SedanChair posted:

Come on now, those labels are essential. That could be Ganesha towing Obama over a cliff.

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This festive sendup of the art world tells the story of Bernini's mythical sculpture Apollo and Daphne – a god of music that's down on his luck and a tree that saved Christmas

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Nick Hayes is a writer and illustrator who lives in East London. His graphic novel, The Rime of the Modern Mariner, was published in 2011 by Jonathan Cape and he is working on his second, the Parable of Parayiah Raj. His website is foghorn-http://foghorn-hayes.co.uk/

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Peter Duggan's satirical take on the art world, with a tongue-in-cheek tribute to an artist every week

Fluo posted:

Independent:

prefect posted:

It says "thanks to Ling" at the bottom. Is this one of those homages to some famous painting?

Leonard Hatred posted:

Usually when Bell/Rowson do a pastiche of some artwork they'll put 'after Delacroix/Monet/Rolf Harris etc' but they'll sometimes put 'thanks to Bill/Ben/other flowerpot men etc' which I assume is a friend who gave them the idea for a joke or cartoon.

A History Most Satirical, Bawdy, Lewd and Offensive (Part1) posted:

In the early 18th century, Georgian Britain was a nation openly, gloriously and often shockingly rude. This was found in the graphic art of Hogarth, Gillray, Rowlandson and George Cruikshank, and the rude theatrical world of John Gay and Henry Fielding. Singer Lucie Skeaping helps show the Georgian taste for lewd and bawdy ballads, and there is a dip into the literary tradition of rude words via the poetry of Alexander Pope, Jonathan Swift and Lord Byron, and Laurence Sterne's novel Tristram Shandy.

A History Most Satirical, Bawdy, Lewd and Offensive (Part2) posted:

A popular culture of rudeness managed to survive and even thrive in the long era of Victorian values, from the coronation of Queen Victoria in 1837 until the 1950s. The arrival of photography in the Victorian age sparked a moral panic, as rude and saucy images became available to anyone who had the money to buy them.

Current-day performers recreate the acts of celebrated rude music hall stars such as Champagne Charlie and Marie Lloyd, and there is a look at the satirical and rude world of one of Britain's first comic book icons, boozy anti-hero Ally Sloper. The documentary shows how a 20th century seaside culture of rudeness emerged, with peepshows on the pier - the Mutoscopes - and the picture postcard art of Donald McGill.

You Never Had It So Rude (Part3) posted:

The final part of a series exploring British traditions of satire and bawdy humour brings the story of a naughty nation up to date and explores how a mass democracy of rude emerged, beginning with the 1960s revolutions and continuing with the today's controversies.

There is a look at how a tradition of rude cartooning came back to life, as cartoonists draw the iconic political figures of the last 50 years: Gerald Scarfe captures Harold Macmillan, Steve Bell does Margaret Thatcher and Martin Rowson depicts Tony Blair.

The rude comic art of Viz is revealed in the characters of Sid the Sexist and the Fat Slags, and the rude theatre of Joe Orton, the rude radio of Round the Horne and the hippy rudeness of underground magazine Oz are also investigated.

And the history of rude television is traced from Till Death Us Do Part via Spitting Image to Little Britain. Finally, there is a look at how rude comedy begins to be seen as offensive in sexist and racist ways.

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Fluo posted:

Peter Duggan:

I find his stuff seems to be hit and miss, if he put a lot more effort into the art work its stuff it could be pretty good. Quite ironic redrawing of art history series where the drawings itself isn't good.

GTO posted:

It seems like the main thing about these is whether you know enough about art to understand them. Most of them are not particularly funny beyond that.

Fluo posted:

The 2 part spot ones I swear I saw in Private Eye awhile ago,

Jedit posted:

I've been reading the Eye for 15 years at least, and I've never seen those before. Googling, it seems he did them for the Guardian.

I quite like this one:

Fluo posted:

Seriously, I've never met anyone who bought Private Eye and enjoys the cartoons.

Jedit posted:

*coughs discreetly*

Eye cartoons are variable, but there's some really good ones in there like Banx, Bestie, Ken Pyne, Graeme Keyes, Tony Husband and of course the legendary Ed McLachlan.

Fluo posted:

Seriously, I've never met anyone who bought Private Eye and enjoys the cartoons.

happyhippy posted:

I agree most fall flat, but I have a soft spot for Tony Husband as he did comics for an 1980's comic called Oink that I worshipped as a kid.

The funniest ones in Private Eye tend to be the one offs by people you never seen before.

Fluo posted:

I really need to stop buying the guardian same time when I once in awhile get private eye. I remember the Tate Modern ones and I thought they were so bad I must have read them in Private Eye it seems. Seriously, I've never met anyone who bought Private Eye and enjoys the cartoons. The one is quite good, however the only one I remember clearly was that Tate Modern one.


Edit: I'm confusing that artist with Andrew Birch.

Fluo posted:

You've broken me, you've truly broken me. I can't tell if you're joking or not.

Jedit posted:

If you don't like McLachlan, you do like Hitler. He's been knocking out brilliant cartoons for over 40 years and unlike many he hasn't declined with age.



The stuff Keyes does for the Irish Mail is boring, but he's usually pretty sharp in the Eye. He did one recently that was "Taliban-approved headgear for girls", showing a girl in a hospital bed with bloody bandages wrapped round her face.

SedanChair posted:

It seems that if you want UK cartoons, you must choose between lameness (that guy), Nazism (mac), and pure filthy horror (Bell/Riddell/Scarfe etc.)

Noreaus posted:

I like Ziggy's (I think that's the name) "Scene and Heard" bits in the Private Eye, but they aren't really cartoons.

Jonnty posted:

Why are they so intent on labeling the fiscal cliff? It's possibly the most transparent metaphor in recent times.

Fluo posted:

Fluo posted:

JANUARY: Drugs offence guidelines suggest lighter sentencing for 'social dealers' who buy drugs to share with friends.

Jedit posted:

And thus it is shown that Mac can actually be funny when he avoids politics and sexual morality (even if he has no idea how much hash to put in a hash cake).

Jedit posted:

And thus it is shown that Mac can actually be funny when he avoids politics and sexual morality (even if he has no idea how much hash to put in a hash cake).

Murderion posted:

Or how much cake goes into a hash cake, since one big enough to hide two kilos of weed without anyone noticing would be enough to send a table of delicate old dears into diabetic comas.

Jedit posted:

And thus it is shown that Mac can actually be funny when he avoids politics and sexual morality (even if he has no idea how much hash to put in a hash cake).