Martin Rowson Madness

I've spoken with Martin Rowson on numerous occasions and found it to be illuminating. The man speaks in a Johnsonian manner without the waffle, and also espouses entirely different views to Alexander Boris de Pfeffel. The use of symbolism is really important to Rowson. The dark fairytale nature, better defined as carnivalesque is prevalent in Rowson's work and the harking back to the origins of the cartoon in a Gillrayesque fashion creates a style that is entirely alternative to other cartoonists.

What About Ella Baron?

I first spoke to Ella Baron merely by chance as I bumped into her on the way back from an event at the Cartoon Museum. It was just on the bus and I got speaking to her about the evening I had had and slowly joined the dots through chatting to her. The modesty of cartoonists is what I love on the whole. It is not a world for pomposity, that being left for the politicians. Baron's work strikes a different tone to Rowson's being more about the Fairy Tale than the Carnivalesque but in a characteristically Grimm with more glam style. But there's also others in the cartooning world...

And my pal Tom Johnston

Tom Johnston is a great cartoonist who works with The Guardian as well as independently making brilliantly mischievous looking depictions of our politicians.

Lorna Miller- My Mentor

Lorna Miller is an awesome cartoonist, friend and mentor based in Edinburgh, Scotland and she is prolific in both The Morning Star and The Guardian. The cartooning community is a small one and she has been very helpful and supportive in the process of trying to get my work published proper.