Tuesday 4 January 2022
Thursday 25 November 2021
Murder of Soggy Crows!
Recent commission based on the view from my kitchen window (pen, ink & wash on 300gsm watercolour paper)
(based on an original digital drawing)
Tuesday 12 October 2021
Monster Fun!
AAAAAARRRGGGHHH! Very excited to receive my copy of the Monster Fun Halloween Spooktacular last week. It's the first issue of a brand new British comic for kids of all ages! Great to be included with some stellar comic talent in here - here's the strip I drew, Teddy Scare written by Maura McHugh with lettering by Ferre Schutz. You can order your copy from here
Thursday 30 September 2021
The Incurable Oaf™
My spirit superhero. (Hark! Is that Marvel & DC Comics on the phone I hear?)
MORE made-up comics you say? Go here!
Wednesday 15 September 2021
A Murder of Soggy Crows.
Friday 4 June 2021
Cats, buses & harmonicas...
(from an original idea from the great Bob Mortimer!)
Thursday 8 April 2021
Monday 1 March 2021
Happy St David's Day!
Thursday 4 February 2021
Two Terrible Vikings - PUBLICATION DAY!
Well, almost nothing...
I've always had a soft spot for all things Viking & a spot of Norse mythology so this felt right up my street (fjord maybe?) you *might* just spot Hugin & Munin, Odin's ravens lurking throughout the book & I found myself looking at Runic script to see how a Viking might have written 'No Spitting' - nothing like doing your research eh?
I found myself regularly laughing out loud as I drew this which is testament to the brilliance of Francesca's prose. The book just romps along & especially as a formerly rather timid kid I immediately wanted to be in Hack & Wack's gang! Particular favourites were Bitey Bitey the twins' pet wolf & their friend Dirty Ulf - I had a ball drawing this book & hope it shows.
The majority of the book was drawn on my kitchen table during the first lockdown in Spring 2020 which was mainly a horrible, difficult time for me but I felt like I could live vicariously through the twins' joyous anarchic spirit which was a wonderful tonic.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed drawing it.
Anyway don't take MY word for it, here's a couple of nice reviews
Tuesday 19 January 2021
Trump issuing pardons on Zoom this morning...
Puddles...
Monday 4 January 2021
Two Terrible Vikings by Francesca Simon - first peak at the cover!
Here's a peak at the final cover for Two Terrible Vikings written by the brilliant best selling author Francesca Simon & illustrated by me. I'm extremely excited about this series, this book was great fun to illustrate & I fell in love with a lot of the brilliant characters. If I catch myself laughing out loud when I'm working it's ALWAYS a good sign & Francesca's text is so funny & warm (despite all the snow inside) I think readers will really fall in love with Hack & Wack & their friends!
Two Terrible Vikings is published by Faber & you can pre-order it here
You can see the earlier cover here