Monthly Archives: July 2009

I can hardly believe it, Stuart and I have been married for ten years! It doesn’t seem that long since we were at a party at our South African friends’ flat in Moscow and then we decided to go see … Continue reading →

I started today with a walk and coffee with my friend Aleksandra and made a sketch of her: I’m just working like a crazy person on a picture book due at the end of the month, so I’m a bit … Continue reading →

Hurrah, lookie look! My first hardback edition of Morris arrived in the post!!! Doesn’t he look smashing? There’s even some sticky-up glossy raised bits over the green snot, so there’s lots of texture on the stuff coming out of his … Continue reading →

I’ve heard from my parents that a family friend, Ann Knofel, just died on the road in Seward, Alaska, after the car with her and her husband in it was hit by a drunk driver. Ann followed my blog and … Continue reading →

Here’s a very fast doodle I did this morning, probably along the lines of that ‘Draw yourself at a Hundred’ meme going around the internet. Thanks to a bunch of you who came to my talk last night! I forgot … Continue reading →

I’m getting ready for a bunch of talks and taking photos of books, and books are spread out everywhere in my flat and it is a real disaster zone. (Poor Stuart.) For my Laydeez Do Comics talk on Monday (Do … Continue reading →

For today’s morning sketch, I drew a Flashdance fairy for Oxford’s Caption festival, where the theme is ‘away with the fairies’. Mark your diaries for this weekend, 15 – 16 Aug. On the Sunday, I’m giving a talk on crossovers … Continue reading →