UK Cartoonists: Drinking, No Dancing
For some reason, these throwaway lines about cartoonists in an Independent article comparing various Christmas parties to crash (in itself a great feature article idea) struck me as pretty darn funny.
The atmosphere: The cartoonists allegedly have too much to drink, but draw the line at dancing. The award for the cartoon of the year is decided on the night, so cartoonists turn up to vote for themselves. The winner traditionally receives a chair. "All these cartoonists are very well paid but they're too cheap to go out and buy themselves a decent chair to sit on while they draw," says an insider.
