Tag Archives: studio
jubilee studio visit
Happy Jubilee weekend, everyone! Yesterday the Queen herself came to our studio. Hurrah! Here she is, just before her visit, with the corgis at the London Overground Palace.
tom watson and the deptford monsters
So what was Labour MP Tom Watson doing when the news broke about James Murdoch resigning? He was drawing a monster! I first met Tom at the British International Comics Show in Birmingham, when I was launching my new book, … Continue reading
the sad story of our studio squid
Gary bought this orange squid at a Deptford pound shop as a companion for Plarchie, Lauren’s giant squid knitted out of Sainsbury’s carrier bags. (Yes, Plarchie even has his own Tumblr blog and Twitter account.) But Plarchie’s a vicious squid, … Continue reading
it’s all about bologna book fair!
Hello! If you haven’t yet worked it out from Twitter, the Bologna Book Fair is rumbling along right now, as I type! It’s the biggest children’s book event of the year, when more people than you can count all gather … Continue reading
funny art books, caustic captions
I’m working like a maniac on a picture book today, but I just had to show you this stuff I found when I came in to work. We have a bookshelf in the entrance lobby to the studio building where … Continue reading
a few more studio shots
I’ve started posting some photos directly to my Tumblr page from my camera, but I’ll post them here, too, so this blog is still where everything comes together. Here’s a shot I took of Vern (knitted by my studio mate, … Continue reading
cooey!
Our studio pigeons are worried about their friend @cooeythepigeon after his Thirteen Dramatic Deaths and being super safety conscious.
candy and costumery
Two costume parties in one day! Here was the first, Fearfest, at Foyles bookshop on London’s Charing Cross Road. I’m posing with a comics reader named Belle, in front of the piranha tank. (Yes, real piranhas! And one of them … Continue reading
strange beasts on london streets
Yesterday was a highly productive day at the Fleece Station… mainly because we were fueled by PERCY PIG juice. Oh, yes, the Percy Pig factory even make a drink. (Percy Pigs taste and feel like plastic, but they somehow sum … Continue reading
where’s cooey?
Today I drew my fab studio mate Lauren O’Farrell and her knitted pigeon side-kick: Actually, Cooey the pigeon has quite a back story! You can read it here, and test your London spotting skills in Week 3 of the Where’s … Continue reading
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