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I decided to post the daily diary comics I did while on holiday in Norfolk last week. I’m planning to post one a day.
I’m finding using real paper a lot of fun — pencil then ink then erase pencil. It’s a lot easier than using the graphics tablet, even though there’s no UNDO button for the ink. And you know my drawing skills can use any help available.
In case you are wondering, Jules and Sandy are characters in an old BBC radio comedy series, Round The Horne, which we often listen to on long drives. The appalling puns help to keep us alert, and anyway I can steal the less risqué ones for Invisibules jokes.
Furthermore, there are those who say Hodgkinson himself is not above suspicion…
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1. The next cage on our zoo tour is that of the Hodgkinson's Lesser Pellicule.
2. you may get a glimpse, but it is a very small bird...
3. ...that likes to hide in the shrubbery
4. and it is invisibule
5. and we suspect that...
6. we haven't got one
2. you may get a glimpse, but it is a very small bird...
3. ...that likes to hide in the shrubbery
4. and it is invisibule
5. and we suspect that...
6. we haven't got one
Today’s Invisibules comic has been replaced by a short animation I made for the birthday of a friend. You can find it on youtube by following this link. “Normal” service will be resumed eventually.
Based on a true story. Only the names have been changed to protect the ornithologically challenged.
EDIT: fixed balloons in third panel — thanks mpj
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1. (a yellow bird just flew past) [I didn't see it. What kind was it?]
2. (I don't remember what they're called) [was it a hoopoe?]
3. (hoopoe aren't yellow) [yes they are]
4. (no, you're thinking of a weaver bird) [I am _not_ thinking of a weaver bird]
5. (you _are_ thinking of a weaver bird) [I am _not_ thinking of a _weaver_bird_]
6. (but you are now...) [...dammit!]
2. (I don't remember what they're called) [was it a hoopoe?]
3. (hoopoe aren't yellow) [yes they are]
4. (no, you're thinking of a weaver bird) [I am _not_ thinking of a weaver bird]
5. (you _are_ thinking of a weaver bird) [I am _not_ thinking of a _weaver_bird_]
6. (but you are now...) [...dammit!]
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1. (so, apart from the wild dogs at the airport, how was your safari?)
2. [not bad at all, thanks! We saw plenty of lions]
3. [giraffe, hippos, impala, rhino...]
4. (sounds great!) [really, we were hoping to spot a cheetah...]
5.
6. [but all those we saw were already spotted]
2. [not bad at all, thanks! We saw plenty of lions]
3. [giraffe, hippos, impala, rhino...]
4. (sounds great!) [really, we were hoping to spot a cheetah...]
5.
6. [but all those we saw were already spotted]