THE MODERN AGE

Many talented cartoonists have contributed over this period and favourites like Honeysett, Lowry and Mike Williams came into their own. Under Alan Coren’s editorship, the gag reigned supreme, with subjects seedy and surreal. David Thomas reintroduced a more vigorous and topical feel to the cartoons, which often arrived at Punch by fax in response to current events. The offbeat humour of Steve Appleby and Steve Way was complemented by David Hughes’s ruthless colour caricatures.... More recently under James Steen and Richard Brass the striking characters of Peter King (PAK), Andy McKay (NAF), Paul Wood have taken a leading role in modern cartoon art, and continued the great legacy of the Punch Cartoon.