! ISSUE 379 – NOVEMBER 2005! AUTUMN 2005 The Jester ABRIDGED TAKE A RUNNING JUMP! YOUR SPORT GAGS INSIDE TECHNOPHILES BYTE BACK / THE CARTOONIST BOUNCERS “Whaddya mean it looks nothing like you?” PAUL BAKER PROFILES HIS FAVOURITE CARICATURISTS THE MARVEL OF BLAZERMAN / BILL RITCHIE ON FILM FUN STEVE WAY Q&A / CHAIRMAN ON, ER, SHEDS AND ONIONS The Newsletter of the Cartoonists’ Club of Great Britain THE JESTER ISSUE 379 – NOVEMBER 2005 CCGB ONLINE: WWW.CCGB.ORG.UK The Jester News Issue 379 - November 2005 Excellence in 2003. He recently Published 11 times a year became the official artist for the arts by The Cartoonists’ Club materials maker Edding UK. of Great Britain St. Just The CCGB Committee the ticket Chairman: Terry Christien 020–8892 3621 From Roger Penwill: Just back [email protected] from another excellent weekend at the Secretary: Richard Tomes St. Just festival. Once again the 0121–706 7652 exhibitions were extensive and [email protected] excellent. Among them was a superb BOSC exhibition and one of the Treasurer: Jill Kearney innovative semi-3D work of Mougey. 020–8590 8942 The food was better than before and wine was good and plentiful. Sue Les Barton: 01895–236 732 Burleigh had made it there at the end [email protected] of Toontrek and by the time we Clive Collins: 01702–557 205 By George, he’s arrived, she was fully immersed in the whole St. Just experience. [email protected] on the telly St. Just is now the biggest and best in Neil Dishington: 020–8505 0134 the world, having grown from a very [email protected] CLUB member George Williams small start (there were just five Ian Ellery: 01424–718 209 was featured on The Paul O’Grady cartoonists at the 2nd festival). The [email protected] Show on ITV1 on September 28, whole event was just a little smaller Graham Fowell: 020–8590 8942 caricaturing the host and his guests this year because the organisers are [email protected] during the programme. He drew planning a big bash next year to O’Grady first then throughout the celebrate the festival’s 25th Pete Jacob: 01732 845 079 rest of the show, he drew Terry anniversary and the laying of the first Helen Martin: 01883–625 600 Jones, Jerry Hall, and Kelvin brick for the permanent cartoon [email protected] Fletcher from Emmerdale. museum they will be building there. Roy Nixon: 01245–256 814 George, see his devilish It would be good to have a larger Brit Jed Pascoe: 01767–682 882 self-caricature above, said: “The contingent for that. They expect 12 [email protected] brief was to produce four full-colour good quality cartoons from caricatures, live during the show, participants which is your part of the Roger Penwill: 01584–711 854 giving me around 35 minutes to deal for attending. As always, the [email protected] allow time for them to be mounted in festival will be the last weekend in Derek Quint: 01984–632 592 a large gold frame and revealed in September and the first in October, Jed Stone: 020–7720 1884 the last section of the show. That was with the Brit group usually attending [email protected] a challenge. the 2nd weekend. Pencil it in now. Mike Turner: 01206–798 283 “I came off stage from my first chat [email protected] with Paul and the crew snatched the first unfinished picture from me and Jock Williams-Davies: told me I had to finish the other three 01473–422 917 before the end of the second section. [email protected] The show just flew by and before I knew it I was onstage whipping off Jester Editor: the curtain to reveal the artwork. Royston Robertson Everyone seemed chuffed and signed the drawings for auction at 01843–871 241 a later date.” jester_magazine @yahoo.co.uk George has been a freelance illustrator and graphic designer since Front cover: Jock 1991 and has been performing live Williams-Davies caricatures full time since 1997. One Back cover: Jed Stone of the highlights of his career was More desperately needed! drawing Tony Blair at the Charter Mark Awards for Business 2 THE JESTER ISSUE 379 – NOVEMBER 2005 CCGB ONLINE: WWW.CCGB.ORG.UK The Chair HAVE you noticed there’s been quite gave us a talk/presentation at Octo- a lot of coverage about sheds, yes ber’s meeting on how his interest in sheds, just lately? I wondered how cartooning started with Marvel com- many members have a shed as a ics [see page 13]. Thanks Simon. A studio? Hand up from me. Actually, I straw poll suggests that members call mine a chalet – it’s the sort of would like the meeting talks to con- thing we say in Middlesex you know. tinue – so we’ll give them more It’s 12ft by 12ft and is simply the best mileage. studio and inspirational source I’ve How’s had since its installation in 1986, just this for prior to me joining the Club as it r a n d o m happens. thinking ?: These days it would seem sheds are I’m doing Steve Way big business. They are used as refuges a job at the mainly by men according to the sta- m o m e n t in Q&A tistics, although the ladies are getting w i t h in on the act. I could go on about how stereotypi- STEVE WAY, cartoon editor at the it’s fitted out etc, but savour that for cal French Reader’s Digest, will be doing a talk another exciting instalment. However, characters, and a Q&A session at the November let us know if you’re a shedaphobe! with an unashamed list of accessories club meeting on what an editor looks North of the border member Jim like cheese, striped shirts, berets, wine, for in a cartoon. Towle raised the concept of installing coffee and onions. I’ve also been There will be a short intro, followed a webcam at club meetings. We batted drawing loads of onions for a wallpa- by questions from the floor. Steve, as this about in committee with mo- per background, as well as around the many of you will know, has long re than a little apprehension as to the characters’ necks. You simply must experience as a cartoon editor, having boredom threshold that voyeur mem- draw some onions in, say, just ten worked also for Punch, Maxim and bers could endure. strokes. It’s quite therapeutic. But I am The Cartoonist (the broadsheet cartoon Seriously though, that apart, the getting out more of late! paper which appeared in the early technological requirements at this November’s meet will give us the 1990s). His detailed and reasoned time on the club website are insuffi- benefit of a cartoon editor’s take on rejections are regarded by many cient. I’d rather not lumber you with receiving a wave of cartoons dropping gag cartoonists as the most the technobabble reasons, even if I on his desk, as seen through the eyes entertaining (and useful) in the biz. could. But Jim, it’s got to happen of Steve Way, cartoon editor of Read- Steve was invited by Andy Davey, eventually, or something like it – er’s Digest and formerly of Punch. who told the club forum: “I won’t be watch this webcam space. Simon Poodle tip! doing a talk, I’ll just be ‘hosting’ Ellinas (he’s from Barnet you know) Terry Christien Steve’s session, and frisking everybody on entry for rotten fruit. God forbid anyone should think I’d be standing up banging on about the usual Sporting stuff.” The meeting is at 7pm on Tuesday, sniggers November 1 at The Cartoonist pub, Shoe Lane, London EC1. MANY thanks to all who sent in cartoons on a sport/games/ Slimline Jester fitness theme for this issue. YOU may have noticed that this Jester Next month’s theme is, at 16 pages, a bit slimmer than is, with crushing usual. This is simply because I did not inevitability, get enough contributions for another Christmas! four pages. Remember folks, it’s your So get those Festive newsletter. So let’s have lots of stuff Funnies, Christmas for the next one and, who knows, Chuckles and, er, Father Christmas may bring a bumper Yuletide Yuks in now, Christmas/New Year edition. by email or post. “OK, let’s work on dodging his uppercut ...” 3 THE JESTER ISSUE 379 – NOVEMBER 2005 CCGB ONLINE: WWW.CCGB.ORG.UK Dear Jester Letters can be sent by post to: The Jester c/o Royston Robertson 20 Upton Road, Broadstairs, A tome for Mr Tomes Kent CT10 2AS AS I FAILED to find a cartoon theme for the November number, here is the Letters can also be sent result of Emma buying me The R. Crumb Handbook for my birthday via email: (see below). Enclosed is an SAE as [email protected] Emma will no doubt want to frame it, Farewell Arthur or burn it. The deadline for letters Richard Tomes SOME of our older members may and all other content for remember the cartoonist Arthur Richard was not the only person to The Jester is the 12th of Arrowsmith who drew under the name mention that he could not find the every month. Letters may be of Acken, his initials (above), and cartoon theme, which is odd as it was edited to fit space Pelik, as in ink (above right).