Cartoons, My Dad and Dementia: Tony Husband
Saturday 21 May 2016 3 - 4.30pm
The Reynolds Room, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts
£6. Reductions £3. Tickets Are availbe to buy on the day
Award-winning cartoonist Tony Husband discusses his book ‘Take Care, Son: The Story of My Dad and his Dementia’ exploring the creative journey he experienced in conceiving the illustrations for his book.
When Ron Husband started to forget things - dates, names, appointments . . . daft things, important things - it took a while to realise that this was 'a different form of forgetting'. But it was just the first sign of the illness that gradually took him away from the family he loved. In support of Dementia Awareness Week Tony Husband will be talking about his work as a cartoonist and his inspiration and journey through creating the book Take Care, Son: The Story of My Dad and Dementia, a touching illustrated story framed as a chat between Tony and his dad.
Tony Husband has been a full time cartoonist since 1984 and his cartoons have appeared in many newspapers, magazines, books and websites, including Private Eye, The Times, Punch, and The Spectator. He has won more than 15 major awards, including the Pont Award for depicting the British way of life. Yobs, which he draws for Private Eye, is one of the best-known comic-strips in Britain. He and the poet Ian McMillan tour the UK regularly with their show A Cartoon History Of Here, an evening of live, improvised poetry and cartoons.
The event will be followed by a book signing and the opportunity to see Tony create original works inspired by attendees.