Cartoon by Jeremy Banks (aka BANX)
Based in Bury Street, London, The Illustration Cupboard Gallery is hosting an exhibition of some of Britain’s finest political cartoonists: the Daily Telegraph’s Christian Adams, the late Punch cartoonist Albert Edgar Beard, the Financial Times cartoonist Jeremy Banks (better known as BANX) , The Week’s Stephen Lee, Financial Times cartoonist Ingram Pinn, Plum, The Observer‘s Chris Riddell and Daily Express cartoonist Paul Thomas.
• The exhibition runs until 19th September and you can see some of the work featured here.
Via PCO
- About the Author
- Latest Posts
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.
Categories: downthetubes News, Exhibitions
Related Articles
-
Vision and Labour: Making Comics exhibition at the Mercer Art Gallery
-
Thunderbirds & Space: 1999 – Sci-Fi Toys & Collectables Exhibition heads to the Museum of Brands
-
An UNEASY exhibition opens soon at London’s All Good Bookshop
-
Bayeux tapestry set to return to the UK – in medieval times it was like an immersive art installation