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Voting Ends Today in The Splats!, the Professional Cartoonists Organisation first ever public cartoon awards

By John Freeman on 6 January 2025

Voting ends today in the first ever public cartoon awards run by Britain’s Professional Cartoonists Organisation… The Splats!

Lend support by having a look through some fantastic cartoons and voting for your favourites. Voting ends tonight, 6th January 2025.

You can vote for your favourite cartoons and cartoonists, including creators such as Steve Bright, Steve Bell, Ben Jennings, and Martin Rowson, across eight categories: Best Editorial Cartoon, Best Caricature, the Bill Stott award for Best gag cartoon, Best Current Affairs cartoon, Best Pocket Cartoon Series, Best Strip Cartoon Series, and Best Reject Cartoon.

***Two of the nominated cartoons in The Splats!***

Vote in as many categories as you like but only vote once here. Your email will not be added to any mailing lists and is only collected to ensure voting is fair. The voting will close at 11.59 on 6th January 2025.

The Professional Cartoonists Organisation promotes the work of its members and champions the cartooning arts across the board and around the world. They organise and support exhibitions and festivals, and also stand up for, and have campaigned on behalf of oppressed artists. All before breakfast.

• There’s more information here about the inaugural Splats! here on the PCO website

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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.