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The British Cartoon Archive (formerly the Centre for the Study of Cartoons & Caricature) is part of @UniKentArchives at @UniKent. Politics, satire & much more!

University of Kent, UK
Joined March 2010
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Thanks so much to @PrivateEyeNews for plugging the Herne Bay Cartoon Festival. More details on the festival weekend here: procartoonists.org/herne-bay… @procartoonists @HBCartoonFest @CartoonistsGB @BritishCartoonA @BeachCreative @seasidemuseum @Cartoonmuseumuk #cartoons #HerneBay
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"I'm thinking you should cut down on the squirrel burgers"" archive.cartoons.ac.uk/Recor… 😳 kind of #squirrelcontent at the @BritishCartoonA. 🙃
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The original of this cartoon is at @BritishCartoonA at #KentUniversity...here's @PrivateEyeNews editor #IanHislop talking about it in his @BBCDocumentary 'Stiff Upper Lip - An Emotional History of Britain'
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Bid for this ORIGINAL ARTWORK and MORE! Artist/illustrator Dan Digby @DRDcomicART is doing an exclusive silent auction in aid of The Cartoon Museum until Sunday14th June. drdcomicart.com/CartoonMuseu… Thanks for your support! #silentauction #comicart #museumsfromhome #NHSheroes
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And we are LIVE! Bidding has opened on @DRDcomicARTs auction of original comic art, including #NHSheroes, in aid of The Cartoon Museum. Check out Dan's announcement video here: youtu.be/Pew3Sqta_Z0 and bid here: drdcomicart.com/CartoonMuseu… Good luck, and thanks for your support!
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Passed some time revisiting the excellent @BritishCartoonA in order to post some depictions of @ChelseaFC through the decades, starting with this Giles classic from Nov 1945 (1/6)
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@UniKentArchives if I use the right account... let's just take the Willies advice and hide all evidence of a mistake...
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On 28 August, cartoonists @mistressofline, @bobscartoons and @MartinRowson will discuss the political cartooning arena including the challenges of making it as a visual satirist and the (lack of) inclusivity in newspaper cartooning. Find out more: ow.ly/vyHP30l6LJf
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Brilliant cartoon by the late John Jensen still as relevant and funny today as when he did it in 1970. Done in response to a cartoon by JAK which is in the museum's collection. This though part of the @BritishCartoonA 's collection. Rewards close reading
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Uses for Royal Princes, courtesy of Tom Johnston (2001) #RoyalBaby
We hear it's #WorldPenguinDay. Better not tell Tony Blair... (Peter Brookes, 2005)
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And the entire Universe's attention turns to a hospital in north London...again (Paul Thomas, 2013) #royalbaby
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Haselden has some thoughts on the inner lives of farm animals: #AbsoluteUnit #baa
Including a cabinet full of British Cartoon Archive material: teapawt.net/UKCLibraryIT/status/97…
Delve into the history of our Templeman Library! Currently on display in the Gallery (A Block, Floor 1) the Our Templeman exhibition features a fascinating collection of images and artefacts celebrating the last 50 years! #templemanunseen #ourtempleman #templemanlibrary
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'Administering the oath at the Dublin Parliament' - 'Evening Standard' newspaper cartoon by David Low from 10 March 1932. Source: archive.cartoons.ac.uk/Recor… @BritishCartoonA
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Hey @BritishCartoonA you might like this - good topic for a community of practice meeting on #copyright @UKCLibraryIT ? teapawt.net/UKCopyrightLit/status/…
Excellent piece on comics and graphic novels and copyright by Prof Ronan Deazley teapawt.net/ComicsGrid/status/9226…
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If you create/read/publish #digital comics check out this preservation project and get in touch! @UKWebArchive blogs.bl.uk/webarchive/2017/…
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