In memoriam Naji el-Ali
One of the exhibitions that we have been planning (for years! - but we hope this is REALLY going to happen next year at the Political Cartoon Gallery in London) is a show of the work of Palestinian cartoonist Naji el Ali. On 29th July it will be 20 years since he was gunned down on a London street by an unknown assassin. The BBC is paying tribute to him on their website at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/6911815.stm
King Penguin
Here's a cheering thought for all aspiring newspaper strip cartoonists. Arctic Circle is Alex Hallatt's comic strip about three penguins who emigrate to the Arctic. It was picked up by King Features Syndicate in the US and will start appearing in newspapers next month. Check out www.moontoon.com. Alex, now located much nearer the Antarctic, in NZ, says: “All those years of working for the Argus in Brighton were great training!”
Fine Feathers
Illustrating this entry is the eponymous heroine of Ethel Sparrowhawk - a really excellent tragicomedy of a strip book, written by Jemima Von Schindelberg and drawn by Steven Tillotson, which really deserves your attention.
It's yours for a £4 cheque to Steven at Banal Pig Comics, First Floor Flat, 50, Knowle Road, Totterdown, Bristol BS4 2ED.
It's yours for a £4 cheque to Steven at Banal Pig Comics, First Floor Flat, 50, Knowle Road, Totterdown, Bristol BS4 2ED.
Shell Out For A Laugh
Ralph Kidson's latest collection of comedic observations on life, channelled through some of the most bizarre characters you're ever liable to see scrawled into existence on the printed page -Giant Clam - is now available from the man himself at 3, Langridges Close, Newick, Lewes, BN8 4L7. Yours for £2.50 incl. postage.
It's a steal.
It's a steal.
