent
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.
The exhibition promises to be a treat for lovers of satire, as it features a wealth of work from the Indie's three political cartoonists. Drawing on the best of more than 12 years of material, it features cartoons from the John Major years to the present day.
The show will be accompanied by a fully-illustrated hardback book with a foreword by comedian Mark Steel.
The Political Cartoon Gallery is at 32 Store Street, London WC1E 7BS, and is open Monday to Friday 9.30am – 5.30pm and on Saturdays between 11.30am – 5.30pm.
It's British cartoon talent
Six exhibitions of high-quality cartoon and comic art opened at the Shrewsbury festival yesterday evening. All free to enter and available to all, are the But is it Art? cartoon show and a one man show for Dave Brown of The Independent. The national UK Cartoon Museum has lent a collection for display and there is also a caricature show and contributions from cartoonists and artists from both Belgium and America.
British cartoon talent
Here is our second preview of the one-man cartoon show which will be running at Shrewsbury next month. Dave Brown, cartoonist for the Independent, will be exhibiting work from his Rogues Gallery of art pastiches. Here is a recent example looking at the race between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama for the Democratic party nomination for the presidency for the United States.
British cartoon talent
Dave Brown cartoon pastiche of Hell by Hieronymus Bosch as the US Presidential election campaign of 2004.
One of the highlights of this year's Shrewsbury festival is a one-man show of the work of Dave Brown, editorial cartoonist for the Independent newspaper here in the UK. Dave is well known for his weekly Rogues Gallery feature, which pastiches great works of art and reworks them for current affairs - it's a sort of painterly version of an internet mash-up. Dave has allowed us to preview some of his work here in the run up to the event.
British cartoon talent
A wonderful Dave Brown cartoon sold recently at a Bonhams auction of the late Tony Banks' cartoon collection for the handsome price of £8400GBP. This must bring a tear to the eye of the venerable Brown, having seen not a penny of this largesse. 
