Drawn to a close

September 1, 2026 — 9:00pmNow the dust has settled, it’s time for C8-ers to venerate the realness of Granny’s page neighbour Cathy Wilcox. This salutation comes from Joy Cooksey of Harrington: “A real cartoonist’s picture paints the thousand words no artificial artist will ever achieve, just as a copyist’s attempt doesn’t create an original. AI can never replace Wilcox because it lacks a real heart and soul.”Unsurprisingly, Jim Dewar of Davistown took the poetic route.A word from an old wooden-spoonist:Cheerio to our favourite cartoonist.Let’s hope a wee break,Is all that she’ll take,Then return to the letters page soonest.Lyn Langtry of East Ryde is another to witness the chrysalis of the Brothers Gibb (C8): “Picture the scene in the mid-sixties. A group of schoolgirls spending a day at t