Happy Friday 13th.
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Electrician: I'm pretty sure that's your problem -- no Earth connection.
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For those mystified by the appointment at 3pm, see this incredible animated short.
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Diary Mon 14th
10am Miss Hood (NB. And /GRANDMA/!)
12noon Pig Family - architectural survey, structural soundness?
3 Peter (Pyotr?) - also side dishes of duck, bird, cat? grandpa?
Wolfie felt that at long last his luck was turning. Today was going to be a fabulous day.
10am Miss Hood (NB. And /GRANDMA/!)
12noon Pig Family - architectural survey, structural soundness?
3 Peter (Pyotr?) - also side dishes of duck, bird, cat? grandpa?
Wolfie felt that at long last his luck was turning. Today was going to be a fabulous day.
Adam had us drawing comics inspired by random words this week. I was shocked to get “Darth Vader” and “flying Ninjas” together with the more tractable “an unexpected visitor.” Not being into martial arts films, ninjas have somewhat passed me by, so I substitued vaguely Middle-Eastern warriors. Having seen Star Wars just the once (when it came out) I didn’t remember much about Darth — maybe he isn’t as cuddly as I remember. I left off the panel with the group hug, just in case.
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1. - "Die, you thieving son of a camel train operator"
- "I'll get you for this -- I swear!"
2. Meanwhile, on the Death Star...
- bang! phut! phut! shudder! bang! HALT
- pof!
- "Damn you, Luke"
- "This is /so/ embarrassing"
- "Hey Hussein! It's Darth Vader!"
- "I thought he'd be bigger than that, Mo"
- "I think I'm sitting on my light sabre"
- "I'll get you for this -- I swear!"
2. Meanwhile, on the Death Star...
- bang! phut! phut! shudder! bang! HALT
- pof!
- "Damn you, Luke"
- "This is /so/ embarrassing"
- "Hey Hussein! It's Darth Vader!"
- "I thought he'd be bigger than that, Mo"
- "I think I'm sitting on my light sabre"
I have left myself some important but unanswered questions with today’s publication. Firstly, why do so many of my comics involve the consumption of the characters by other characters. But more importantly, where did that guinea pig come from?
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CHOMP!
Here’s my comic from Adam’s exceptionally enjoyable comic drawing workshop at the University Museum of Natural History. We looked at giant models of insects and even cuddled live hissing cockroaches. This comic was drawn and inked at the museum, then scanned coloured at home in gimp.
Stop Press! I notice Adam has quoted me on his comic blog (not suitable for kiddywinks) …
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1.
2. c'mon everybody! LET'S CRAWL
3. to the UGLY BUG Ball!
4. clap your feet!
5. shake your...
6. ...you know, that thing that's got the thing on it with all the little hairs on the end...
2. c'mon everybody! LET'S CRAWL
3. to the UGLY BUG Ball!
4. clap your feet!
5. shake your...
6. ...you know, that thing that's got the thing on it with all the little hairs on the end...
Nothing to do with the comic, but today is Karen’s big solo concert day… it will be fabulous!
http://pianorocketship.co.uk
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1. ...and there's no need to worry, as we offer the full range of complimentary therapies
2. No! The word is COMPL/E/MENTARY
3. oh, and how do /you/ know which spelling I chose?
4. BECAUSE // this is a comic
5. Nevertheless, I chose my spelling advisedly
6. May I say what a fine jacket you're wearing?
2. No! The word is COMPL/E/MENTARY
3. oh, and how do /you/ know which spelling I chose?
4. BECAUSE // this is a comic
5. Nevertheless, I chose my spelling advisedly
6. May I say what a fine jacket you're wearing?
By now I really shouldn’t have to apologise for this kind of humour.
So I’m not going to.
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I found a great big art book in a charity shop today — “German and Austrian Painting of the 15th-18th Centuries in the Hermitage.” Apart from the book title and the painting titles in English, the text is in Russian, which I can hardly even read, let alone understand. So I’ve had to interpret this one for myself. It’s “The Annunciation” by Anton Raffael Mengs.
The Hermitage looks like a magnificent place — it was the setting for the astonishing film Russian Ark (2002).
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I'm not telling him. If his party is annoying you then /you/ tell him.
I’m showing this cartoon today not because it is especially witty, original or well drawn, but rather because the protagonist is the person the artist loves the most in the whole world (apart from himself). He hopes you have a similar muse on whom to lavish your affection.
For followers of the Robert McKee school of story taxonomy, the Inciting Incident for this vignette was a snowfall approaching the almost Vernian depth of 10cm.
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Karen thought that it was starting to look less and less like the Cowley Road. She wondered if she'd /ever/ catch a no. 5 bus into town.
