The British Cartoon Archive is pleased to launch a new-look website.

The British Cartoon Archive is located in Canterbury at the University’s Templeman Library. It is dedicated to the history of British cartooning over the last two hundred years.

It holds the artwork for more than 150,000 British editorial, socio-political, and pocket cartoons, supported by large collections of comic strips, newspaper cuttings, books and magazines. The collection of artwork dates back to 1904 and includes work by W.K. Haselden, Will Dyson, Sidney Strube, David Low, Vicky, Emmwood, Michael Cummings, Ralph Steadman, Mel Calman, Nicholas Garland, Chris Riddell, Carl Giles, Martin Rowson, and Steve Bell, amongst many others.

In addition to the catalogue search, the new website has:

• a fresh modern look
• more regular updates to the catalogue
• more modern cartoons
• easier to find archival collections
• more prominent cartoonist biographies
• a news feed from the Special Collections blog

We want to know what you like and don’t like about the new website, and any changes you’d like to see. Send your feedback to info@cartoons.ac.uk or use the site’s feedback form.

More information here: http://blogs.kent.ac.uk/isnews/new-look-for-the-british-cartoon-archive-website/