Spreading the word at the Spring 2009 Ja-Sig Conference

The British Cartoon Archive Digitisation Project (BCAD) as well as Uportal was shared with colleagues across the pond at Spring 2009 Ja-Sig conference in Dallas in March. 

Bonnie Ferguson gave a talk Community Source Management/Governance Giving your goldfish a bigger bowl: the growth and sustainability of small Open Source projects within a University. 
Beyond excellent! Very impressed. [...]

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“Giles – One of the family” exhibition

November 6th was the night of the “Giles – One of the family” exhibition private viewing which followed on from the successful opening of the exhibition and launch of the website (http://www.cartoons.ac.uk) the day previously.
As well as Artwork on display, there were memorabilia, fan letters, a looping video reel, a recreation of Giles’ studio and [...]

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Campaign cartooning: Discussing how the art of satire shapes the political landscape

Campaign cartooning: 

 

 
John Major’s underpants. Brown as Stalin. Obama as Osama. These images, as much as anything, show how a politician’s career can be made, or broken, on the back of public perception. With the US elections almost upon us, there is unprecedented opportunity for the art of satire to shape public opinion. 
Kevin ‘KAL’ Kallaugher (celebrating 30 years [...]

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BCAD staff taking a sponsored walk for RNLI

Throughout his life Giles was a great supporter of the RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution). For almost 20 years he voluntarily provided the RNLI with artwork for some of their annual Christmas cards which were sold to raise funds for the organisation. In 1980 for example the RNLI sold 590,000 copies and raised £50,000. He [...]

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