Cartoons

For eight years, cartoonist Martin Rowson has drawn exclusive covers and illustrations for New Humanist magazine. His cheeky godlessness now gets a gallery airing in a new exhibition starting at Menier Gallery (51 Southwark Street) tomorrow. Creations in Bad Faith sticks the finger up at …

Carmen Miranda, 1965 Fans of Private Eye will know Barry Fantoni better as the elegiac EJ Thribb (aged 17½) author of meandering spoof obituary poems and as the penner of cartoon, “Scenes you seldom see”. For the first time his private life as an artist …

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Londonist’s resident toddler draws the news. By David Le Fleming.

Londonist’s resident toddler draws the news. By David Le Fleming

Londonist’s resident toddler draws the news. By David Le Fleming

The London International Comics Festival is halfway over, so if you haven’t seen any of it yet you owe it to yourself to investigate some sweet action with paper, ink and speech bubbles. The festival continues to tackle a nicely wide range of topics, so …

London’s got its very own comics festival, and it’s kicking off this weekend. But don’t let yourself envisage flocks of overgrown adolescents in ill-fitting capes – Comica’s appeal is that it casts its eye more broadly, bringing in arresting art and affecting stories from around …

The second greatest comedy magazine ever to be named after a foodstuff has relaunched. Mustard (it’s a gas) is the brainchild of Alex Musson, and draws on obvious influences The Onion and TV Go Home. Previously A4, the new-look mag is roughly the size of …