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Jester cover cartoon contest

Vilnis Vesma — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 10:00:26 +0000

Voting is open for October’s cover cartoon for The Jester: follow this link to view the entries and pick your favourites. Your first choice gets four points, second gets two, and third gets one.

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The Casebook Of Stamford Hawksmoor

Simon Chadwick — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 15:17:10 +0000

By Bryan Talbot Publisher: Jonathan Cape ISBN:9781787335516 Nineteenth-century French illustrator Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard, working under the name Grandville, drew satirical cartoons featuring anthropomorphic animals. British comic author and illustrator Bryan Talbot stumbled across the cartoons and was inspired to create a series of graphic novels using the same concept. In the stories, France won […]

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The Bluecoats No. 19: Drummer Boy

Simon Chadwick — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 09:32:39 +0000

By Lambil & Cauvin Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781800441774 Both sides of the American Civil War have been suffering heavy loses, and so that requires recruiting more men. But not everyone is old enough Blutch isn’t happy to find what is obviously a child in the sign-up line, so does his best to dissuade him. Unfortunately, […]

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Public contests

Vilnis Vesma — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:15:54 +0000

Entering competitions is a good way to foster inspiration and perhaps (who knows?) make bit of extra cash and boost your profile. At the time of writing we know of open contests on themes such as domestic animals, drones and cyber security. We are listing them on our ‘Competitions’ page and will continue to update […]

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Mervyn’s Monsters

Simon Chadwick — Mon, 25 May 2026 08:44:33 +0000

By Leo Baxendale Publisher: Irmantas Povilaika by arrangement with Rebellion Publishing Ltd Well, isn’t this a delight! A hardback collection of the entire Leo Baxendale’s Mervyn’s Monsters, originally published in Buster and Giggle way back in 1968. This is all thanks to some incredibly hard work by Irmantas Povilaika who previously curated a fantastic slipcase […]

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Rin Tin Can Vol 2: The Godfather

Simon Chadwick — Sat, 23 May 2026 14:16:14 +0000

By Morris, Fauche & Léturgie Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781800441330 The second volume of this spin-off series from Lucky Luke sees hapless hound Rin Tin Can get everything wrong all over again. Mistaking wads of dollar bills for baklava, the world’s stupidest dog manages to consume a small fortune over the course of this tale. He […]

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Artificial intelligence: the Club’s position

Vilnis Vesma — Sat, 16 May 2026 14:29:29 +0000

The following article is reproduced from the July 2025 edition of The Jester: The nefarious tendrils of [articifial intelligence] have already made themselves known within applications for the club, and it’s hard to avoid AI-drawn cartoons online regardless of quality. It’s clearly not going away. But that doesn’t mean we have to accept it, either. […]

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Worst A.I. effort ever

Vilnis Vesma — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:11:11 +0000

I have been tinkering with an artificial-intelligence (AI) system called Co-painter, primarily as a speedy way to colour in my black-and-white cartoons, and I thought I would try its text-to-image tool. This picture – incredibly – is what it came up with in response to this prompt: “Please draw a person in a motorcade through […]

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Ginseng Roots

Simon Chadwick — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:35:35 +0000

By Craig Thompson Publisher: Faber & Faber ISBN: 9780571386611 There’s a small town in Wisconsin that is responsible for almost all of America’s ginseng production. As a child, Craig Thompson, his siblings and his mother would be paid to weed the ginseng beds, haul up rocks and stones, and eventually harvest the root. Now, as […]

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Spirou & Fantasio 22: In The Clutches Of The Viper

Simon Chadwick — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 12:07:48 +0000

By Yoann & Vehlmann Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781800441620 A common problem with any long-running character is trying to avoid repeating what’s already gone before. Of course, there’s still the need to keep the tale within the familiar boundaries that make it all appealing in the first place. Stray too far from the source and it […]

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