Category — Artist of the Month

Check out Pete’s work by clicking D for Dredge here…

Pete Dredge is the PCO’s Artist of the Month for September. Bloghorn says click D for Dredge for more

Pete sold his first cartoon to Punch in 1976 and has been going strong ever since. He has been a regular contributor of gag cartoons and cartoon strips to Private Eye for many years – as well as working for many other publications and businesses.

In between all the work, Pete also managed to set up and run a highly successful cartoon festival in his hometown of Nottingham. Sadly, this eventually became a victim of its own success and got too big for Pete and his volunteer team to maintain without the help a funded, full or part-time, organiser. At this point, the Arts Council failed its audition for the role of hero.

There’s an interview with the enterprising Mr Dredge, courtesy of BBC Nottingham, here.

Bloghorn says click D for Dredge

It’s the last week to enjoy Martin Honeysett’s work as the first PCO artist of the month.

The PCO says click H for Honeysett

Please enjoy this drawn reminder that Martin Honeysett is the PCO’s artist of the month. Click H for Honeysett.

Martin Honeysett’s work has appeared in many magazines and newspapers, including Punch, Private Eye, The Spectator, Readers Digest, The Sunday Telegraph, and The Observer.

He has written and illustrated books for both children and adults and illustrated books by various authors such as Sue Townsend, Dick King Smith and Ivor Cutler.

He has exhibited and won awards at several international competitions. The Cartoon Art Trust nominated him as Gag Cartoonist Of The Year in 2004. He has also been a visiting professor at Kyoto Seika University in Japan 2005-07. The link, above, is to a fantastic interview with the man himself.

And now he’s also the PCO’s first artist of the month. This is a new feature for Bloghorn and will be a regular event.

The PCO says click H for Honeysett.