Bloghorn cartoon © The Surreal McCoy

The PCO Artist of the Month for March is The Surreal McCoy.

Bloghorn asked Surreal the usual searching question: What made you become a cartoonist?

As there’s no history of madness in the family I can only assume it must have been drunken musicians laughing at my incoherent doodling on the tour bus. Since then its been a gradual but dignified slide down to where I am now.

Actually cartooning was the last thing I expected to be doing, having had no formal art training, but I must say it is rather a lot of fun.

There will be more from Surreal next Friday, or, you can check through our Artist of the Month archives in the column on the right hand side of the page.

Cartoon published at Bloghorn © The Surreal McCoy

Bloghorn’s Artist of the Month for March is The Surreal McCoy, whose cartoons have appeared in The Independent, The London Evening Standard, The London Jewish News, The Fortean Times and The Oldie magazines among others.

The Surreal McCoy also held the post of Cartoonist-In-Residence on Sandi Toksvig’s daily show for LBC radio, drawing live on air and publishing a daily cartoon on the show’s website.

Surreal has also provided cartoons and illustrations for Sandi’s latest book, Girls Are Best, which is published by Random House. McCoy publishes daily cartoons and also makes book illustrations and animation.