I actually like Rowson’s grotesques. He is in the tradition of Gillray. I don’t care if he was a Corbynista, lots of people were/are. Doesn’t mean we should cancel them. (View Post)

Actually, I am a half decent cartoonist, albeit not publishing in a national (or anywhere significant). I agree that Sharp is unrecognisable, which is a fail, but I think the idea that this cartoon c… (View Post)

Yes, there seems to be a basic ignorance of how grotesque caricature functions. (View Post)

It’s entirely possible, if not probable, that Rowson does not know Sharp is Jewish. I had no idea. I don’t know about others on this board, but I don’t typically assign people to “Jewish” or “not Jew… (View Post)

I don’t think the cartoon was anti-Semitic. The “vampire” squid is a reference to the famous epithet for Goldman Sachs, coined in a Rolling Stone article. People are touchy, though. (View Post)