tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64088522024-03-07T22:32:35.541-01:00Royston CartoonsFor joke cartoons, humorous illustration, caricatures, comic strips and live cartooning/visualisationRoyston Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14371324283924480755noreply@blogger.comBlogger785125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408852.post-27649988355678588352023-05-18T11:30:00.000+00:002023-05-18T17:20:51.384+00:00Behind the Humour: Cartoonist Royston Robertson
Here's a short video about me and my cartoons, the process, how I got started in cartooning etc. If you can't see the video preview above, watch it on YouTube. It's nine minutes of me talking about my favourite subject, with lots of cartoons to illustrate it. It was great fun to do, many thanks to the excellent Dave Painter of HUTC productions who made it.
Click here to buy Royston's Royston Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14371324283924480755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408852.post-48862779141850092862023-05-17T17:16:00.002+00:002023-05-18T18:01:05.050+00:00You want magazine cartoons? I got 'emHere's a somewhat random selection of cartoons (I think this is what the young people call a pic dump) from various UK newsstand magazines over recent months. Enjoy! Click any image to enlarge.
Click here to buy Royston's cartoon booksRoyston Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14371324283924480755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408852.post-2007041155992957032022-12-30T11:29:00.002-01:002022-12-30T11:47:10.903-01:002022 in 20 cartoons
My review of the year in 1min 39 secs. If you can't see the video preview above, watch it on YouTube.
Click here to buy Royston's cartoon booksRoyston Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14371324283924480755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408852.post-85857864036404106552022-08-10T08:29:00.003+00:002022-08-10T08:29:13.598+00:00Herne Bay Cartoon Festival 2022
Any idiot can be prime minister: Here's me with my seaside peep board on Herne Bay Pier at the weekend. The Tory leadership contest rumbles on but this might still be relevant next year, the tenth anniversary of the Herne Bay Cartoon Festival, if we end up with another general election.
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Royston Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14371324283924480755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408852.post-61059329617698089472022-02-20T21:07:00.003-01:002022-02-20T21:12:30.702-01:00Cartoons from the "culture wars"
Wherever you stand in the so-called culture wars -- on the left trying to forge a better future through the use of pronouns, or on the right insisiting that "wokery" will bring about the end of civilisation as we know it -- it's clear that it is a rich subject matter for cartoonists. Here is a selection of cartoons on this subject, published in various magazines.
Click here Royston Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14371324283924480755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408852.post-74500065598079224042021-12-24T09:57:00.000-01:002021-12-24T09:57:17.797-01:00Merry Christmas and a happy new year
This was one of the Private Eye Christmas cards for 2020.
Once again Santa Claus's naughty and nice list is the Christmas gift that just keeps on giving.Royston Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14371324283924480755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408852.post-66208518936962140182021-11-13T12:32:00.015-01:002021-11-13T12:52:48.126-01:00Keeping busyOops, no blog posts for ages. Hardly surprising when I've got cartoons like this to draw! A Where's Wally style take (don't go looking for him though) on industry trade shows. Drawn for the front cover of Skip Hire magazine's September issue.
Click to enlarge.
I also draw a regular strip for the magazine, the 100th of which, incredibly to me, is in the current (November 2021) issue.
ClickRoyston Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14371324283924480755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408852.post-16631647158898637112021-07-26T11:16:00.006+00:002021-07-26T11:37:35.930+00:00Setting sail for the Herne Bay Cartoon Festival
I drew the poster for this year's Herne Bay Cartoon Festival. Click to enlarge. You'll need to, I packed a lot of jokes into it. Some of them are even not about Covid.
The main festival exhibition is now up at Beach Creative, I've got a few cartoons in there. Some of them are even not about Covid. And there's a Giles exhibition at the Seaside Museum. The live event takes place on the Pier Royston Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14371324283924480755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408852.post-74967529862369032722021-05-06T11:29:00.010+00:002022-04-04T10:27:30.543+00:00Royston cartoons exhibition now open
My cartoon exhibition Long Time, No See is now on at York Street Gallery in Ramsgate. It runs until midday on May 12. There are more than 70 top gags from Private Eye, The Spectator, Reader's Digest etc on Covid and much else. Most are signed and framed prints plus there are some originals for sale and books, cards and postcards.
Due to Covid restrictions I can't have a private view/Royston Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14371324283924480755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408852.post-21809124645915096202021-05-01T13:34:00.011+00:002022-04-04T10:28:54.391+00:00New cartoon exhibition in Ramsgate
I will be hanging this exhibition, with Mike Samson at York Street Gallery from 1pm next Wednesday (May 5). It runs for a week (finishing midday May 12). It was postponed last May, because of the pandemic, but is now a very different show than it would have been.There are lots of cartoons on a certain theme ...
But there are many other subjects covered too, cartoons new and old. There are Royston Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14371324283924480755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408852.post-13041412014255862832020-09-25T13:24:00.007+00:002021-07-26T11:35:25.686+00:00Zoom: A new cartoon genreWho could have seen the Zoom cartoon emerging as almost a genre in its own right? But the rise in home-working this year, as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, means I've been drawing video-conferencing quite a lot this year. Here are some examples, gag cartoons, an illustration on various Zoom scenarios and a trade magazine strip.
Royston Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14371324283924480755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408852.post-91674533255611805642020-06-08T11:29:00.001+00:002020-06-08T13:38:18.167+00:00Coronavirus cartoonsLike every other cartoonist in lockdown I've been drawing a lot of Covid-19 cartoons. Here's a selection of coronavirus chuckles from Private Eye and other magazines.
Click here to buy Royston's cartoon booksRoyston Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14371324283924480755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408852.post-89118332183854902882020-03-10T13:59:00.002-01:002020-03-10T15:20:35.839-01:00Magazine cartoons
A selection of recently published magazine cartoons for your amusement. I hope they raised a smile in these difficult times ...
Click here to buy Royston's cartoon booksRoyston Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14371324283924480755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408852.post-33553608151353313412019-12-24T07:34:00.000-01:002019-12-24T07:34:29.127-01:00Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Here's my Christmas card for this year. Have a great one and don't overdo it like this chap.
Click here to buy Royston's cartoon booksRoyston Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14371324283924480755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408852.post-19716364347339346412019-10-26T14:45:00.001+00:002022-11-08T09:01:43.125-01:00Cartoons to the rescue!Cartoons can be used to lift any subject matter that is complex, serious, dry or any of the above. Here is a selection of recent cartoons from business publications that cover insurance, law, technology, corporate finance, waste management and the health service.
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And here's an excerpt from some live Royston Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14371324283924480755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408852.post-63229098099758532492019-09-05T17:23:00.001+00:002019-09-05T17:24:38.981+00:00Problematic cartoon
Click here to buy Royston's cartoon booksRoyston Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14371324283924480755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408852.post-33389697127650733312019-07-03T11:59:00.000+00:002019-07-03T14:14:07.100+00:00Micro cartoon exhibition at micropub
Pic: Brian Green
I have an exhibition of cartoon prints, which runs throughout July, at the Four Candles in Broadstairs, Britain's smallest brewpub.
Rather conveniently, the micropub (they're very small but big in Kent) is at the end of my street, so it's easy for me to drop off framed prints that have sold and oh go on then I might as well have a quick one while I'm here.
This is not Royston Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14371324283924480755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408852.post-38516119865299386522019-04-29T20:17:00.003+00:002019-04-29T20:23:20.773+00:00Shrewsbury Cartoon Festival 2019
I drew a Big Board at the Shrewsbury Cartoon Festival last weekend. That's me, above, with John Landers in the background. This year we were all indoors, at the Darwin Shopping Centre, a last-minute change as a result of so-called Storm Hannah.
This is the finished board. Click to enlarge. The theme was "Animals" so I drew some animal-related cartoons with, inevitably, a Brexit Royston Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14371324283924480755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408852.post-70223120475227646432018-11-01T13:32:00.001-01:002018-11-01T14:35:32.684-01:00The Penguin Book of Brexit Cartoons
I have a few cartoons in The Penguin Book of Brexit Cartoons, which is out now. All previously published in The New European, New Statesman and Private Eye. The ideal Christmas gift for the leaver and/or remainer in your life, it's on Amazon here.Royston Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14371324283924480755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408852.post-23141533588053729692018-10-14T11:44:00.000+00:002018-10-14T12:10:58.681+00:00Bumper cartoon selection!
Here's a bumper selection of cartoons published in magazines such as Private Eye, The Spectator and Prospect over recent months. In other words, it's the obligatory "I haven't updated this blog for ages" post!
Click here to buy Royston's cartoon booksRoyston Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14371324283924480755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408852.post-81478855213412581792018-07-05T07:09:00.000+00:002018-07-05T07:09:20.190+00:00NHS 70th anniversary cartoon
The National Health Service is 70 today. Here's a cartoon I drew for Nursing Standard.
Click here to buy Royston's cartoon booksRoyston Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14371324283924480755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408852.post-49564399686979046102018-05-11T11:12:00.000+00:002018-05-11T11:17:20.496+00:00Cartoons for The New European
Here's a selection of cartoons published in The New European newspaper. All, as you might imagine, are on Brexit and related issues, such as the distrust of mainstream media and the potential rise of a new centrist political party.
Click here to buy Royston's cartoon booksRoyston Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14371324283924480755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408852.post-63594904555213288182018-03-05T12:54:00.002-01:002018-03-05T13:05:03.844-01:00Another sequel to "Life imitating cartoons"
I have written many posts here about life imitating cartoons, where things I have drawn happen in real life. (See them all by clicking here.)
This cartoon (rejected) was drawn last week ... before the same gag was used by the host at the #Oscars last night. Note to Jimmy Kimmel: I am available for next year's ceremony.
Click here to buy Royston's cartoon booksRoyston Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14371324283924480755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408852.post-74827009505152202662018-02-02T11:12:00.000-01:002018-02-02T11:16:39.102-01:00Strip for Hourly Comic Day 2018I had another go at doing an #HourlyComicDay strip.
Click to see larger versions of page one and page two.
Hourly Comic Day, which happens every year on February 1, involves, logically enough, drawing a comic panel or panels every hour for all the hours you are awake and sharing it on social media.
This is the first time I've done it since 2015, which was the first one I did. You canRoyston Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14371324283924480755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408852.post-27345980625146452302017-12-31T18:04:00.000-01:002017-12-31T19:45:19.417-01:00Happy new year!
From the current Private Eye magazine. Have a good one, folks.
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