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Bloghorn freebie: Spot on

Win a pair of tickets to an evening of cartoon, caricature and graphic satire with Posy Simmonds, Steve Bell and Bill Feaver at Kings Place in London.

All you have to do is impress Bloghorn by making the best addition to the following proposition in the comments underneath this post;

Posy Simmonds excels at storytelling because…

If you would rather not post publicly, you can email Bloghorn with your line – please put Posy Simmonds in the title line of your email.

Bloghorn will pick the lucky winner of the pair of tickets on Friday at noon.

Posy, Steve and Bill are talking on Monday 6th April, at 7pm at Hall One, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London, N1 9AG. The nearest Tube station is Kings Cross and Kings Place is 5 minutes walk north on York Way close to Crinan Street.

Cut and paste the N1 9AG postcode into the search Google maps for the exact location.
Google Maps

Win or don’t quite win this time, tickets are also available online for £9.50 at Kings Place.

April 1, 2009   3 Comments

Don’t get lost in Shrewsbury

In addition to last week’s interactive map of Shrewsbury International Cartoon Festival, here’s a handheld printable and downloadable version to help you get around. Click on the image below for the full-size map.

shrewsbury_download_map

Meanwhile, it has been announced that the organisers of the festival are hoping to attract more people to the event this year with a large bouncy castle in the town square.

All drawing, including caricatures and the “Big Boards”, will take place within the inflatable. “This may prevent challenges for some cartoonists but we are sure they will get into the spirit of it, ” said a festival spokesperson.

The organisers are asking all participating cartoonists to refrain from using use nib pens or sharpened pencils.

April 1, 2009   3 Comments