By Matthew Stokes
How do you create a joke from a serious news story? How do you know where the boundary between humour and distastefulness lies? How do you make a broadsheet reader chortle every morning, despite economic and political crises, while maintaining some level of political correctness?
Nobody is better placed to answer these questions than Matt Pritchett, pocket cartoonist of The Daily Telegraph for 23 years. Come and see him share his experiences at the Oxford Media Society’s next event.
Matt spent four years at St. Martin’s School of Art before taking up work in a pizza restaurant when the search for work as film cameraman proved fruitless. His first cartoons were published in the New Statesman, Punch and The Spectator.
After months spent submitting work to The Daily Telegraph (good to know that getting into journalism has never been an easy ride!) he became pocket cartoonist in 1988 after Mark Boxer’s death.
His front-page cartoons have brought him an unparalleled reputation in his sector. Six times a week, readers of the Telegraph are greeted with a humorous but rarely offensive cartoon. Matt prides himself on never having received a complaint from a politician and is respected for never having caused a scandal or overstepped the limits of humour.
In 2001, he was named an MBE in the Queen’s New Year Honours List. In 2003, The Guardian named him one of the 50 funniest people in Britain. He has won several awards for his work, including ‘Cartoonist of the Year’ at the British Press Awards five times, the Cartoon Art Trust Awards three times, the UK Press Gazette Awards twice and the What the Papers Say Awards.
The Daily Telegraph also produces annual books and calendars of his work, as well as prints and a ‘Best of Matt’ volume.
Matt is coming to speak to the Oxford Media Society on the 6 November 2011 at the Shulman Auditorium, The Queen’s College, at 8pm. It promises to be a unique event from one of the most respected names in the cartoon media sector.
If you would like to have supper with Matt beforehand, please email oxfordmediasoc@gmail.com.
The talk starts at 8pm and is free to members and £2 for non-members. It costs £10 for a year's membership and this can be bought on the door or via PayPal (there is a link on the right hand side of the page).
You don't want to miss out on this fun-filled evening, do you? Hope to see you there!
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How do you create a joke from a serious news story? How do you know where the boundary between humour and distastefulness lies? How do you make a broadsheet reader chortle every morning, despite economic and political crises, while maintaining some level of political correctness?
Nobody is better placed to answer these questions than Matt Pritchett, pocket cartoonist of The Daily Telegraph for 23 years. Come and see him share his experiences at the Oxford Media Society’s next event.
Matt spent four years at St. Martin’s School of Art before taking up work in a pizza restaurant when the search for work as film cameraman proved fruitless. His first cartoons were published in the New Statesman, Punch and The Spectator.
After months spent submitting work to The Daily Telegraph (good to know that getting into journalism has never been an easy ride!) he became pocket cartoonist in 1988 after Mark Boxer’s death.
His front-page cartoons have brought him an unparalleled reputation in his sector. Six times a week, readers of the Telegraph are greeted with a humorous but rarely offensive cartoon. Matt prides himself on never having received a complaint from a politician and is respected for never having caused a scandal or overstepped the limits of humour.
In 2001, he was named an MBE in the Queen’s New Year Honours List. In 2003, The Guardian named him one of the 50 funniest people in Britain. He has won several awards for his work, including ‘Cartoonist of the Year’ at the British Press Awards five times, the Cartoon Art Trust Awards three times, the UK Press Gazette Awards twice and the What the Papers Say Awards.
The Daily Telegraph also produces annual books and calendars of his work, as well as prints and a ‘Best of Matt’ volume.
Matt is coming to speak to the Oxford Media Society on the 6 November 2011 at the Shulman Auditorium, The Queen’s College, at 8pm. It promises to be a unique event from one of the most respected names in the cartoon media sector.
If you would like to have supper with Matt beforehand, please email oxfordmediasoc@gmail.com.
The talk starts at 8pm and is free to members and £2 for non-members. It costs £10 for a year's membership and this can be bought on the door or via PayPal (there is a link on the right hand side of the page).
You don't want to miss out on this fun-filled evening, do you? Hope to see you there!
Click attending on Facebook!
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