James Mellor
@jamesdfmellor.bsky.social
Award-winning Cartoonist - published in Private Eye, The Critic, The Sunday Telegraph & elsewhere | Harlequins fan | Husband | Father | †
Confusing footage. The giant bottle of milk and the Jeremy Beadle hand make me think it's AI, but the lying gives it an air of authenticity.
Trump: “The killing in Iran is stopping, it has stopped. There is no plan for executions. I've been told that on good authority.”
Who told you this, Putin? If he’s persuaded to withhold the promised actions to support the Iranian people based on this, it would be a betrayal of unprecedented scale.
Who told you this, Putin? If he’s persuaded to withhold the promised actions to support the Iranian people based on this, it would be a betrayal of unprecedented scale.
January 14, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Confusing footage. The giant bottle of milk and the Jeremy Beadle hand make me think it's AI, but the lying gives it an air of authenticity.
Degenerate cartoonists at Herne Bay Cartoon Festival 2025 captured for posterity by the Google Street View car.
January 13, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Degenerate cartoonists at Herne Bay Cartoon Festival 2025 captured for posterity by the Google Street View car.
Voting is open for the @procartoonists.bsky.social Awards! 🚨🗳
Four of mine are up for prizes and, if you'd like to see all the contenders and have a say, you can do so here: s.surveyplanet.com/bqq48opj
Four of mine are up for prizes and, if you'd like to see all the contenders and have a say, you can do so here: s.surveyplanet.com/bqq48opj
January 11, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Voting is open for the @procartoonists.bsky.social Awards! 🚨🗳
Four of mine are up for prizes and, if you'd like to see all the contenders and have a say, you can do so here: s.surveyplanet.com/bqq48opj
Four of mine are up for prizes and, if you'd like to see all the contenders and have a say, you can do so here: s.surveyplanet.com/bqq48opj
I do hope these brave people succeed.
January 10, 2026 at 8:57 AM
I do hope these brave people succeed.
Pleased to have some cartoons in the first Private Eye of 2026. Artemis is positively buzzing.
January 7, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Pleased to have some cartoons in the first Private Eye of 2026. Artemis is positively buzzing.
"We mubt hab Greeland…”
January 6, 2026 at 2:12 PM
"We mubt hab Greeland…”
Great work.
And an excuse to rummage through last year's Christmas rejection bin.
And an excuse to rummage through last year's Christmas rejection bin.
January 5, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Great work.
And an excuse to rummage through last year's Christmas rejection bin.
And an excuse to rummage through last year's Christmas rejection bin.
Made my cartooning debut in France 3 years ago today, to, er, "mixed" reviews.
The cartoon's relevant all over again, though.
www.lemonde.fr/actualite-me...
The cartoon's relevant all over again, though.
www.lemonde.fr/actualite-me...
« Charlie Hebdo » caricature les mollahs, huit ans après les attentats
L’hebdomadaire satirique publie, mercredi, un numéro spécial moquant le Guide suprême Ali Khamenei, soutenant les Iraniennes et les Iraniens et promettant une « raclée aux mollahs ».
www.lemonde.fr
January 4, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Made my cartooning debut in France 3 years ago today, to, er, "mixed" reviews.
The cartoon's relevant all over again, though.
www.lemonde.fr/actualite-me...
The cartoon's relevant all over again, though.
www.lemonde.fr/actualite-me...
New Year, new outlook.
January 1, 2026 at 12:13 AM
New Year, new outlook.
And a partridge in a pear tree.
December 30, 2025 at 7:54 PM
And a partridge in a pear tree.
One of mine from the festive edition of Private Eye.
December 27, 2025 at 8:32 PM
One of mine from the festive edition of Private Eye.
Wishing a very Happy Christmas to all the little people that live in my phone.
December 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Wishing a very Happy Christmas to all the little people that live in my phone.
Nine Lessons and Carols, 2025.
December 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Nine Lessons and Carols, 2025.
Can't make Big Game this year, but I'm informed that my BG17 cartoon is up on the screens at Twickenham, so pleased to be there in spirit. #COYQ
December 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Can't make Big Game this year, but I'm informed that my BG17 cartoon is up on the screens at Twickenham, so pleased to be there in spirit. #COYQ
Pleased to have a cartoon in the festive @privateeyenews.bsky.social.
Given it's out on the same day I usually visit #RejectionIsland, here's one that didn't make it in:
Given it's out on the same day I usually visit #RejectionIsland, here's one that didn't make it in:
December 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Pleased to have a cartoon in the festive @privateeyenews.bsky.social.
Given it's out on the same day I usually visit #RejectionIsland, here's one that didn't make it in:
Given it's out on the same day I usually visit #RejectionIsland, here's one that didn't make it in:
"Mellor offers a not-so-helpful suggestion" in this collection. Which is, if I'm honest, the sort of thing I strive to do.
There's a lot going on. Here's a haystack, seen through the pens of Ben Jennings, Christopher Downes, Clay Bennett, Dana Summers, Ed Wexler, James Mellor, Matt Golding, Michael Ramirez, Pedro X Molina, Peter Broelman, Sean Leahy & Adrian Raeside
www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...
www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...
CSotD: Miscellaneous Monday
Not sure what motivated Bennett on this one, but I know why it resonated with me. For some half a century, I imposed journalistic ethics on myself and did not register with a political party. Granted,...
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December 17, 2025 at 11:20 AM
"Mellor offers a not-so-helpful suggestion" in this collection. Which is, if I'm honest, the sort of thing I strive to do.
Had been concerned that the kittens would destroy any Christmas decorations. As it turns out, Apollo has instead set up camp *inside* the tree.
December 12, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Had been concerned that the kittens would destroy any Christmas decorations. As it turns out, Apollo has instead set up camp *inside* the tree.
Pleased to have a cartoon in the new Private Eye out today. Here's one of mine from the previous edition.
December 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Pleased to have a cartoon in the new Private Eye out today. Here's one of mine from the previous edition.
It's #StNicholasDay.
Drawn for the 1700th anniversary, here he is with his chum Arius at the council of Nicaea in 325.
Drawn for the 1700th anniversary, here he is with his chum Arius at the council of Nicaea in 325.
December 6, 2025 at 8:29 PM
It's #StNicholasDay.
Drawn for the 1700th anniversary, here he is with his chum Arius at the council of Nicaea in 325.
Drawn for the 1700th anniversary, here he is with his chum Arius at the council of Nicaea in 325.
A special festive trip to #RejectionIsland to recover an unused Christmas card.
December 6, 2025 at 9:21 AM
A special festive trip to #RejectionIsland to recover an unused Christmas card.
December 1, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Sunday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...
November 30, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Sunday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...
A new edition of The New Cartoonist is out this week.
There's a clutch of my cartoons in there (including a couple of my favourites this year) and stacks of others by more renowned cartoonists for more discerning readers.
There's a clutch of my cartoons in there (including a couple of my favourites this year) and stacks of others by more renowned cartoonists for more discerning readers.
November 27, 2025 at 8:51 PM
A new edition of The New Cartoonist is out this week.
There's a clutch of my cartoons in there (including a couple of my favourites this year) and stacks of others by more renowned cartoonists for more discerning readers.
There's a clutch of my cartoons in there (including a couple of my favourites this year) and stacks of others by more renowned cartoonists for more discerning readers.