Cartoons for the Big Issue magazine

For almost a year now, I have been drawing a regular cartoon for the Big Issue. I alternate with the cartoonist Chris "Dink" Williams so my drawing appears every other week. The gags can be topical, political or none of the above. Here's a selection from recent months.

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Royston's best cartoons of 2025

This hasn't been my most prolific year for blog posts (this is the first!) but luckily the cartoons have kept coming. Please enjoy this short video of some of my best cartoons from 2024, published in Private Eye, The Spectator, The Critic, New Humanist, Idler and the Big Issue.

Royston's best cartoons of 2024

I have put together a couple of short videos featuring some of my best cartoons from 2024, all published in magazines such as Private Eye, The Spectator, The Critic and others. The first video features topical/news-related cartoons and below there's a selection of more general gag cartoons.

Enjoy!

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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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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The 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.

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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Season's greetings ...

This cartoon is one of Private Eye magazine's Christmas cards this year. Throughout December I have been posting Christmas cartoons old and new on my Twitter page.

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Merry Christmas to you all.

Nursing Standard cartoons

I draw cartoons weekly for Nursing Standard magazine. As you might expect, they often link with stories in the news. Here are a few examples from recent months.

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Cartoons from The Spectator and Private Eye

"I knew I shouldn't have bothered with this internet of things nonsense ..."

Here's a bumper selection of recent gags from The Spectator and Private Eye, to make up for the fact that a whole month went by without me posting anything here.

"Stay! Sit! Be mindful!"

"Yeah, I'm pretty old school."

"We've liberated the city at last! I'm sure it's around here somewhere ..."

"D-minus? No way! This is fake news."

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