Political cartooning and the power of the internet…

Apparently Matt Buck had this animation out within minutes of Gordon Brown’s speech yesterday. As a cartoonist I find that fascinating: the internet and specifically blogging have condensed the reaction time to events even for political cartoonists. And it’s no mean feat either, it’s a full-on flash animation rather than a static image. Great, more … Read more

Caricatures from Killarney

Caricatures from Killarney – Caricatures Ireland by Allan Cavanagh

I was working in Killarney on Saturday at a staff day in Muckross House. Killarney is a stunning place anyway, but the weather was… well the weather was that summer we never had compressed into one day. Unusually I was working with two other caricature artists, Niall O’Loughlin (who organised it) and Aidan Cooney. We … Read more