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One hippo photographs another.
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Lunchtime doodle
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Whimsical, Gothic man in top hat and heavy coat plays intensely on a pipe organ.
In those days there were no grass-roots movements, largely due to the lack of any grass.
This comic was inspired by an eye-opening talk at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History on “The Cambrian explosion and the origin of animals” given by Prof. Paul Smith. Even before the Cambrian started, 540 million years ago, animal body plans were evolving down in the smelly mud at the edge of the continental shelves (as I understood it.)
Pictured left-to-right: Charnia, Dickinsonia and some kind of jellyfish.
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sings: Evolution not revolution
sings: Mutate and replicate
band name: pre cambrian explosion
caption: Meanwhile, in the neo-proterozoic, change was fomenting.
sings: Mutate and replicate
band name: pre cambrian explosion
caption: Meanwhile, in the neo-proterozoic, change was fomenting.
Another doodle. This time I was out of ideas for a subject, and Laura immediately suggested the word “bookworm” for me to riff on.
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A bookworm has devoured an entire book-case-worth of books.
I think this doodle creature was inspired by one of the characters in Karen’s show.
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Strange creature, bird-like but for the hair, eye-lashes and funnel-beak, sits on a branch in a bleak landscape.
Tea time!
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[Edwardian hippo dressed in cravat, monocle, top hat and tails drinks tea, with a cake ready to be eaten by the side]
I was playing with new toys today, especially my dip pen and ink. So here’s a cartoon for #inktober2018
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1. One impala.
2. Two impala.
3. Vlad the Impala.
2. Two impala.
3. Vlad the Impala.
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Hippopotamus in the veldt.
Hippopotamus above the veldt.
Hippopotamus landed in the veldt.
Caption: Hiccupotamus
Hippopotamus above the veldt.
Hippopotamus landed in the veldt.
Caption: Hiccupotamus
Or, in the original as we heard it in the garden: “twee twee twee t-t-t-t-teee twee twee trrrrrrrrrt”
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Bird in nest to bird carrying twig: "Idiot! I asked for a #12 twig. You've brought a #14!"