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Private Eye Magazine is a long-running British political investigating and satirical commentating magazine, publishing more cartoons than any other British publication The previous magazine's cover, Private Eye #1609, caused considerable disquiet amongst some readers and commentators, filling the current issues' letters pages. Comments included British comedian and author of Jews Don't Count, David Baddiel who said[...]

Guy Venables, a cartoonist for Metro, Private Eye and The Spectator, is currently taking the lead He xeets "Response for the colouring in book has been astonishing Once we've got the commercial print run going you can expect to see work from Ralph Steadman, Quentin Blake, Terry Gilliam, Chris Riddell and tons of other brilliant[...]

Leaving via the Dean Street exit, popped into the Private Eye offices of Soho Square for a mutual backslapping moment Jon Stewart was in town and he was here to see Ian Hislop. Private Eye Magazine, for those not in the know, is a satirical magazine of cartoons and commentary, that has been running since it[...]

But what is happening with this "woke" Daily Mail airbrushing over the past like that? Don't they know we won the war/bloody snowflake wokeflakes/this is political correctness gone mad, etc etc etc… Hat-tip to Private Eye Magazine. The Daily Mail loves a story about how "woke" the British weekly kids comic The Beano that has been[...]

Well, now it's my go for the Swipe File or Separated At Birth as Private Eye Magazine likes to have it As they published this cartoon in the most recent edition #1577, out last week. Cartoon from Private Eye Magazine #1577 Which brought to mind a certain cartoon I had drawn and had published two weeks ago. Cartoon[...]

Line Of Duty time! Is it ever not? This week's Private Eye has hit the headlines for discovering an unpaid county court judgment against Boris Johnson at his 10 Downing Street address for $545, or what Boris would probably call "lunch" But hidden inside the pages is a much greater conspiracy theory regarding the identity[...]

Don Winslow's debut private eye novel A Cool Breeze on the Underground has been optioned by Rian Johnson and his Knives Out partner Ram Bergman along with MRC Corey Finley, the writer-director of Bad Education, will direct the TV series adaptation as well as executive produce Johnson, Bergman, and Nena Rodrigue will be executive producers for[...]

British cartoon-and-news magazine Private Eye has not let a pandemic prevent publication this week Renamed Private Eye-Solation, subscribers received copies this morning and it is as scabrous as ever The cover features Prime Minister Boris Johnson, heading up his British Government Cabinet meeting It is remotely led by a number of prominent British politicians, most[...]

Private Eye Magazine is probably my greatest influence as a reporter And this week's issue, fresh off the pages, comes with quite the cover And a recognition that it remains very much a newsprint magazine, including the cover… There's obviously a lot of coronavirus coverage in the magazine (social distancing subscriptions are available) but one of[...]

Today's Private Eye Magazine is a day late, courtesy of the Nazis But their cover is a treat, creating a fantasy novel-style cover to celebrate Britain's exit from the European Union, Brexit, and parodying the milk-and-honey promises of the Prime Minister, underlying racist rhetoric and issues over fishing rights All in one go. Private Eye Magazine,[...]

The front cover of the new Private Eye magazine, published in the UK this week… 'Tis the season to be Jedi… The front cover of the new Private Eye magazine, published in the UK this week… 'Tis the season to be Jedi… The front cover of the new Private Eye magazine, published in the UK this week… 'Tis[...]

Tomorrow's collection of political and topical cartoons, investigative journalism and mockery, the fortnightly Private Eye magazine, takes George Osborne's recent decision to remove tax credits from the working masses of Great Britain in a rather horrific fashion…   Tomorrow's collection of political and topical cartoons, investigative journalism and mockery, the fortnightly Private Eye magazine, takes George[...]

Private Eye, the British satirical magazine, really has become a font of knowledge for the inside goings-on at the Doctor Who production offices You might remember this little nugget. Today, they have revealed that there will be no new Doctor Who series in 2016, though giving room for a series of "Specials" and it's down to the[...]

Today sees the release of the final issue of The Private Eye, the digital comic by Brian K Vaughan and Marcos Martin that broke the established method if digitally distributing high profile comic books by doing themselves on pay-what-you-will system as PanelSyndicate.com I talked to Brian and Marcos about the comic, the process and what[...]

PanelSyndicate.com is the DRM-free pay-what-you-feel-it's-worth digital comic book distributor that just publishes Brian K Vaughan and Marcos Martin's The Private Eye.   Until now. Because they will now also publish Universe! by Spanish creator Albert Monteys. Bleeding Cool readers may recall he was the director and contributor to the Spanish satirical comic magazine El Jueves, until he and many others[...]

He has a new Private Eye out, with a collection of the previous five issues Then there's a new season of Under The Dome.. but what does he have to do with it? He talks with Bleeding Cool about all this and more… Rich Johnston: I've just read Saga #19 So have lots of people[...]

Vaughan and Marcos Martin's comic The Private Eye… [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/78044932[/vimeo] Isn't it great? Carl Martin makes a short film every year to showcase his Hallowe'en costume This year, it's the lead character from Brian K Vaughan and Marcos Martin's comic The Private Eye… [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/78044932[/vimeo] Isn't it great? [...]

It's a tiny thing in the Making Of The Private Eye digital download One of a number of emails between Bryan K Vaughan and Marcos Martin But this one had a curious title… What the hell was that? Oh yes… it must have been this article I'd sent an e-mail to Bryan K Vaughan asking about[...]

Vaughan & Marcos Martin's The Private Eye #2 from Panel Syndicate. From there we turn our gaze towards Matt Rebholz's trippy series, The Astronomer Matt & I chat about the creative process, how one man can work the Marvel method, the benefits of Kickstarter, and what it takes to publish on your own If you've never[...]

So this may have to do. The second issue of Brian K Vaughan And Marcos Martin's DRM-free digital comic The Private Eye is available to buy digitally, with a pay-what-you-like model. Thought it was worth a mention. They don't have a mailing list So this may have to do. The second issue of Brian K Vaughan And Marcos[...]

In many ways, fortnightly British magazine Private Eye is the spiritual inspiration for Bleeding Cool And now that they have started covering Doctor Who, it's even better Bleeding Cool has reported on previous articles that have had a tendency to be contradicted by the BBC, and then mostly come true… The Eye gives some context to[...]

If there is one publication that has influenced how I write, what I write and the attitude I take to stories at Bleeding Cool, it is Private Eye A political, satirical, humorous fortnightly magazine, it combines the finest muckraking through political and media circles with the kind of comedy you don't see as much since[...]

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool ran a piece based on the Private Eye report about the troubled series seven and the subsequent hurried tweet response from the BBC and Steven Moffat that the show was being recommissioned for a seventh season I understand that a BBC press officer persuaded Private Eye editor Ian Hislop's secretary to read[...]