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Several examples of 'snap' from the newspaper cartoonists this morning after the death of film director Ingmar Bergman and the visit of Gordon Brown to George Bush at Camp David. (What a sentence that is, when you reread it.)

Peter Brookes of The Times has this - and so does Jas, who is covering for Nick Garland at the Telegraph.

Dave Brown in the Indy has more of a gag treatment for the same image - and it's the one that made me laugh.

Steve Bell's done a variation on the theme. His drawing of Brown is particularly lovely, with his head in his hands and I bet it is too.

If you read nothing else today, read this.

Courtesy of the well-informed Rod McKie. Having read his post, I like to think that a good idea will survive the end of the person who had it.

In the list of the-gone-someplace-else that Rod has compiled, I have a particular fondness for Doug Marlette, an American editorial cartoonist, who had bags of attitude and which fuelled his powerful, provocative and well-informed drawings.

In Doug's own words, 'If Elvis had drawn, he would have drawn cartoons.'

This morning, the media coverage has reached Oxford. I wonder how the recently flooded people of North Hull, Rotherham, Barnsley, Sheffield, South Yorkshire and Lincolnshire generally are feeling.

This drawing is for Tribune.

After the deluge, me. And some facts from the Channel 4 web site.

Here is a brilliant piece of interactivity from graphics journalist Paddy Allen.

And, if you wondered what the political and economic effect of the floods was going to be, here are two You Tube videos of the Vodafone Headquarters near Newbury. They are clearly, going to be out of commission for a while.

As Paddy's graphic explains, the water is heading downstream from Wiltshire and the headwaters of the Thames towards major cities like Oxford and Reading.
The Guardian are also reporting that the nuclear weapons establishment at Burghfield in Berkshire is already affected by the flooding.

Courtesy of photo-journalist Sean Smith and The Guardian. As a short analysis of why nobody wins a war, this is hard to beat.

This weekend's publishing event. There is some interesting detail on the economics of the Potter phenomenon here, courtesy of Danuta Kean.

Dr David Kelly was found dead on this day in 2003. This cartoon never saw the light of publication at that time.

How could anyone miss the retired John Prescott when Boris Johnson is still so much a part of our public life? The efforts made by our finest cartoonists today, in honour of Bonking Boris's intended run for Mayor of London, shows the esteem in which this dangerously wily creature is viewed.

Peter Brookes in The Times - Steve Bell in The Guardian and Dave Brown in the Indy

And on something completely different, a hat tip to Nick Garland at the Telegraph for a nice joke - click the picture link under comment too see it.

Anything that helps you get the idea down clearly is attractive to someone who draws

Published here - and below. A 'green' jet plane was launched on the world this week.

Gordon Brown's highly trailed use of cabinet government appears highly selective already - Britain's first supercasino in Manchester is apparently doomed.

Published here.

Drawing porn.

Now this, promises to be terrific - although a bit irritating if you shelled out for a book copy of his complete drawings ...

A drawing about the use of increasing use of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) inside the NHS.

An elegant piece of interactive content from the Guardian. The prologue of the Tour de France in a beautifully car-less and sunny London was fantastic too.

Joel Mishon, owner of Cartoonstock, has kindly made a thoughtful contribution to the long-running debate about syndicates and stock artwork. His comment, (which is No.9, No 9...) is well worth a read.

And it was good to be told we were having a balanced debate. Cheers Joel.

This week's animated news cartoon for Channel Four News - living in the age of terror.

We've tried to do a contemplative piece about some of the things, apart from human lives, we are all busy trying to protect...

Published here.

Chichi Parrish has a beautiful joke about the new smoking ban here. Double-click on the image at the other end for a good view.

An interesting week for people who enjoy drawing and jokes because of two excellent exhibitions which are due to open.

The first, on Thursday, is a huge Heath Robinson show at the Cartoon Museum on Little Russell Street, near to the British Museum. Robinson is most famous for his quirky mechanical contraption jokes and this will be a very popular show.

And on Friday, the irrepressible Tim Benson launches Iraq in cartoons. This show will be packed with the best of editorial talent in the country, including Tanya Tier - a highly talented and hardworking satirist who organised the recent Birds of War show.

Courtesy of Rod McKie's blog, comes sad news of Bud Handelsmann's death. He was a fine and funny US cartoonist. Rod has posted some excellent examples of his work from Freaky Fables, a long-running and excellent set of parodies of well-known tales and myths. It's well-worth a look. And a laugh is a great way to remember someone.