The latest issue of The Jester, the monthly magazine of The Cartoonists’ Club of Great Britain, available to members, features a fascinating interview with Pete Songi, about the bi-monthly digital publication, The New Cartoonist.
Put together by the editorial team of Simon and Josephine Chadwick, The Jester is always an enjoyable read, this issue offering, among other things, guidance on preparing digital files for print (it’s always easier to scale down than up!)
Behind a cover by “Ace”, the winner of the latest monthly cartoon challenge. This month’s theme was “Grow”, there’s a plethora of cartoons to enjoy, and Simon Chadwick’s brilliant in-depth interview with Pete Songi; plus Rich Skipworth continues his guide to using the digital drawing tool, Procreate, offering tips I hope will eventually be collected in one place, because they’re very useful!
The Cartoonists’ Club of Great Britain, who are returning to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival in Kendal later this year, is open to new members, offering not only The Jester magazine but regular online hook ups to discuss matters comic.
If you’re interested in joining, then as a further carrot to encourage you, the next online event in June will be looking at merchandising services which turn art into mugs, coasters, t-shirts and so forth; and at promotional platforms (Facebook, Substack and the like) through which creators showcase portfolios. Could be very useful to anyone wanting to explore the best avenues to get their work “out there”.
• Web: www.thecartoonistsclub.com | Twitter: @CartoonistsGB | Facebook | Instagram
• The New Cartoonist is online at thenewcartoonist.co.uk
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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.
He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.
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