"Literary Life" by Posy Simmonds

Ten years after its' publication, I discovered this very funny book by Guardian contributor Posy Simmonds.

"You're All Just Jealous of My Jetpack" by Tom Gauld

A selection of Tom Gauld's weekly Guardian comic-strip, published by Drawn & Quarterly last April.

Ralph Steadman Animated Short

Some fascinating @SteadmanArt animation by Itch Film

Mikhail Zlatkovsky

I first saw the work of Mikhail Zlatkovsky when, as part of the jury of the 25th International Salon of Cartoons in Montreal in 1987, we came across his drawing of a headless flag bearer. It expressed eloquently the folly of nationalism.

The other jury members, Hans Georg Rauch, Jerry Robinson, Rinalto Traini (Editor of Comic Art and President of the Lucca Cartoon Festival in Italy) as well as Henri Barras (Artistic director of Montreal's Place des Arts), were equally impressed and he was ultimately awarded the Grand Prize.

The Just for Laughs 2013 International Visual Arts Contest - The Winners

First Prize, Pascal Gelu (Romania), Simple Solution

Australian Cartoonist David Rowe

From Fany-Blog

Cartoonist David Rowe was awarded the Grand Prize in the 7th edition of World Press Cartoon in Sintra, Portugal for this cartoon published in The Sun-Herald in December 2010.
Here are a few more of his caricatures:

The Tough Road to Comic Stip Syndication

Rob Tornoe in Editor & Publisher.

For aspiring comic strip artists, columnists, and other content producers, newspaper syndication has always been a tough mountain to climb. With only a handful of new features picked up each year out of hundreds submitted, the odds are stacked against those cartoonists and writers who diligently compile the required six weeks’ worth of completed work, only to receive form letters informing them their skills aren’t up to snuff. And that was before economic recession struck.

Now it’s tougher than ever to make the jump to syndication.