Video: Gerald Scarfe Draws Labour Leader Ed Miliband

Video: Taylor Jones and Jeff Stahler

Via Daryl Cagle, here are conversations with editorial cartoonist Jeff Stahler and caricaturist Taylor Jones. These were both recorded during this past weekend's Reubens convention.

Video: Steve Bell Draws Nick Clegg

Via The Guardian: "Cartoonist Steve Bell on why he is finding it difficult to capture Nick Clegg: 'As a character he's not defined yet.'" More at the link.

Video: Al Hirschfeld Draws

When Al Hirschfeld was 99 years old, Susan Dryfoos filmed him drawing Paul Newman, who was then appearing in a revival of "Our Town."

The drawing took 8 hours.



This near-silent short film shows us the process of one drawing; going from lose pencils to the final inking with a crowquill dip pen. The camera gets in close, and you can hear the scratch of his pen. I noticed that there was no TV, no radio. No distractions from the concentration of the late Mr. Hirschfeld.

Pat Oliphant Recreates "The Most Controversial Cartoon I've Ever Done"

There's video of Pat Oliphant drawing onstage courtesy of the globe-trotting Tom Richmond's blog.

Beware the Cartoonist

Bill "Weg" Green and his burglar. Photo by Craig Abraham.

Here is a story from 2006 -- one I never heard of.

The moral is: never, ever commit a crime against a cartoonist. The criminal will lose.

When a criminal broke into caricaturist Bill "Weg" Green's property, shoving him, cursing, and trying to get away on Weg's grandson's bike -- Bill needed only a moment to draw the perpetrator.

"'We were mainly concerned with catching the offender who was still in the area,' said Senior Constable Aaron Roche of Ringwood police.

"'I thought (the drawing) might be a stick figure or something like that.'

"Seconds later, Mr Green — who still works daily drawing private, AFL and other corporate caricatures, as well as running a gallery — provided a detailed drawing of the burglar's face.

"'It was amazing, the likeness was just fantastic,' Senior Constable Roche said."

The Age has the full story.

Weg Green illustrated the Australian Football League posters from 1954 until he passed away last year.

Hat tip to Small & Big!

I'm just sorry I'm 3 years late on this.


Above image from the Saxton site.