Monthly Archives: January 2009
uh oh.
Apple raspberry crumble, it was.
oxford literary festival
Oops, can’t believe I didn’t post this earlier! Anyone who can possibly make it to Oxford, come see my lovely publisher David Fickling, the Etherington brothers and John Aggs talk about our fabulous weekly comic, the DFC! It’s all happening … Continue reading
it’s DFC friday!
Fridays are the best days, when the stripey red and yellow DFC envelope pops through the letterbox. Hurrah to wilburonline for taking more liberties with the DFC logo lettering than anyone’s done yet! As you can see, Vern and Lettuce … Continue reading
sister fan art
My little sister has been painting up a storm these days, and this morning I made this drawing loosely based on a painting she’s doing. The subject in her painting looks a bit more like a Soviet worker chick than … Continue reading
i think i am the most annoying person i know
I didn’t do a morning sketch and it made me feel kind of itchy all day. That said, Stuart can be very annoying with The Birdie Song and even worse, We Built this City on Rock and Roll (too heinous … Continue reading
not an informal chat
Today I gave a seminar on making children’s picture books and comics to the MA Illustration students at Camberwell art college, where I studied. I’d been told earlier it would be an ‘informal chat’, but I double-checked with the course … Continue reading
can you give me some advice?
Hi, everyone! Sunday’s Alternative Press Fair is the first of these kind of things I’ve ever done. And I am trying to figure out what to stock! I will have mini comics of my letter to David Lasky (packaged in … Continue reading
spider queen
For my morning warm-up sketch, I couldn’t resist challenging darkwaterfrey‘s magnificent portrayal of Tozo‘s Spider Queen. I loved his, but I had a totally different picture of her in mind. I got a tip-off from the DFC’s Dave Shelton: if … Continue reading
zinefest
This afternoon I popped by The Women’s Library for Zinefest. It’s funny, because in children’s book societies, most of my friends are women, but in comics here I’ve found the meetings generally have one female for every twenty blokes. So … Continue reading
more underground comics!
The DFC Issue 34 has arrived, and the moles have led the Pickle Rye gang to an Underground ghost station. With little ghosts! Ooooooooooo… But why are the ghosts more scared than Vern and Lettuce? I hear from the DFC … Continue reading
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