"Analysing comedy is like dissecting a frog. Nobody laughs and the frog dies."

Schoolgirl sees careers adviser but it is a robot.

AI-themed cartoon from last week's @bigissue.com

Masochist on phone hears message that says "When you speak to an operator please treat them as you would wish to be treated yourself"

Rude cartoon 🤭

From Idler magazine.

Cartoonists in the Commons - Professional Cartoonists Organisation Protesting outside Parliament Our Westminster correspondent Glenn Marshall reports: Last Wednesday we were back in the House of Commons with our friends at WDC (Whale & Dolphin Conservation) supportin...

I was one of the common people they let in to this ...

procartoonists.org/cartoonists-...

That almost feels like it should be a Zen koan, right next to "what is the sound of one hand clapping?"

Truncated Guardian notification says "Global sea levels underestimated due to poo..."

Bloody hell, how much are the water companies pumping into the sea?

Guru on mountain says "I know everything except what is going on in Donald Trump's brain."

Drew the original draft of this more than a year ago. I'm still none the wiser.

#DonaldTrump

From the new @newhumanist.bsky.social

Thanks 😀

Thanks Polly. It's Gaddzukes though, Gaddsukz sounds like a bad review 😄

Thanks Simon, hope all is good with you?

Flying dinosaur covered with black rectangles. T-res tells diplodicus: "Looks like it's been pteredacted"

My cartoon in this week's Big Issue, with apologies for the pterrible pun 😆

Pub quiz which includes a very confident-looking elephant taking part. One indignant player says: "I know it's just a bit of fun but I still say it's not fair."

Got a cartoon in the new Private Eye, out today. Here's one from the previous issue.

Wow, what's the book called?

Cartoon by Royston, showing a polar bear and penguin meeting. Snowy background Caption is- "Well, one of us is in the wrong cartoon."

Public service announcement

There are no penguins in Greenland

As you were

That's my cartoon 🙂

www.ellwoodatfield.com/cartoon-of-t...

Man in Nazi uniform saying ‘you know you can’t just call everyone you disagree with a fascist’

This was the cartoon I was describing on air tonight….

Cartoon by Royston. What looks like a ready meal with plastic film covering it. Cardboard sleeve reads: "Oven-ready Brexit. Use by 31/1/2020. Prick with a fork (next to an image of Boris Johnson). Warning: may blow up in your face

This cartoon from @roystoncartoons.bsky.social lives rent-free in my head.

Royston at PCO Awards

Big thanks to @procartoonists.bsky.social and all involved with the PCO Awards aka The Splats. A hugely enjoyable evening 😃 Pic of me presenting an award by @thatneilmartin.bsky.social

A great piece from @roystoncartoons.bsky.social who just happens to be my uncle! Spot on here 👍🏻😉

Thanks Jim 😄

Yes, once you've thought of it you have to draw it. Loving the board of villains cartoons too.

Yawning Trump at desk with BORED OF PEACE sign

I guess all cartoonists did the Bored of Peace gag 😐

Three Royston cartoons up for PCO Awards

It's awards time again. You can vote for me in the PCO awards, aka The Splats, for Best Gag Cartoon, Best Current Affairs Cartoon and even "Best" Reject Cartoon! Link: s.surveyplanet.com/bqq48opj

Trump message to Norway PM

Whenever I hear Trump's messages and posts read out on the radio I imagine they are in colourful Comic Sans with lots of cheesy clip art.

(Message to Norway's PM presented verbatim.)

Three Royston cartoons up for PCO Awards

It's awards time again. You can vote for me in the PCO awards, aka The Splats, for Best Gag Cartoon, Best Current Affairs Cartoon and even "Best" Reject Cartoon! Link: s.surveyplanet.com/bqq48opj

Woman says to returning husband: "Hi, I had a bit of a rethink of the place while you are away." House has been turned upside down like an Escher drawing.

Cartoon from the January issue of Idler magazine.

The Four Candles Guide to Brewing: Cartoon infographic by Royston

The wonderful Four Candles brewpub in Broadstairs closed its doors on New Year's Day after 13 years. It will be much missed. Here's the brewing process cartoon I drew ten years ago, featuring faces from the pub, which was displayed on a big board alongside the casks.

Couple watch News with a very sad looking newsreader. Man says "Happy new year? Are you some kind of fantasist?"

Cartoon published a year ago in The Spectator. How did I do?

Mouse says "Good Christmas?" Another says "Yeah ... a quiet one"

Shhh ... cartoon for this week's Big Issue.

2025 by Royston YouTube video by Royston Robertson

As 2025 comes to a close, don't miss my cartoons of the year, as seen in Private Eye, The Spectator, The Critic and others: youtu.be/Ge26FvFZah8