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vern and lettuce launch party!!!
Last night my new book Vern and Lettuce was well and truly LAUNCHED! Yay!!!! This is the first published book I’ve both written and illustrated myself (in the past I’ve illustrated books), so for me it was a very big … Continue reading
cheltenham, morris, and i got to see my first vern and lettuce book!
I submitted this coloured mockup version of the Cheltenham BookIt! illustration, and just heard back from festival co-ordinator Nicola Tuxworth that she really likes it. Whew! I always forget how long it takes to colour these images, this one is … Continue reading
vern and lettuce: ricky renard
Hmm, I wonder if I’ll get time to colour this one. Could be fun making him have a very loud suit and tie, tasteful or otherwise. (Find out about the first three books of the DFC Library here.)
vern and lettuce: the moles
For a daily warm-up, I thought I’d try to draw all the different characters in Pickle Rye, the home of Vern and Lettuce (my comic book coming out on Sept 30th). I present to you… the moles! Feel free to … Continue reading
six ’til death: prehistoric partying
See that little silver-coloured box that Ben Haggarty‘s holding? It’s a piece of natural cube pyrite, and when Ben found it, he wondered what people would have thought if they’d come across it 10,000 years ago… and then the stories … Continue reading
space princess & king cupcake land on planet inverness!
And the inhabitants were friendly! Stuart and I headed up to Scotland for our first-ever visit to the Highlands International Comics Expo or Hi-Ex. It was also Stuart’s first experience of running a festival table, and I think he’s still … Continue reading
the dfc library takes off!
Congratulations to Dave Shelton on the launch today of Good Dog, Bad Dog! You may remember the comic strip running in the Guardian newspaper and in the DFC… now it’s a book! It’s the very first in the DFC Library … Continue reading
comics sushi session
The other day I went for sushi in Soho with the marvellous Emma Vieceli and magnificent John Aggs. Our DFC characters, John’s Robot Girl, Emma’s Violet and my buddies Vern and Lettuce came along, too. (We didn’t invite the bunnies, … Continue reading
sheep swap!
Gary and I were whinging across the studio how we’ve fallen behind on coming up with new stuff for our blogs. So we decided to herd Derek the Sheep and Vern into one ongoing comics jam. We’ll move Derek to … Continue reading
getting vern & lettuce ready for translation
Partly what I’ve been doing today is plain ol’ grunt work, prepping my Vern and Lettuce comics for publication in book form, as part of the DFC Library series. When I was first making the comics, my editor told me … Continue reading
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