I illustrated these words for a page in Generation Carbon, an offshoot of The Carbon Almanac made for kids, a couple of years ago.
This was made as one of those little folded A4 zines, here laid out to read in the right order and orientation.
Sometimes procrastination just isn't very easy.
A true story that happened in my house. Not naming any names, though.
April 2018
A true story that happened in my house. Not naming any names, though.
April 2018
A Spoonful of Sugar What does a rehabilitation support care worker do all day?
I made this eight-page story for a Cardiff University project called All is Not Well, organised by Ryan Prout and Jonathan Clode to "reflect the reality of life as a care giver via the medium of short graphic narratives." It's based entirely on interviews with a care worker I know; everything in these pages happened in reality. A very worthwhile thing to be involved in! Check out their website for Q&A with me about the making of it and more. - March 2018
I made this eight-page story for a Cardiff University project called All is Not Well, organised by Ryan Prout and Jonathan Clode to "reflect the reality of life as a care giver via the medium of short graphic narratives." It's based entirely on interviews with a care worker I know; everything in these pages happened in reality. A very worthwhile thing to be involved in! Check out their website for Q&A with me about the making of it and more. - March 2018
This is a sort of introduction to my current massive project, the story of why I'm attemping to do it.
One snowy day....
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This was not a good experience:
This was not a good experience:
The first day of February every year is Hourly Comic Day. Here's my day in about one minute.
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#22 on broadcasting, for #drawthelinecomics.
My friend Myfanwy Nixon had this idea, shortly after the US election, about asking a few comic artist friends to contribute to a booklet of positive concrete actions that could be taken by ordinary people. The project grew and grew to around 130 ideas and artists. I was honoured to be one of them; there are some great people in here. See blog post about it here. As soon as the website is up and running, I'll post a link to it right here. And here it is: https://drawthelinecomics.com January 2017 |
#21 How you know when you know one
This is very likely going to be incomprehensible to many, if not most people. It's an observation from my other world of fiddle-playing, where I often find myself thinking of all sorts of other things and then suddenly "waking up" in the middle of a tune I've been playing on autopilot... And I noticed one day when this happened with a particular tune I'd been trying to learn, and realised what that meant. |
#16 Fountain Pen Dangers
Here's a rough and ready one in the style of Hourly Comic Day - which is to say unpolished, mostly drawn on the train on the way home.
I do love my fountain pen but I sure nearly got into a heap of trouble with it last night. Lesson learnt.
Feb 2016
Here's a rough and ready one in the style of Hourly Comic Day - which is to say unpolished, mostly drawn on the train on the way home.
I do love my fountain pen but I sure nearly got into a heap of trouble with it last night. Lesson learnt.
Feb 2016
# 15
Hourly Comic Day
Takes place on the first of
February every year.
The intent is to record
something about what
one is doing during
each hour that one is
awake. It is however
considered bad form
to include anything
about Hourly Comic
Day in the comic.
All events are true.
1 Feb 2016
Hourly Comic Day
Takes place on the first of
February every year.
The intent is to record
something about what
one is doing during
each hour that one is
awake. It is however
considered bad form
to include anything
about Hourly Comic
Day in the comic.
All events are true.
1 Feb 2016
#14 Not all the same, if you listen
I drew this after coming back from a particularly good festival last year, and imagining what my kids would think of what I was learning.
Jan 2016
I drew this after coming back from a particularly good festival last year, and imagining what my kids would think of what I was learning.
Jan 2016
#9a - Colour version of last year's Christmas shopping
Thought about re-drawing this properly, as it was such a rushed job when I did it, but ended up just adding colour instead to see how that looked...
Dec 2015
Thought about re-drawing this properly, as it was such a rushed job when I did it, but ended up just adding colour instead to see how that looked...
Dec 2015
#13 Banned by the word of God?
This is my contribution to London's Gosh Comics' zine produced to give away for Pride today, 27 June
May 2015
This is my contribution to London's Gosh Comics' zine produced to give away for Pride today, 27 June
May 2015
#12 How Not to Charge Your Phone
As happened in London recently.
May 2015
As happened in London recently.
May 2015
#10 Hourly Comic Day
Here's one where the artwork is quite terrible and the storyline nonexistant as it was done in a tremendous rush, as close to real time as possible, all about a day where nothing very interesting happened! Every year on the first of February, comic artists draw what they're doing for every hour they're awake - though I think it's considered bad form to draw themselves doing the hourly comic drawing... My day consisted of going for a long run, and recovering from that run. And trying to catch up on all the drawings. So it ends rather abruptly when I had to just give up. Will try again next year. |
#9 Christmas shopping
Here's a little kid who just can't seem to understand all the rushing about and panic-buying.
Dec 2014
Here's a little kid who just can't seem to understand all the rushing about and panic-buying.
Dec 2014
#5
A little political science lesson in one throw-away remark from my father when I was a child. To me, it's about thinking for oneself, questioning the status quo, being willing to state a different view. I drew this as a sort of Fathers' Day present - not that either of us really care about a contrived card-marketing gimmick. June 2014 |
#4 Third World
When my 18-year-old told me his housemates at Uni were actually shocked at the lack of certain [unnecessary] kitchen appliances in our house, I thought that was quite funny. And when my younger son came back from a visit and said he'd been asked about those very same things, I knew I had to put this down on paper! It's not like we're living in the dark ages, honest. We do have computers, mobile phones, even a TV... This is my first go at using brush and ink for shading, trying new things.... June 2014 |
#3
At a community cafe where I often have lunch, I saw this very frightening incident happen right in front of me. The main action must have been over in a matter of seconds, really, but it stayed with me all day and made me feel a bit wobbly thinking about what could've so easily happened instead of the happy outcome. So I had to go sit on a park bench in the afternoon and get out my little sketchbook, always with me. I drew this rough version very quickly, then a few days later thought it was too important not to draw out a bit more clearly and to the point.
April 2014 |
#2
Just a bit of silliness. I heard about a comics competition and having previously produced a grand total of one comic in my entire life, thought I would challenge myself to enter. There's nothing like a deadline! The only rules were it had to be two pages, and be on the theme of 'The Orb.' That was all, not easy! After spending weeks trying to think of something, I made this comic about trying to think of something... March 2014 |
#1
This is the one that started it all. I saw this thing for sale, and was so annoyed by it that I wanted to tell everyone how wrong it was, but that would get irritating... So it inspired me to start drawing this, and realised I must've secretly been wanting to trying drawing comics for a long time, as I immediately wanted to do more. February 2014 e |