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Still time to book for Cartoon Museum’s workshop with Madeline ‘Mads’ Horwath

By John Freeman on 24 July 2026 • ( 0 )

There’s an opportunity to celebrate the Cartoon Museum’s display of cartoons by Madeline Horwath, “Well Actually: An Accurate Enough Collection”, with a special night of Medieval themed snacks and a workshop led by Madeline to draw a Medieval self-portrait, on Sunday 30th July 2026.

Well Actually: An Accurate Enough Collection runs at the Cartoon Museum, London until Sunday 4th October 2026

Bringing their love of history and more importantly, having fun with it, to The Cartoon Museum, it’s Well Actually: An Accurate Enough Collection, a collection of comics that Madeline Horwath did the research for! From Medieval poetry to Medieval diseases to Medieval art, this expansive collection of topics will have no survivors!

Madeline ‘Mads’ Horwath is a cartoonist and humorist who sold their first cartoon to The New Yorker in 2019. They use their dark sense of humor to make comics about history. Since they’ve begun cartooning, they became a regular with The New Yorker, LA Times, and Chicago Reader before focusing their full attention to becoming a regular cartoonist for The Guardian in 2025.

How to Draw a Medieval Cat by Madeline Horwath

Having made a few cartoons go massively viral, they are able to balance out making personal work and freelance work for institutions like The Wellcome Trust in England. Currently, Madeline is working on a humorous art history book, set to come out in 2027.

Dive into Madeline’s comics spanning Medieval poetry, plagues, and proof that the people of the past were just as chaotic as we are today. Whether you’re a history lover or a weirdo who enjoys laughing at humanity’s greatest disasters (Nobody else is like that, you’re the only one), this is your chance to explore the exhibition after hours in a relaxed, fun atmosphere. No survivors guaranteed. Gout guaranteed!

• Event: Well Actually: An Accurate Enough Collection, 5.30 – 8.00pm Sunday 30th July 2026, The Cartoon Museum 63 Wells Street, London, W1A 3AE | Book online via the Cartoon Museum events page to guarantee your space

Booking of the event essential – limited spaces. If you do not wish to attend the workshop, book a standard general admission ticket for the 30th July which gives you access to the galleries and treats

• Exhibit: Well Actually: An Accurate Enough Collection runs at the Cartoon Museum, London until Sunday 4th October 2026 | Exhibition details here

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John Freeman

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.