Talking satirical cartoons on the BBC

I appeared on BBC Politics South East talking about political cartoons. Report by Marcella Whittingdale. Filmed by Dave Painter. Also featuring the Herne Bay Cartoon Festival and Beth Astridge from the British Cartoon Archive in Canterbury.

See also this film made in 2020, during the Covid pandemic.

You want magazine cartoons? I got 'em

Here'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.

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Keeping busy

Oops, 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.

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I also draw a regular strip for the magazine, the 100th of which, incredibly to me, is in the current (November 2021) issue.

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Royston 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/opening but I'm aiming to be in the gallery at various times on Saturday and Sunday, and possibly other days too, so get in touch if you want to have socially distanced cartoony chat.

Long Time, No See: An Exhibition of Cartoons by Royston is at York Street Gallery, 22 York Street, Ramsgate.

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Zoom: A new cartoon genre

Who 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.

Coronavirus cartoons

Like 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.

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Magazine cartoons

A selection of recently published magazine cartoons for your amusement. I hope they raised a smile in these difficult times ...

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Behind 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.

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Problematic cartoon

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Bumper 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!

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