Sunday Spill: How To (Possibly) Make A Cartoon.

Gary Larson

“Don’t be a fool, Mr Kilburn. Hand over the gerbil.” PUNCH cartoon by Ian Jackson 1986 #pets #animals #death #dying

The war-time garden... "So you see, dear, one can be decorative and useful." PUNCH cartoon by D L Mays 1940 #WW2 #WWII #war #HomeFront #gardens #gardening #gardeners #vegetables #DigforVictory #plants

Love this stone in St Ives Museum

There was a point in my life when to own and drive a Morris 1000 Traveller was pretty much my one life goal. I learned recently (from The Daffodil Days by Helen Bain) that Sylvia Plath drove one when she lived in Devon. And then I found this photo online ...

my latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

Folklore tells that the bluebell’s scent induces a deep, dreamless sleep. Its former botanical name, Endymion non-scriptus, recalls the tale of Endymion, the youth beloved of the moon goddess Selene, whom she lulled into an eternal slumber to preserve his youth. #FolkloreSunday

Bom dia Arte: Tony Stella

Exercício de #characterdesign : encher duas páginas do #sketchbook sem repetir as caras dos nobres bacharéis ✏️ #desenho #canetapincel #personagens

"I've forgotten which tune we're improvising on." Oh... PUNCH cartoon by Eric Burgin 1961 #music #musicians #jazz

There may have been a war on, but the seasons kept changing all the same. 'Spring Reconnaissance' PUNCH cartoon by E H Shepard 1940 #WW2 #WWII #seasons

From today's @financialtimes.com #trump #blockade #iran

Tickets still available for my talk at St Alfeges church hall on Thursday at 7pm. Wine included in ticket price and also me talking greenwichsociety.enthuse.com/conversation...

Who will save us? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Algonquin Round Table group was really iconically immortalised together in this Al Hirschfeld caricature:

What Fougasse was producing for PUNCH during WW2 in his famous 'Changing Face of Britain' series... #queues #queuing #travel #transport #railways #stations #war

The 2026 TfL + Uniqlo collection includes t-shirt designs by Fougasse (Kenneth Bird). They mention he worked for PUNCH. But not that he was its Art Editor, which is why he could offer his services to the government in WW2 for free! Here's some of the designs used madeby.tfl.gov.uk/2025/07/08/t...

I'm off to Perugia tomorrow for the @journalismfestival.com! If you're there, join one of 2 workshops I'll be giving, about political cartoons and about humor and democracy: www.journalismfestival.com/programme/20... www.journalismfestival.com/programme/20... (Pics from previous years) #IJF26

Current affairs? “This is serious - even Shit Creek’s up shit creek.” PUNCH cartoon by Ray Lowry 1990 #comments #opinions

How's the wind around your way? PUNCH cartoon by Smilby (Francis Wilford-Smith) 1957 #weather #spring #windy #hats #vintage #Fifties #hats

Thistle Grove, South Kensington (1913) - Yoshio Markino #art #painting #illustration

Happy birthday to the Peak District National Park, designated #otd 13 April 1951. Originally 555 square miles of moor and valley, the 'great north roof of England.' It would never have happened but for one woman... 1/4

The first bluebells, by Liza Adamczewski (aka the Accidental Ecologist), artist who creates work inspired by and celebrating local wildlife #WomensArt

Feel like 1983 all over again? “It’s all right, Sophie, here come ours now.” PUNCH cartoon by Banx (Jeremy Banks) @banxtoons.bsky.social #war #missiles #threat

Space travel in the news... "Not barges, Charlie - narrow boats." By the great Rowland Emett. PUNCH cartoon 1953 #Mars #canals #Artemis #NASA #planets #astronauts

Yarn bombing is where knitted or crocheted yarn—rather than paint—adorns public objects like poles, and benches. Also known as "guerrilla knitting,", it is a street art originally started by women #Womensart

Only one way to find out

I'm sorry I said you weren't very scary.

I had a go for this fine Frank Reynolds (1876-1953) original today but sadly lost out. I like that it's a very modern gag, and if a present master such as @jonesycartoons3.bsky.social drew it now, it would still work. "Some people even have the audacity to suggest I ENCOURAGE his pilfering!"

William Heath Robinson

This week's theme was London Landmarks. Hope you enjoyed it. Take a look at the timeline over the last week for full details of these and the rest of the featured pieces.

The more people sign up to my Patreon, the more it encourages me to do more stuff like this. #illustration #comic

Found some old drawings in a sketchbook I'd forgotten I'd done. Might post a few.

AND escalators! (this after Trump couldn't use the escalators at the UN HQ)

Working the morning shift as a scholar in 1540, a browser tab and a word document opened on two screens, other needed texts opened and handy, an overfull mail account nearby, and a hot beverage in reach to make for the best working condition. Bonus: wearing a thinking hat. #academicchatter

Yes, there was a time when Daleks couldn't get up the stairs... "Well, this certainly buggers our plan to conquer the Universe." PUNCH cartoon by Peter Birkett 1981 #DrWho #Whovians #tv #television #BBC

#OTD 8 April 1973 Pablo Picasso died at the age of 91. Ronald Searle drew this tribute cover for PUNCH in 1960 #cartoon #artists #art #culture

It's all about me!...well and quite a lot of other stuff too. The latest @thenewcartoonist.bsky.social out now. Read all about it here: issuu.com/thenewcartoo...

Jealous

Our newest photographic acquisition highlighted in @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/uk/photograp...

Harry Clarke, 1920

More 'Arry (and 'Arriet) on Easter Monday - the day trip to Boulogne. PUNCH cartoon by Phil May 1902 #travel #bankholidays #France #boats #steamers #EnglishChannel

'Easter Monday' PUNCH cartoon by Phil May 1898 'Arry. "Do you pass any pub's on the way to Broadstairs, cabby?" Cabby. "Yes. Lots." 'Arry. "Well, don't!"

How many Easter eggs did you get through? PUNCH cartoon by Michael ffolkes (Brian Davis) 1960 #chickens #hens #fowl #farms #farming

Happy Easter! 🧡 And please, a little dignity around chocolate if you can…it’s not always about you.

Are you all binged out on #chocolate yet? @privateeyenews.bsky.social #cartoon #eastereggs #parentsandkids

This image details the aesthetic requirements for achieving the “Ideal English Rabbit”, the benchmark of perfect (yet seemingly impossible) markings for a particular breed of rabbit first developed in the middle of the 19th century: publicdomainreview.org/collection/i...