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ISSUE 412 – AUGUST 2008 TheThe Jester Jester

LUVVIES ISSUE DAVE PARKER

BIRTHDAY BIRMINGHAM THEATRE, TV AND BEANO! MEETING REPORT FILM FUNNIES

ALEX WORLD EVENTS DIARY MORE NEW TOUR UPDATE MEMBERS

TheNewsletter Newsletter of of the the Cartoonists’ Cartoonists’ Club Club of Greatof Great Britain Britain THE JESTER ISSUE 412 – AUGUST 2008 CCGB ONLINE: WWW.CCGB.ORG.UK The Jester

The CCGB Committee The Chair Issue 412 - August 2008 Published 11 times a year by The Cartoonists" Club Dear Members, We got cracking with quite a full of Great Britain and flowing agenda and al- though we didn't meander too Chairman: Terry Christien Make way for some extra earn- much, it's amazing how time 020-8892 3621 ings by simply filling in a form! -! the Payback 2008 claim form. runs away. One of the main [email protected] You can claim two ways, either points for a Club like ours Secretary: Jed Stone on the paper form or online! -! in today's techy age is to see 01173 169 277 visit the DACS website: how much!run of the mill club [email protected] www.dacs.org.uk/payback. stuff we can get done via tech- Treasurer: Anne Boyd DACS! is the Design and Art- nology, alleviating the need to 01173 169 277 ists Copyright Society! -! a UK have protracted!committee [email protected] not-for-profit copyright licensing meetings so members!can get Membership Secretary: and collecting society for artists on with the chat. So we will de- Jed Pascoe: 01767-682 882 and visual creators which re- cide on a reduced 6, 4 or even 2 [email protected] markably is us! They have al- meetings a year but with a regu- ways been very helpful to the lar monthly get together. Alan Scragg is a new member Clive Collins: 01702-557 205 cartoonist fraternity and us guys need all the!help we can get! voted in at Brummy and he was [email protected] And if you're a bit sticky on copy- able to join us for a curry after- Neil Dishington: 020-8505 0134 right issues -! and who isn't, con- wards! as indeed was Pete! [email protected] fer with DACS, they're a really Dredge! -! good to see you both. Ian Ellery: 01424-718 209 helpful bunch. You can reach Mike Turner and I will be at a [email protected] them on 020 7336 8811 or online small meeting before the August Graham Fowell: 0115-933 4186 at www.dacs.org.uk. get together to see how com- [email protected] Meanwhile back to Payback! -! bined proposals can progress Helen Pointer: 01883-373 202 claim your share of over £3 mil- our Club's 50th Anniversary [email protected] for works in books and event and will!report back soon Roy Nixon: 01245-256 814 magazines as well as television. as. Enjoy your Summer hols! -! Mike Turner: 01206-798 283 So get!claiming. cheers for now [email protected] Incidentally, our Club Secretary Jed Stone's wife had a serious Terry Christien Steve Bright: 079 5270 3845 operation this week and our best [email protected] wishes go to them both for a full Pete Dredge: 0115 981 0984 recovery! -! thinking of you mobile: 0788 421 1322 mates! [email protected] A bunch of us made it to Bir- Noel Ford: 01974 831468 mingham for an awayday com- [email protected] mittee meeting! -! Steve Willis,! Tim Harries: 01633 780293 Steve Bright, Noel Ford, Jed [email protected] Pascoe, Alex Hughes, Mike Turner, Helen Pointer and Jester Editor myself huddled around in a spa- Steve Willis cious cinema/theatre which is part of The Custard Factory as 01235 833 414 arranged by Alex Hughes! -! [email protected] resident!cartoonist in the fac- tory's serviced studios cum offices.! Thank you Alex for ar- Front Cover: Dave Parker ranging that ably assisted by Back Cover: Anthony Hutchings Noel.

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Iraq with mental and physical Alex world tour NEWS injuries went one step further in 2004 when he used his strip to simply list US war dead. Trouble Following his ten-week hit run in Beano & Dandy was, the programme was a London!s West End last year, mere 30 minutes long. Impossi- Alex will be racking up some birthday bash! ble to do more than skim the much-needed air miles this surface of an interesting topic. autumn by heading out to Aus- & Dandy Birthday tralia, Hong Kong and Singa- Bash Exhibition at the Cartoon pore, before returning, via East- Museum in London celebrating Subs reminder bourne, Windsor, Guildford, 70 years of comic mayhem runs Northampton and Colchester, to until 2nd November 2008. It in- We're about to buff up the mem- Londons Arts Theatre for a short cludes artwork by Barrie Ap- bership lists which will mean pre-Christmas season. pleby, , Paddy removing website privileges for Robert Bathurst (from TVs Cold Brennan, James Crighton, Hunt non members and updating the Feet) will reprise his role as the Emerson, Sam Fair, Ken Harri- Jester mailing list. So please...if world!s favourite cartoon son, , Malcolm you are a lapsed member or investment banker in this criti- Judge, , Bob Nixon, have omitted to pay your Annual cally acclaimed show. , , Nigel Subscription, now is a very good Tickets go on sale to the public Parkinson, , Tom time. We hope you will stay with in mid July. There are only three Paterson, David Sutherland, us and send your cheque for shows in Australia and two each Kev Sutherland, Wayne Thomp- £35 payable to the CCGB to in Hong Kong and Singapore. son, Dudley D. Watkins and Anne Boyd (CCGB Treasurer), For booking information contact others. 75 Jacobs Wells Road, Clifton, [email protected] The Cartooon Museum is close Bristol BS8 1DJ. to the British Museum at 35 Little Russell Street, London WC1A 2HH. Tel 020 7580 8155. Email: [email protected] Phil Jupitus! Comic Love

Comedian and apparently self- taught artist Phil Jupitus pre- sented a 30 minute programme dedicated to the cultural, social and political impact of the comic strip on Radio 4 recently. There were contributions from Russell Taylor and Charles Peattie who created the Telegraph's long- running strip "Alex" and Cana- dian Lynn Johnston whose fam- ily strip "For Better or Worse" is syndicated in 2000 newspapers in 20 countries and has run for almost 30 years. Gary Trudeau featured as well, explaining how he has brought politics to the fore in his Doon- esbury strip. Trudeau who had courted controversy by creating a character who returned from

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Jesterpuz by Rex Juriansz

The answer to each clue will start on the grey circle and work down to the centre circle, within each section, as a six- letter word ending in T. When the whole puzzle is solved, the letters in the grey circle, going clockwise, will spell out the name of a well-known cartoonist and regular contribu- tor to the Jester. The Clues: 1) Red wine 2) Tenacious shell-fish 3) Create 4) Plush cloth 5) Range 6) Consumer 7) Pull a fast one! 8) Bemoan 9) Dormant 10) Meaning 11) Nothing 12) Severe

Gilbey Show

Andy Gilbert has been invited by Derby Art Gallery and Museums to exhibit “Who!s Laughing Now?”, a collection of new work at The Silk Mill, Derby from Sat- urday 20th September until Sunday 2nd November 2008. Andy extensively produces art- work for Rainbow Greeting Cards and much of this exhibi- tion will highlight the gentle humour he produces for their range. This exhibition coincides with the Big Draw Campaign which runs throughout October. Andy will be appearing at the exhibi- tion on Saturday 4th October from 10am to 4pm where he will be running his cartooning work- shops. Entrance to the exhibition and cartooning workshops are free. For further information regarding the exhibition, you can contact Andy direct on 01332 208899 or 07957 711135. Or call The Silk Mill on (01332) 255308.

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5 THE JESTER ISSUE 412 – AUGUST 2008 CCGB ONLINE: WWW.CCGB.ORG.UK Notes from the North. Look Out! and 30th July 1938 saw the launch of America and Italy. Beano characters have de- the Beano with George Moonie After the war, things got back to scended on London's Cartoon as editor. Fronting the comic we normal and the staff returned to Museum. They will be there to had a strange ostrich character work. The contents were celebrate their 70th year with named Big Eggo drawn by Reg not all slapstick comedy. We had a birthday bash running until Carter. Other favourites to set some adventure strips. 2nd November 2008. the tone were the amazing Dud- Jack Prout's became The comics have amused and ley D. Watkin's Lord Snooty and very popular being the stoy of entertained generations of read- his Pals. was an- the amazing collie owned by An- ers. All of whom would have had other popular character originally drew Glenn. It spawned it's own their favourite character. When drawn by Hugh McNeill and later set of comic books. the Dandy launched on 4th De- by Basil Blackaller. With the Western being the cember 1937 as the brainchild of Wartime saw the Dandy and main film genre at the cinema, R.P. Low and editor Albert Bar- Beano reduced in size and ap- Cowboy strips featured nes, Korky the Kat drawn by pearing on alternate weeks. too...Boomerang Burke, James Crighton, led the way. Many of the editors, writers and Jack the Wonder Whip Man and Another favourite was Desper- artists were called up for war my favourite, Little White Chief ate Dan, a Dudley D. Watkins service, although a reduced staff of the Cherokees in the Dandy. creation. Dan would stay the continued to keep up the morale this was drawn by George course and was immortalised in of youngsters everywhere with Ramsbottom, from Salford. His bronze by sculptor Tony Morrow. characters pulling their weight in drawing really transported the With it was a smaller statue of the war effort. young reader into the prairie with Minnie the Minx. advised kids "You can help by wagon trains, stampeding buf- A whole host of characters ap- collecting waste paper". falo and battles between cow- peared. The work of Allan Morley A couple of wartime strips ap- boys and Indians. George who being very popular. Initialling his peared. "Addie and Hermy" in could draw comic and adventure work AM, his forte was the slick the Dandy and "Musso" in the work with equal skill also drew clean cut half page. He pro- Beano. Lampooning Hitler, Go- Barney Bear for the Dandy duced Hungry Horace, Freddy ering and Mussolini no doubt put amongst many other strips. the Fearless Fly and Keyhole cartoonist Sam Fair on a hit list. Kate for The Dandy. Incidentally Sam served in the RAF and saw service in North

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The 1950's saw an influx of new Dennis the Menace and the artists. Bill and Bert Holroyd, Mal Bash Street Kids, Judge, John Geering, Tom Ban- gave up teaching and drew Min- Letter to nister, Dave Sutherland, Jim nie the Minx. He retired in 2000 Petrie, , Ken when he had drawn 2000 Minx Reid and Leo Baxendale. All of strips. Bob McGrath, a local the Editor them producing exceptional artist drew The Three comic art. The D.C. Thomson Bears as well as Watkin's "Gin- Dear Jester, studio too saw new faces - John ger" in . Frank McDi- Dallas, Jim Glen, Frank McDi- armid took on . Following Clive Collins' elo- armid, Andrew Christine, Peter was another car- quent little tribute to Clive Ab- Moonie and yours truly among toon artist who ghosted Dandy bott in the last Jester, I want them. Doug Phillips, Jeff Bevan and Beano strips such as Lord to express my own sadness at and were top illus- Snooty and Korky the Kat. He Clive's passing. trators, as was Paddy Brennan. also had a magnificent Beano Clive was a stalwart of the It was the "Big Four" that made a creation...Ivy the Terrible. CCGB for many years; he was strong impact especially in the I was lucky enough to start my good company and always an Beano and many new favourite own career in comics in the interesting conversationist, characters were created. David Beano when George Moonie with more than a touch of Law found his niche with Dennis asked me to ghost Uncle Wind- likeable urbanity. the Menace with scripts by Ian bag and my own early work His postage stamp designs for Gray. Ken Reid drew with Clumsie Claude and a wee dog various overseas territories Walter Fearn scripts for the called Pooch. Later I drew and were superb. He was an excel- Beano as well as and scripted Two Gun Tony and lent, stylish and very precise Roger the Dodger for Dandy. Sweet Sue for Harold Cramond. draughtsman. We exchanged Probably the biggest influence For Dandy I drew several feature Christmas cards for many was the work of Leo Baxendale pages as well as my own strip years and Clive's were always with the Bash Street Kids, Min- "Smitten' for Morris Heggie. I little graphic masterpieces nie the Minx, and the drew a few Desperate Dan cov- invariably with a feline con- Three Bears. Dudley D Watkins ers too although mostly I worked tent. made up the "Big Four". for other D.C. Thomson comics, My heart goes out to Clive's In due course, Watkins died in Beezer, and Wizard family and to Helen. I'll miss 1969, David Law in 1971 and among them. No matter who Clive and I'll miss his card this Reid and Baxendale left to cre- your favourite Dandy or Beano Christmas. ate Wham with Odhams, later character, let's wish them a drawing some great sets for IPC. Happy 70th and hope they con- Alex Noel Watson This left the door open for other tinue for a long while yet. atists. Dave Sutherland drew

101 Uses for The Jester: Number 22

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Laugh With The Luvvies

Fred Higton

Bearing in mind the glorious Summer we might have had...next month!s subject is Barbecues. Please send your cartoons to the usual Jester email or snail mail address shown on the inside back cover.

9 THE JESTER ISSUE 412 –AUGUST 2008 CCGB ONLINE: WWW.CCGB.ORG.UK Dish of the day: a family affair

I just cannot stand the R.A. I was not going to mention I had one Children!s Book pub- Summer Exhibition. It is a bit Nepotism, but one of our mem- lished, years ago, after 5 years like going to a jumble sale or a bers said he was looking forward at Art School. My mistake. Ma- car boot sale, a hotch potch of to my views..SO… donna, Gerri Halliwell and the works by amateurs and pro- Why is it that people in the Duchess of York...no training, fessionals and hundreds of media..TV, Film, Theatre and yet books published! them! I like to see pictures Newspapers seem to assume Watched a passable series on one by one, and have a really that their offspring will inherit the tele last week, Criminal Jus- good look at each one; this is their talents? Why does it seem tice, corrupt police, dodgy law- impossible at the R.A. Show. that it is OK for them to “ar- yers and barristers, prison ward- It is truly terrible. Should have range” for them to work in their ers on the take, the prisoners a health warning instead of the profession without any apparent seem to be the good guys! What “beware explicit stuff” notice. effort? AND why is TV, particu- with nepotism rife and criminals Of course the middle class de- larly the BBC, awash with Ox- everywhere, perhaps I shall, af- scend on the R.A. en masse, at bridge people. Is there some ter seeing those Guardian Car- least I felt inconspicuous unwritten rule? toons in last month!s Jester be- amongst the greyhaired crowd. Every Comedy Show on BBC come a cartoonist. Second Instead of wasting time at the from the Pythons (brilliant at the thoughts, wrong name. R.A, head for Tate Modern and time, but haven!t we moved on The answer to last month!s Cy Twombly, a lot more chal- socially?) to the present time, teaser was Bo..Bo Diddley and lenging and one of the best seems to have been spawned at Bo was The name of the good shows in town for a long time. the Footlights! A certain Guard- guy in to Kill a Mockingbird..BUT An American Abstract Artist, sort ian Journalist said “on a visit to as Royston (there is always of, he too has used a Cambridge we shall be seeing one!) pointed out, the guy!s “Room theme” but to show the our daughter in the footlights” name was Boo. Apologies for various stages of his progress. Career sorted! How many times that. Boo Hoo. Very thought-provoking. have you heard? “Parents had This week…Connection be- I visited Aylesbury a couple of nothing to do with my career; it tween, Billy Cotton (senior), Pe- weeks ago, reasons for this we was all hard work, diligence and ter Snow and Jimmy Tarbuck? shall gloss over. The old part of luck”. Just in passing, did you We have many members, how the town is wonderful and know that the incredibly talented about some feedback!!!! houses the Buckinghamshire Kiera Knightley has landed the Museum. The building is mainly lead in a film about Dylan Tho- Neil Dishington Georgian but with highly imagi- mas. Very handy to have your native modern extensions, plus Mum as the Producer. We could a Roahl Dahl permanent Exhibi- all make a list of tion in an outhouse (with plenty Show Biz Families of Quentin Blake drawings). Well whose offspring worth a visit, but avoid the “new have made it. Tal- town “Why is it that town plan- ent will out though! ners are allowed such licence to The Redgraves, ruin our town centres with de- The Attenboroughs, pressing rows of Macdonalds, The Wests, The Gap, Boots and Coffee houses Spalls have it and galore, plus pubs with “ Live onto the present Music” or “Home Cooked Food” day..the talented chalked on blackboards? It is not Peaches Gel- always “Home cooked”, it is dorf,the Osborne micro-waved! On the other hand Girl, her of Ossie, Prince Charles!s “olde worlde” the Allens,the Win- town in Poundsbury is equally stones, Tarbuck, disastrous. Rigg..and on and on.

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(Left) With news that Holly- Spike the Bulldog from Tom wood a-list actor Alan Cum- and Jerry! ming is desperate to play the (Below left) Beatles auto- part of Tintin, the Sun sug- graphed caricature goes for gested cartoon characters big money. that other Scottish (Below) Statue of . celebrities could Plus, a letter in the Dundee play. They included Courier and Jounal explained Robbie Coltrane as the reason Beryl the Peril has , Alex been omitted from the Dundee Salmond as Billy the Women's Trail. The trail is Fish, racing driver used to highlight real, David Coulthard as deceased women and Beryl is Desperate Dan and neither! Thanks as always to Gordon Brown as John “Speedy” Harrison.

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Clive Collins Oh yeah? So the French think screen, speaks with...you!ve so eco-cartoonists in national we!ve been propagating the leg- guessed…an American accent! newspapers have been end of King Arthur for political I say hands off our Arthur, scrapped, and the planners told reasons do they? At a confer- cheese-eaters. The legend goes to "go back to the drawing ence and exhibition held at Ren- that whenever England is in boards – or Wacom tablets!. nes University in northern peril, he will rise again, and I Tests run on three of the vege- France, they insisted that if he think that the French trying to tarian eco-cartoonists – selected was anything to do with the Brit- nick him as part of their own because of their impeccable ish Isles, then it!s most likely legendary history constitutes a "green! credentials have shown he!d have been a very small part pretty big peril. So we anticipate them to be as hopeless as regu- Welsh and the rest of him sturdy the gallop of hooves and the lar cartoonists, and in fact far Brittany stock. Well they would clang of ancient armoury, all less environmentally friendly. say that. It!s a bit rich for a coun- accompanied by the banging of Apart from the fact that con- try that!s a little thin on the Drake!s Drum, and the whishing sumption levels of alcohol have ground with ancient heroic fig- of Robin Hood!s arrows any day been shown to be higher, the ures and which now seeks to now. It could be worse though. "methane factor! has proved to denude us of one of our oldest Brown could be claiming Arthur be their undoing. According to a ones. Personally I lay a lot of the as Scots just to prop up his own secret report compiled by one of blame for France!s attempts to crumbling reputation – especially the newspapers in the experi- purloin the Mystical King on the as the Stone of Scone is now ment - The Widnes Plain Dealer fact that when Malory wrote his alleged to be a fake! - the ozone layer above town bloody epic poem, he called it has been found to deteriorate "Morte d!Arthur! thus giving our Late-breaking news: daily after their cartoonist!s re- cross-channel neighbours the turn from lunch. “It!s not so much idea there was something "Eco-cartoonists fail to pass his carbon footprint,” said one French about it all. green test! shock! Controversial gnarled newspaper sub. “It!s his Admittedly there!s precious little proposals to install a dozen or bloody toxic emissions!” proof that Arthur actually existed at all, and if he did no-one!s quite sure where it was - Glas- tonbury is rather better known as the venue for a mud-soaked rock festival than a kingly stomp- ing ground, and Tintagel in Cornwall is merely where the blatantly commercial division of www.arthur.co.uk is based. And who have the French them- selves got by way of legends? Oh yes, I forgot - Charlemagne. Does anyone past school- leaving age actually know what Charlemagne did or anything about him? I recall snoozing through many a history lesson to the soothing tales of Charle- magne!s life and works, to awake no wiser. Oh yes, and then they!ve got Asterix. A beau- tifully drawn strip cartoon that, whenever it appears on the big

12 THE JESTER ISSUE 412 – AUGUST 2008 CCGB ONLINE: WWW.CCGB.ORG.UK Potted Committee Minutes From the Meeting on Fri- Mike Turner and Terry Christien private view can be arranged. day!July 18th 08!held at The to progress a proposal for the Custard Factory, Birmingham. Club's 50th Birthday Anniversary Below: Not committee meet- Present: Steve Bright, Noel celebration in 2010. ing related but another day Ford, Steve Willis, Jed Pas- The regularity of committee out, this time in sunny London coe,!Alex Hughes, Mike Turner meetings should be considered for a wicked game of croquet. and Terry Christien. for 6 a year; 4 a year or 2 a year This collection of caricaturists Apologies: Neil Dishington, plus AGM. This will be put online shows Terry Christien on his Derek Quint, Clive Collins, Pete in the committee forum once back with Simon Ellinas, Si- Dredge, Ian Ellery, Tim Harries Steve Bright has worked out a mon Cassini plus Paul Baker and Jed Stone. mechanism to for online activity. and family David Lewis and Matters Arising: !It was agreed Steve Willis proposed a No- family Sheba Cassini, Sarah that as many!committee mem- vember meeting at The Cartoon Louise and family, Helen bers as possible should vote in Art Museum to coincide with the Pointer and Luisa Calvo new members. new Giles Exhibition and will Latest New Members: Phil contact the Museum to see if a Jackson and!Alan Scragg were both voted in by 7 committee members and Fran Orford!was voted in as a rejoined member. It was felt necessary to let all committee members have their say via the Committee Members' Forum. A proposal on how that! should best work will be offered by Steve Bright.! Jed Pascoe suggested that an updated issue of the Members' Directory should be published in November instead of the Jester. Jed Pascoe and Steve Willis to update the Membership database.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

11th - 18th October 20th September - 2nd Novem- 21st January - 14th March Cartoons from The Independent ber Browned OFF! First 18 Months @ The PCG Who"s Laughing Now? Andy of Gordon Brown"s Premiership Gilbert Exhibition at The Silk @ The PCG 30th July - 2nd November Mill, Derby. 01332 208899 Beano and Dandy Birthday Until Sun 25th October 2009 Bash @ The Cartoon Museum 21st October - 17th January & the birth of hi-tech Tory Blues. Cartoon History of Britain Exhibition at the London 13th September The Conservative Party @ The Science Museum. CCGB Social @ Langtry"s, PCG. 4 South Sherwood Street, Please send details of future Nottingham. 2.00pm. Contact 5th Nov - 8th February 2009 events to The Editor at [email protected] Giles at the Cartoon Museum. [email protected]

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ANSWERS TO THE JESTERPUZ ON PAGE 4

Answer

CLIVE COLLINS

Answers to Clues 1-12

1) Claret 2) Limpet 3) Invent 4) Velvet 5) Extent 6)Client 7) Outwit 8) Lament 9) Latent 10) Intent 11)Naught 12) Strict

Thanks again to Rex Juriansz for sending it in. THREE NEW MEMBERS THIS MONTH

The CCGB membership list ex- pands to add Phil Jackson, Fran Orford and Alan Scragg. Welcome all.

Phil Jackson (Far Right) 9 Muncey Walk Histon Cambridge CB24 9YT

01223 233983 www.philjacksonart.com

Fran Orford (Bottom) Heath House Mytholm Bank Hebden Bridge HX7 6DL

01422 845359 [email protected] www.francartoons.com

Alan Scragg (Top Left) Homagen House Canada Common West Wellow Hampshire SO51 6DH

01794 323098 [email protected] www.scraggie.co.uk

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Please don!t forget to send your Barbecue cartoons in time to meet the deadline of August 12th to the Jester email address at THE JESTER [email protected]. Snail mail address shown on this page. DEADLINE IS If you have an exhibition or local social event planned, tell us. Plus! If you have an idea for a feature, please get in touch. THE 12th OF EACH MONTH

Contributions via email: [email protected]

Contributions via post: The Jester c/o Steve Willis Cedar Top 17 The Greenway West Hendred Wantage OX12 8RG

All articles and cartoons welcomed (especially for the front and back covers)

Email submissions are preferred, as then images and text do not need to be scanned – but snail mail is still accept- able. All images sent by email must be jpegs at a resolution of 300dpi.

REMINDER: There may be fewer committee meetings these days but the social at the Cartoonist Pub in Shoe Lane London is still Membership enquiries to: Jed Pascoe (Membership Secretary), our regular meeting place 4 Osprey Close, Sandy, Bedfordshire, SG19 1TW on the first Tuesday of the Tel: 01767-682 882. Email: [email protected] Subscription enquiries to: Anne Boyd (Treasurer), 75 Jacobs month. Next meeting at Wells Road, Clifton, Bristol BS8 1DJ Tel: 01173 169 277. 7.30pm on Tuesday 5th Email [email protected] Website enquiries to: Ian Ellery, 25 Nelson Road, Hastings August. TN34 BRX. Tel: 01424-718 209. Email: [email protected]

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