MPs are back in the news again with the release of their heavily blacked-out expense reports, so Bloghorn has a special round-up of the best of the redacted, censored and otherwise obscured cartoons for the week ending the 19th June 2009.

One: Matt in the Daily Telegraph gives us a historical perspective on the story.

Two: Mac in the Daily Mail shows us a sneak preview of the upcoming Iraq enquiry testimony from Gordon Brown.

Three: There’s a brand-spanking new ceremonial role in the Houses of Parliament in Peter Brookes cartoon for The Times…

Four: …whilst Dave Brown lets it all hang out in the open for the Independent

Five: Steve Bell in The Guardian goes with Tony Blair’s knowledge of torture in interrogations.

Six: It’s all done in the best possible taste for Andy Davey in the Sun

Seven and Eight: …and finally, Paul Thomas in the Daily Express and Tim Sanders in the Independent just can’t find the words…

Note: in the spirit of openness, and unlike the Goverment, Bloghorn believes that you should know all about this. Simply highlight the text above to reveal the redacted sections.

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Bloghorn asked our Artist of the Month, Kate Scurfield, which other cartoonist’s work she admired. We were not surprised by the answer.

Norman Thelwell…I adored his books from age six and met him ten years later ! I even trained in technical drawing like Thelwell as part of my studies, which probably accounts for the tightness of my cartoons. I admire Matt for his ‘loose’ style but was told by a very experienced editor to stick with my style…so I have, and remain unchallenged by the taxman to this day.

Does Kate have any tips for wannabe cartoonists ?

See some more from Kate next Friday – and you can also look back at a report on Norman Thelwell here.