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Nov 23
1 min

God is Good (for cartoons)

Gag cartoonists often find themselves returning to the same subjects, themes or cliches when coming up with ideas. These vary from cartoo...

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Rob Murray

Oct 23
1 min

Ad campaign: Taylor's Tales

As a cartoonist, it's always great to be asked to illustrate an advertising campaign - and even better when the campaign is going to run ...

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Rob Murray

Oct 12
2 min

'Tisn't The Season

Christmas comes early for cartoonists. During the summer months, when most people are sunbathing in the back garden, eating ice cream on ...

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Spectator Article: the future of cartooning

Rob Murray

Jul 26
3 min

Spectator Article: the future of cartooning

Nick Newman, one of the UK's best and most prolific gag cartoonists, has written an article for this week's Spectator about the challenge...

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Rob Murray

Jun 11
1 min

Cartoons for Key Workers: Appearance on Good Morning Britain

'Bottle Moments', the project I created with psychologist Dr Kevin Dutton to raise the spirits of frontline key workers using cartoons, h...

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Bottle Moments: Cartoons for Key Workers

Rob Murray

Jun 11
2 min

Bottle Moments: Cartoons for Key Workers

Six weeks ago, in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic and with the country on lockdown, I joined forces with psychologist and author Dr Ke...

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