Norwich Arts Centre



Steve Bell - Blairicopter detailSteve Bell


Monday 30 April - Tuesday 29 May 2007 : 10am - 7pm
Free 


The Guardian’s award-winning political cartoonist, famous for his ‘If…’ strip which first appeared in 1981, exhibits some of his own favourite strips in a retrospective of his satirical and often controversial work. 

Steve Bell has been a freelance cartoonist since 1977 (the same year that NAC was founded!). His original strip, ‘Maggie’s Farm’ ran in London’s Time Out and City Limits magazines from 1979 until 1987 and, since 1981, he has written and drawn the If… strip in the Guardian. He has contributed to a vast variety of publications in addition to those mentioned including NME, Private Eye and The New Statesman. Over 25 books of his work have been published and the Morning Star described him as “Arguably the greatest living political cartoonist’.

Detail from Blairicopter
Detail from Blairicopter

Since 1990 he has produced four large freestanding cartoons a week on the leader pages of The Guardian, often in full colour. His work has appeared and won awards worldwide featuring lasting images such as John Prescott as a simple minded bulldog and John Major as a pathetic ‘Superman’ with his underpants over his trousers. His merciless and often grotesque caricatures of Tony Blair and gang have cemented his reputation as one of Britain’s most imaginative and radical satirists.
Steve Bell - detail from Tory Cameron
Detail from Tory Cameron
On sale will be his latest book ‘My Vision for a New You’ – The Soon-to-Be Number One Inspirational Manual from Britain’s Leading Positive Thinker. Steve Bell dreamed up this book based on long imaginary conversations with Tony Blair.

“Arguably the greatest living political cartoonist…” – Morning Star


Steve Bell

My Vision For A New You


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