Steve Bell



Profile:
Full name: Steve Bell Area of interest: Satire: cartoons and caricature, no comments

Journals/Organisation: The Guardian

Email: [mailto:steve.bell@guardian.co.uk steve.bell@guardian.co.uk]

Personal website:

Website: Guardian.co / Steve Bell

Blog: Comment is free...

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Biography:
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Education: University of Leeds: BA Fine art; St Luke's College, University of Exeter: Teacher training - Art

Career: Taught art in Birmingham for a year then became a freelance cartoonist in 1977; Time Out listings magazine featured his Maggie's Farm cartoon from 1978, as afterward did London's City Limits magazine; The Guardian: contributed the If cartoon from 1981, becoming principle cartoonist, 1990's to present Current position/role: Editorial cartoonist
 * see: The British Cartoon Archive: biography, (University of Kent)


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Other roles/Main role: Illustrator, author

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Viewpoints/Insight:
 * Richard Marshall: interview with Steve Bell and Martin Rowson, 3:AM Magazine, 2001
 * BBC 1 Politics Show: Steve Bell - a life in cartoons 10th March 2007

Broadcast media:

Video: Channel 4 TV and BBC: animation cartoon short films with Bob Godfrey; Channel 4: responsible for cartooons on the Rory Bremner show

Controversy/Criticism:

Awards/Honours: Cartoonists' Club: Strip Cartoon of the Year 1984 and 1985; The XXI Premio SATIRA POLITICA International Award, Forte deiMarmi, September 1993; The 'What the Papers Say': Cartoonist of the Year Award, 1993; Cartoon Arts Trust Awards: Strip of the Year, 1996; The Observer: one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy, 2003; Best Daily Cartoonist, 2004

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Books & Debate:
Latest work: If - marches on OCLC 67870414, 2006
 * Apes of wrath OCLC56640529, 2004
 * Chairman Blair's little red book OCLC45992130 with Brian Homer, 2001

Speaking/Appearances:

Current debate: 
 * Guardian / NFT discussion with Robert Crumb, 18th March, 2005
 * Can cartoonists go too far? Yes. Should we go too far? Yes, Guardian Shortcuts, 16th July 2008

The Guardian:
Column name: Steve Bell

Remit/Info: Political cartoons

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Role: Editorial cartoonist

Pen-name:

Email: [mailto:steve.bell@guardian.co.uk steve.bell@guardian.co.uk]

Personal website:

Website: Guardian.co / Cartoons archive | Guardian.co / Steve Bell

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Regularity: several times per week

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 * Wikipedia bio