The Cartoon Museum

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We're thrilled that to be joined by cartoon royalty David Shenton at our Conference. He'll share insights about happy accidents, political pitfalls, financial disasters, making a living, and gaining the recognition he deserves... @davidshenton7 ow.ly/wrcT50UHGe3

Early Bird tickets going soon! We have a great line up of speakers for our conference -whether you're a student, newly graduated, a professional or just interested, there's something for everyone! Lunch provided. #ProfessionalDevelopment #EarlyBirdTickets shop.beyonk.com/1wz1m3el/exper…

@JonMcNestrie @aardman We don’t I’m afraid - we only had them on loan for our exhibition last year and then they went back to Aardman. We do have some comic strips still though!

Congratulations to all the winners at last nights Splats Awards @procartoonists A fantastic event held @Channel4 Towers! A couple of winners from the pages of TNC and one for yours truly. An award not possible without willing cartoonists! ❤️All

The Young Cartoonist Awards 2024 are now open for entries! If you're aged under 18 or between 18-30 years old, you are eligible to enter! Please see details above or visit our website at ow.ly/Mn2650TYhb5 for further details. Good luck! #ArtCompetition #EmergingArtists

Two weeks to go until our event "There Was Screaming Everywhere". Join cartoonists @blumjan @lilyblkly @ethanllewellyncartoons while they project their comics onto the big screen and read them to you. More info and tickets here: shop.beyonk.com/1wz1m3el/exper…

"📚✨ Attended launch of the First Graphic Novel Award 2025 inLondon! Insightful evening chaired by @blackpooltower with Alex Taylor, Emma Hayley, Karrie Fransman, Oscar Zarate, Shazleen Khan & Janette Parris. Next blog topic!🎨 @SelfMadeHero @1stGraphicNovel @Cartoonmuseumuk

Please note that our phones are not working, so if you have an enquiry you will need to email us on hello@cartoonmuseum.org Apologies for any inconvenience caused, we are working to fix it! Image by Oliver Preston @oliverpreston_

The First Graphic Novel prize is now open 'til the 22nd April! Winner get published by @SelfMadeHero & gets £500 prize. Thanks to @comicopera, @Cartoonmuseumuk & The bks Agency for sorting it all out! firstgraphicnovel.co.uk

Early bird tickets will be going soon so to benefit from the offer, get yours asap! #conference #cartoonists

A great opportunity for young people with an interest in art, politics, humour, or all of the above. @ArtDeptRGS @History_RGS @Bedford_Arts

The moment you've all been waiting for: submissions for #FGNA2025 open TODAY! 🔗 firstgraphicnovel.co.uk/how-to-enter @1stGraphicNovel @Cartoonmuseumuk @ThebksAgency #FirstGraphicNovelAward #FGNA #FGN #indiecomics #bonebroth #indiepublishing #selfmadehero

The @Cartoonmuseumuk have a whole host of all-day Relaxed Mondays this year! Great for all you budding cartoonists. First one Monday 17 Feb in half-term cartoonmuseum.org/whats-on-events #Autism #ADHD

Join us on 17 February for our next free Relaxed Monday event - meet Alice, our resident Young Cartoonist, take part in a storytelling session and other fun activities! The event is designed for young people with Autism and sensory processing differences. ow.ly/V0na50UBFOw

Happy Phoo Year! (Sorry, had to do it!) We have limited edition bags and badges still available plus the very collectable Phoo Action Deluxe Edition. AND because it's the Phoo Year you get 15% off the book with code HAPPYPHOOYEAR until the end of Jan! cartoonmuseum.shop/collections/ph…

The Young Cartoonist Awards 2024 are now open for entries! If you're aged under 18 or between 18-30 years old, you are eligible to enter! Please see details above or visit our website at ow.ly/Mn2650TYhb5 for further details. Good luck! #ArtCompetition #EmergingArtists

You saw or slept through his speech at Christmas - now find out the real(ish) story of King Charles III's life over the last 40 years!

Happy New Year, everyone! 🎉🎉🎉 Remember, submissions for the 2024 #FirstGraphicNovelAward open in 1 week! Come meet the judges and celebrate the launch on January 15th at Waterstones Piccadilly! 🔗 waterstones.com/events/celebra… @1stGraphicNovel @Cartoonmuseumuk #FGNA #FGNA2024