! ISSUE 397 – MAY 2007! AUTUMN 2005 ThTeh Je eJessteterr FUNNY OLD WORLD PHEW, WHAT DAYTIME AGM: A SCORCHER! REPORT AND PICS YOUR CLIMATE CHANGE GAGS DUNCAN BOURNE’S TOLLY GOOD SHOW ACA NEEDS GOOD NEIGHBOURS CLIVE COLLINS IN CARTOON HELL ALAN TURNER ON MEETING A LEGEND MORE TECH TIPS FROM THE DOC ARCHIVE PHOTOS GO ONLINE ALL THIS PLUS ... CLUB INCOME & EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT 2006/7 !! NeThewsletter Newsletter of the of theCar Cartoonists’toonists’ Club Club of of Great Great BritainBritain THE JESTER ISSUE 397 – MAY 2007 CCGB ONLINE: WWW.CCGB.ORG.UK The Jester Issue 397 - May 2007 Published 11 times a year by The Cartoonists’ Club The Chair of Great Britain The CCGB Committee WELL, didn’t we have a jolly good – he was hidden behind me! But he Chairman: Terry Christien AGM? Yes we did, thanks to you guys knows that I, on behalf of the club 020–8892 3621 and girls! really appreciate the excellent work [email protected] Starting earlier, with an extended he’s done with The Jester and have Secretary: Jed Stone afternoon, helped you, as you said it said so on many occasions. To reiterate would, to catch trains etc. It’ll be back again, a big thank you for bringing 020–7720 1884 to early evening for the May meeting. such professionalism to the pages of [email protected] It’s thank-you time on behalf of the The Jester – well done, mate! Treasurer: Anne Boyd club to our committee, for tirelessly We should also recognise the addi- 020–7720 1884 attending every month to keep the tional work it took for Royston to [email protected] CCGB thriving. produce the A5-size Members’ Direc- Membership Secretary: Special mention to our Treasurer, tory, which turned out superbly. Jed Pascoe: 01767–682 882 Anne Boyd – after a bit of a shaky To remind everybody, all the officers’ start, taking over from Jill Kearney’s duties are voluntary, with consumable [email protected] excellent work, she has worked expenses to help Royston by assisting closely with Jed Pascoe, our Member- him with the technological require- Les Barton: 01895–236 732 ship Secretary, to smooth the operation ments needed to publish The Jester. [email protected] of the club’s membership database, So, the new committee (with no ma- Clive Collins: 01702–557 205 among other duties. It’s all very much jor changes, but with every opportunity [email protected] appreciated. Thank you both Anne to do so) will do their best to make and Jed. your CCGB membership enjoyable Neil Dishington: 020–8505 0134 Thank you also to the other Jed, Jed and constructive. [email protected] Stone, our Secretary, who has brought As I write, we’re looking forward to Ian Ellery: 01424–718 209 a new meaning to the phrase “matters the Shrewsbury Cartoon Festival, then [email protected] arising”, boomed from the minutes of there’s Ip-art in Ipswich at the end of Graham Fowell: 0115–933 4186 each previous meeting. Good stuff and June and we will also be involved in [email protected] thanks to you, Jed. the arts festival in Weston-super-Mare Pete Jacob: 01732 845 079 And sparing his blushes, very impor- in September ... and whatever tran- tantly a big thank you to our Jester spires between! Jill Kearney: 0115–933 4186 Editor, Royston Robertson, who I so [email protected] nearly forgot to mention at the AGM Terry Christien Helen Martin: 01883–625 600 [email protected] Roy Nixon: 01245–256 814 Derek Quint: 01984–632 592 Richard Tomes: 0121–706 7652 [email protected] Mike Turner: 01206–798 283 [email protected] Jock Williams-Davies: 01473–422 917 [email protected] Trish Williams-Davies: [email protected] Jester Editor: Royston Robertson 01843–871 241 jester_magazine @yahoo.co.uk Front cover: Steve Best Back cover: Fred Higton “There’s no money in it.” 2 THE JESTER ISSUE 397 – MAY 2007 CCGB ONLINE: WWW.CCGB.ORG.UK News New cartoonists’ organisation The new Professional Cartoonists’ Dave Brown’s Rogues’ Gallery, an exhibition of original cartoons from Organisation (PCO) was launched The Independent, is at the Political Cartoon Gallery from May 2 until in April, an amalgamation of the July 1. Brown’s reinterpretations of the Old Masters have appeared in UK division of FECO and the The Indie since January 2004, and this exhibition is a selection of the best. defunct Cartoonists’ Guild. The exhibition will be accompanied by a limited-edition catalogue. The The PCO exists to promote Political Cartoon Gallery, 32 Store Street, London, is open Monday to cartooning, rather than being a Friday 9.30am–5.30pm and on Saturdays 11.30am–5.30pm. social club for cartoonists. PCO President Andy Davey told again Trish and I have secured a Somerset festival, with artwork for The Jester that the idea was formed stall for the CCGB. Last year Mike sale. Members are invited to join during a conversation at the Turner, Terry Christien, Graham the throng. It is likely that we will Shrewsbury Cartoon Festival two Fowell, Jill Kearney, Trish and do cartoon/caricature workshops. years ago. myself had a good day at the fair, More details in future Jesters. “The feeling of those idle drawing, selling and talking with Terry Christien said: “There are a banterers was that the best of the passing public. The invitation is number of members in that area it British cartooning and cartoonists open again for any one who wants would be good to see again.” was not being represented forcibly to come along for the day. See page enough. If cartoonists were to reach two for Jock’s contact details. a wider public, then the message The club will also be taking part Beetles show needed to be conveyed more in the Weston-super-Mare Arts effectively both to editors and Festival 2007, from September 21- Having a Laugh! – The British Art directly to the illustration-buying 23. The CCGB exhibition of car- of the Cartoon, is at the Chris commercial markets. toons will be on display at the Beetles Gallery from April 25 until “The PCO aims to become an May 31. The show is a selection of active, professional organisation of cartoons by many of Britain’s best cartoonists which promotes and known cartoonists, such as Larry, supports the art and profession of H. M. Bateman, Giles, Simon Bond, British cartooning domestically and Ed McLachlan, Vicky, Mike internationally, the latter mostly via Williams and many others. The its membership of FECO. It will do Chris Beetles Gallery is at 8 & 10 this via the internet and its bi- Ryder Street, St James’s, London. monthly Foghorn magazine and For more details visit the website: will also collaborate in organising www.chrisbeetles.com festivals and exhibitions.” Shrewsbury Ip’s all go The Shrewsbury Cartoon Festival From Jock Williams-Davies: The was getting under way as The Jester Ipswich arts festival, Ip-art, is upon went to press. See next month’s us again, and within its two-week issue for a full report and pictures. period is a Street Fair in the centre The festival website is: www. of town on Sunday 24 June. Once shrewsburycartoonfestival.com 3 THE JESTER ISSUE 397 – MAY 2007 CCGB ONLINE: WWW.CCGB.ORG.UK Grand day out Alan Turner recalls meeting a cartooning legend Dear THERE was something very Jester familiar about the figure in the Ipswich printers, but I just couldn’t work it out. I was making Postal address: enquiries about a print run for a draw- The Jester, ing I’d done for a Christmas card at c/o Royston Robertson, RAF Wattisham. Grandma! It was 20 Upton Road, Grandma! Heavily disguised in a Broadstairs, tweed jacket and cords, but neverthe- Kent CT10 2AS less it was. Email: jester_magazine This was in 1974 and I’d been car- @yahoo.co.uk tooning for around 20 years, often drawing (pun entirely intended) inspi- ration from Giles annuals. In my final year at college I entered a lecture competition, choosing car- tooning as the subject, and wrote to Giles for permission to reproduce some of his characters, especially Grandma. The reply didn’t arrive in time, but I went ahead anyway. Now, the time had come to confess. Down on my knees I went, kissed the Left: Arthur Middleton hem of his slightly pig-stained Harris when he was a young Tweed, at the same time praying si- whippersnapper lently to St. Cat the patron saint of stolen copyright that my punishment wouldn’t be too great. Giles told me Arthur’s photo album Directory enquiry not to be silly – £500 in used fivers would be fine! Over the years, I have accumulated a Did you receive your A5 Members’ But seriously, we talked cartooning, number of photos taken at CCGB Directory with the April issue of The master to acolyte, long into the Suffolk do’s. Most of them are family Jester? If not, let myself or Member- afternoon and, amongst other things, I subjects, but I have singled out about ship Secretary Jed Pascoe know, as asked how he fitted three cartoons a 60 which I think are purely club we have a few spares – The Ed week into a busy farming schedule. He orientated. I wish to share these told me that he drafted ideas which he with other members, hopefully to gave to his wife who checked, using bring back a few memories to the the Cardex filing system, for possible oldies and to show the young whip- repetition of previous cartoons.