Join us in the Liquor Lounge (upstairs in the Dáíl Bar on Middle Street) at 8:00pm on Tuesday April 9th for a splendid auction of cartoon originals and prints. MC and auctioneer for the evening will be Brendan Savage, there will be a raffle, booze and general fun, and all proceeds go to putting on the next festival!
The Cougar
Tom Mathews
Ireland
Original Drawing
We start with a gag by the inimitable Tom Mathews.
Pail
Tom Mathews
Ireland
Original Drawing
Some call Tom the rock star of Irish cartooning.
Homer
Tom Mathews
Ireland
Original Drawing
Tom also knows a thing or two about art criticism.
Sculpture in the Park
Tom Mathews
Ireland
Original Drawing
And about art critics.
Excalibur
Tom Mathews
Ireland
Original Drawing
Not to mention mythology.
The Untouchables
Tom Mathews
Ireland
Original Drawing
And of course, fine cinema.
Irish Dancing School
Ed McLachlan
UK
Large Print
Ed McLachlan is one of the greats of British cartooning. His work appears in many publications including Private Eye.
Double Original
Gerard Crowley
Ireland
Original Drawing
Two great original drawings from comic strip The Last Resort in the Sunday Business Post.
The Legend of Bishop Moling
Hunt Emerson
UK
High Quality Giclée Print
British underground comix maestro Hunt Emerson retells the Irish legend of Bishop Moling and the fox.
The Backstop’s Here
Ian Knox
Ireland
High Quality Giclée Print
Northern Ireland’s Ian Knox on Brexit and the backstop.
The 12th
Ciaraíoch
Ireland
High Quality Giclée Print
And while we’re in the North here’s a take on the 12th, as Gaeilge.
Brexit
Cristina Sampaio
Portugal
High Quality Giclée Print
Internationally famous artist Cristina Sampaio sends this disturbing and powerful take on Brexit from Portugal.
Word War Three
Cristina Sampaio
Portugal
High Quality Giclée Print
Cristina gives us a controversial take on European politics.
Triumphal Arch
Banx
UK
High Quality Giclée Print
Another British cartoon veteran, Jeremy Banx casts a jaundiced eye on victory.
Surfing Girl
Fadi Abou Hassan
Palestine
High Quality Giclée Print
Palestinian refugee artist Fadi Abou Hassan provides this powerful image of freedom.
Avocados
TwistedDoodles
Ireland
High Quality Giclée Print
One of the funniest cartoonists working in Ireland today, TwistedDoodles tells it like it is about avocados.
Rural Chemist
TwistedDoodles
Ireland
High Quality Giclée Print
What would the local pharmacist have thought of your smartphone pictures?
Children in Cages
Liza Donnelly
USA
High Quality Giclée Print
Irish-American New Yorker cartoonist Liza Donnelly on the Trump policy of separating migrant children from their parents.
Testimony
Liza Donnelly
USA
High Quality Giclée Print
Inspired by the Kavanaugh hearings, The New Yorker’s Liza Donnelly illustrates a woman’s struggle to be heard.
Fascistbook
Marilena Nardi
Italy
High Quality Giclée Print
Italy’s Marilena Nardi is one of the greatest talents in cartooning today. This is her take on the dangers of social media.
Give Us A Smile
Marilena Nardi
Italy
High Quality Giclée Print
Here Marilena Nardi depicts the burden of other people’s emotional needs.
Models
Marilena Nardi
Italy
High Quality Giclée Print
As well as being a leading cartoonist, Marilena Nardi teaches drawing at the Venice Academy of Fine Arts.
Mata Hari
Marilena Nardi
Italy
High Quality Giclée Print
Nardi’s portrait of Mata Hari, exotic dancer and alleged double agent during World War 1.
From Here You Can See The Future
Nicolas Vadot
Belgium
High Quality Giclée Print
From his vantage point at the end of the Great War, a soldier foresees a century of tragedy and failure.
The Battle of Bash ‘n’ Fail
Martin Rowson
UK
High Quality Giclée Print
Guardian cartoonist Martin Rowson sees similarities between the muddy trenches of WW1 and the morass that is Brexit.
Social Media
Virginia Cabras
Italy
High Quality Giclée Print
An Italian cartoonist in Ireland, Virginia Cabras sees a new kind of trench warfare.
Just Be Yourself
Teja Fischer
Germany
High Quality Giclée Print
A fresh take on soldiering from German eccentric Teja Fischer.
Referendum
Jessica Lawrence
Ireland
High Quality Giclée Print
Galway comic artist Tigerjess recalls campaigning in the last referendum.
Kiss
Igor Pashchenko
Russia
High Quality Giclée Print
Russian veteran cartoonist Igor Pashchenko depicts a kiss.
Trade War Trump Style
Martyn Turner
Ireland
High Quality Giclée Print
Irish Times Cartoonist Martyn Turner gives his take on Trump’s protectionism.
