In the driving seat with Woodrow Phoenix on 12 June 2008
If you want to get away with murder, buy a car. 
Why does road death result in more sympathy for the driver than the victim? This is the subject of Woodrow Phoenix's powerful new graphic work Rumble Strip, to be published by Myriad Editions on 12 June.
Woodrow will be talking about cars and cartoons with Lisa Holloway, Chair of Creative Brighton, at a special exhibition of art from Rumble Strip, for one night only.
Thursday, 12th June
Castor & Pollux, King’s Road Arches, Brighton beachfront
6.00pm for 6.30pm
Refreshments available
Rumble Strip will be available to purchase at a special discount on the night. Each copy entitles you to a chance to win an original page of Woodrow's stunning artwork.
Free event but booking essential. Phone 01273 720000
or email corinne@myriadeditions.com
Why does road death result in more sympathy for the driver than the victim? This is the subject of Woodrow Phoenix's powerful new graphic work Rumble Strip, to be published by Myriad Editions on 12 June.
Woodrow will be talking about cars and cartoons with Lisa Holloway, Chair of Creative Brighton, at a special exhibition of art from Rumble Strip, for one night only.
Thursday, 12th June
Castor & Pollux, King’s Road Arches, Brighton beachfront
6.00pm for 6.30pm
Refreshments available
Rumble Strip will be available to purchase at a special discount on the night. Each copy entitles you to a chance to win an original page of Woodrow's stunning artwork.
Free event but booking essential. Phone 01273 720000
or email corinne@myriadeditions.com
SHOOTING THE WITNESS: Critical Drawing 11 April 2008
FREE Shooting the Witness: Critical Drawing
Political Cartoon Gallery
32 Store Street
London WC1E 7BS
020 7580 1114 Tube: Goodge St
Friday 11th April 6pm—8pm
Free entry and refreshments but booking essential.
Twenty years after the Palestinian cartoonist Naji Al-Ali was shot dead in London, cartoonists Steve Bell, Kate Evans and Woodrow Phoenix debate the relative freedoms of drawing criticisms of politicians and politics around the world. Do try and get to this early evening event to see these stunning cartoons.
The debate is part of a commemoration of Al-Ali’s work at the Gallery showing until 19th April.
Shooting the Witness is an exhibition of sixty original drawings by the Palestinian cartoonist Naji Al-Ali, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of his assassination in London.
Naji Al-Ali was one of the most prominent cartoonists in the Arab world – during his lifetime, he drew around 15,000 cartoons, on average two a day.
Sarcastic, poignant and perhaps too bold, Al-Ali's cartoons were drawn from his experience as a refugee since childhood. Naji Al-Ali had no political affiliations and the absence of slogans and dogma in his work brought both success and criticism. His bold and illustrative cartoons, widely published in Arab newspapers over the past 20-30 years, revealed the tragic state of the Middle East. The artist combined art and political satire in work that remains as relevant today. His character Hanthala, a boy who never grows up, always remains with his back to the viewer, a witness of the occupation by Israel and the complicity of the west, as well as the absence of democracy, widespread corruption, and gross inequality in the Arab world. He was said to have antagonized virtually everyone in the Middle East, leading to his unsolved murder in 1987.
For the first time, Naji Al-Ali’s original cartoons are shown in London, at the Political Cartoon Gallery, in cooperation with the SOAS Palestine Society, the Nakba60 group, Cartoon County and the family of Naji Al-Ali. The show runs until 19th April.
The Political Cartoon Gallery, 32 Store Street, London, WC1E 7BS. Tel.: 0207 580 1114 Open Monday to Saturday 10am to 5.30pm
Political Cartoon Gallery
32 Store Street
London WC1E 7BS
020 7580 1114 Tube: Goodge St
Friday 11th April 6pm—8pm
Free entry and refreshments but booking essential.
Twenty years after the Palestinian cartoonist Naji Al-Ali was shot dead in London, cartoonists Steve Bell, Kate Evans and Woodrow Phoenix debate the relative freedoms of drawing criticisms of politicians and politics around the world. Do try and get to this early evening event to see these stunning cartoons.
The debate is part of a commemoration of Al-Ali’s work at the Gallery showing until 19th April.
Shooting the Witness is an exhibition of sixty original drawings by the Palestinian cartoonist Naji Al-Ali, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of his assassination in London.
Naji Al-Ali was one of the most prominent cartoonists in the Arab world – during his lifetime, he drew around 15,000 cartoons, on average two a day.
Sarcastic, poignant and perhaps too bold, Al-Ali's cartoons were drawn from his experience as a refugee since childhood. Naji Al-Ali had no political affiliations and the absence of slogans and dogma in his work brought both success and criticism. His bold and illustrative cartoons, widely published in Arab newspapers over the past 20-30 years, revealed the tragic state of the Middle East. The artist combined art and political satire in work that remains as relevant today. His character Hanthala, a boy who never grows up, always remains with his back to the viewer, a witness of the occupation by Israel and the complicity of the west, as well as the absence of democracy, widespread corruption, and gross inequality in the Arab world. He was said to have antagonized virtually everyone in the Middle East, leading to his unsolved murder in 1987.
For the first time, Naji Al-Ali’s original cartoons are shown in London, at the Political Cartoon Gallery, in cooperation with the SOAS Palestine Society, the Nakba60 group, Cartoon County and the family of Naji Al-Ali. The show runs until 19th April.
The Political Cartoon Gallery, 32 Store Street, London, WC1E 7BS. Tel.: 0207 580 1114 Open Monday to Saturday 10am to 5.30pm
Not waving but drowning...
Paul O'Connell's The Sound of Drowning #10 is out this week, available to buy online -
www.soundofdrowning.com - and will be making its public debut this
Sunday at the London ICA's Comiket Small Press
fair as part of this years Comica season (curated by Paul Gravett).
Paper Tiger comix will be there too as will fellow Brighton comics
artist Dan Locke with new issues of his comic 'Green'! Come and say hi!
http://www.ica.org.uk/Comica%20Comiket+15108.twl
www.soundofdrowning.com
www.soundofdrowning.com - and will be making its public debut this
Sunday at the London ICA's Comiket Small Press
fair as part of this years Comica season (curated by Paul Gravett).
Paper Tiger comix will be there too as will fellow Brighton comics
artist Dan Locke with new issues of his comic 'Green'! Come and say hi!
http://www.ica.org.uk/Comica%20Comiket+15108.twl
www.soundofdrowning.com
