Illustrations Paint a Thousand Words
Will Boris Johnson make a comeback? (Answer at present: No.) How will the media cover this? Whatever they do, they ought to avoid making it boring. A lot of publications and websites stick to the tried (and tired) and tested formula of slapping down text and a stock photo or clip art graphic. The right […]
Testimonial for Magazine Cartoon
IT IS HIGHLY gratifying when a client gives me a testimonial for any sort of cartoon or caricature work. You can see some HERE. Most recently I received the following nice message for drawing the magazine cartoon above: “Simon is a pleasure to work with. He gets the brief straight away and there isn’t a […]
Cartoonist in London
I WAS BORN in Clapham, South London and after a brief time in Tadworth, Surrey, we moved to Hendon in North London. So, I have always been a cartoonist in London. As you can see from the above, I used to brand myself as The London Caricaturist as well; a soubriquet now shared with several […]
Topical cartoons and satire magazines
Topical cartoons and satire magazines SINCE THE DAYS of Hogarth and Gillray, the trenchant political or topical cartoon has always had a home in satire magazines and newspapers. Politicians and celebrities have a small price to pay for their power, fame and huge pay packets – they earn it all in full view of public […]
Cartoons for Magazines
Cartoons for Magazines IT MIGHT SEEM a bit odd to be talking of supplying cartoons for magazines in this digital day and age, but for ‘magazines’ you can substitute ‘text’. Anywhere where there is a lot of text and where a stock photo simply won’t do, a cartoon illustration, professionally drawn, will always ‘draw’ (excuse […]