"Cartoonists always go cheerfully and happily straight to the heart of the issue, or the trend, or the argument: they are wise, because they have seen the truth about life, which is that at the heart of everything there lies a joke."
Libby Purves, columnist, broadcaster and patron of the Shrewsbury International Cartoon Festival.
British cartoon talent
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Why bother with cartoons? Ask an expert
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Labels: best British cartoonists, Libby Purves, Midweek, PCO, Radio 4, The Times
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Shrewsbury Festival events - the art of reverse caricature

Caricature is the art of exaggerating the features of the face while retaining the identity of the person being drawn. Reverse caricaturing is the art of giving someone the body they may, or may not, desire. Here, one of the PCO's patrons, Libby Purves, gets reinvented as a bunny girl.
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Labels: Andy Davey, BBC TV, caricature, Libby Purves, reverse caricature, Shrewsbury International Cartoon Festival, The Times
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
BBC man Andrew Marr is new PCO patron

News of an early christmas present for the PCO as Bloghorn can report that TV's Andrew Marr has signed up as one of our patrons. We don't hand these honours out lightly and as he's got to follow the late great Alan Coren, perhaps we should be extending sympathy to the poor man too. But, welcome aboard Mr Marr, we and our other patron, Libby Purves, are most pleased to have you.
19th December 2007
British cartoon talent
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Labels: Alan Coren, Andrew Marr, caricature, Libby Purves, PCO patrons, PCO Procartoonists, the cartoon portfolio website