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\nBy various (Panther Books)
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On the 1st April 1960 a bunch of jaded hacks and whackos who made their dubious living from drawing humorous skits and silly pictures of tough men and largely unclad women met in a pub called The Feathers in Tudor Street, London. From that inaugural drunken binge the British Cartoonists Club was formed. (Today they’re known as the Cartoonists Club of Great Britain<\/a>).<\/p>\n In 1962 this loose agglomeration of the greatest gagsters, pen-men and brush-smiths in the Kingdom produced a wonderful over-sized book in conjunction with Anthony Gibbs & Phillips (subsequently released as a paperback in 1964) that highlighted the talents and achievements of the membership and consequently became one of my favourite books of cartooning ever.<\/p>\n Still available if you trawl that there interweb thing, The British Cartoonists Album <\/strong>is stuffed with examples of brilliant work, both dramatic and comedic from the last days of mass-market cartooning, when our profession was still big enough to differentiate between topical, editorial, sporting, caricature, juvenile (which means for young people, not what you’re thinking), illustrative, technical, sophisticated , saucy and probably a dozen other categories I’m not old enough to remember. The book also and acted not just as a proud example of Cartoon work but also as a professional portfolio for the club which always sought (and still does) ways to further and promote members careers.<\/p>\n With examples from 169 different creators including Bill Tidy, Scarfe, Low, Thelwell, David Langdon, Smythe, Ferrier, Dickens, Giles, Osbert Lancaster, Les Lilley, Roy Nixon, Gammidge, Maddocks, Trog, Sax, Steadman and a host of others, and including a mouth-watering selection of contemporary newspaper strips such Garth<\/em>, The Perishers<\/em>, Jane – Daughter of Jane<\/em>, Romeo Brown<\/em>, Andy Capp<\/em>, Buck Ryan<\/em>, The Flutters<\/em>, The Larks<\/em>, Barley Bottom<\/em>, Colonel Pewter<\/em>, Useless Eustace<\/em>, Lindy<\/em>, Flook<\/em>, Paul Temple<\/em>, Matt<\/em> Marriott<\/em>, Twick <\/em> and For Better or Worse<\/em> this is a lost treasure in desperate need of up-dating and re-release.<\/p>\n Perhaps it’s a little cruel to highlight such a wonderful book that many of you won’t ever see, but the material here and lost in the mouldering pages of thousands of papers and magazines is a vital part of our culture and heritage and their eventual loss is something we’ll all regret in the end, so I’m going to bang on about until someone – be it commercial publisher or heritage wallah does something about it.<\/p>\n Hell, get me an Arts Council grant and I’ll do it myself… By various (Panther Books) No ISBN: On the 1st April 1960 a bunch of jaded hacks and whackos who made their dubious living from drawing humorous skits and silly pictures of tough men and largely unclad women met in a pub called The Feathers in Tudor Street, London. From that inaugural drunken binge the British … <\/p>\n
\n\u00c2\u00a9 1962 Anthony Gibbs & Phillips. All rights reserved. The proprietary rights of all individual trademark and copyright holders is acknowledged throughout.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"