The Knückle Crüshers

Celebrating Halloween & the 'unnëcessary hëavy mëtal ümlaut'!


(from an idea by Rachel Delahay Lefever)

Diana Ditch (Boris Johnson's drag name)

(from an original tweet by Mark Gatiss)

Matt Millz On Tour by Harry Hill - published today!

Matt Millz on Tour! the 3rd in the hilarious series by Harry Hill & illustrated by me is out today  (Thursday October 17th) published by Faber & Faber This time Matt is taking his act to the Edinburgh Festival! You can order it here!

Matt’s dream of becoming a stand-up comic is fading. Six months on from his success at the Apollo, the gigs have dried up, and it’s back to the daily drudge of schoolwork for Matt and his pals. But then his twelve-year-old manager Kitty has a brainwave: if they can persuade their teachers to take a school play up to the Edinburgh Festival, they could hold a comedy night too.

But Matt’s got a rival new school-mate Jamie who is pushing to be in the comedy line-up. And Jamie is good. But is he too good to be true?

National Poetry Day - Holes - Spike Milligan

Tigers on Vaseline!

Moving on from my previous post for International Tiger Day here's another tiger on vaseline thanks to inspiration from the great Dame David Bowie!

Hang on to yourself!

You want more book covers for non existent (as yet) books? Go here!

International Tiger Day - hang on to yourself...

...here's a tiger on vaseline*




(*psst all you non Bowie-files, it's a line from Hang On To Yourself from the Aladdin Sane album)

Spinning Cat

Whichever way the cat's bum points...

A Bestiary of (dimly remembered) Literary Terms

I was following a thread by @katemond on Twitter about 7 year olds being forced to learn about 'fronted adverbials' at school & after looking the term up realised the reality was a hell of a lot duller than my original idea of what a Fronted Adverbial looked like.

I proceeded to draw some more dimly remembered terms from studying English literature back in the mists of time.

Badum-Tsh!

Does anybody know any good jokes? I have JUST the animation for you!

Remember...wear sunscreen!

Hotdog!

The Unlucky Eleven - publication day!

The Unlucky Eleven which is published today is my second collaboration with author Phil Earle for Barrington Stoke as part of their Little Gems series.
I really enjoyed illustrating this funny action packed story about a rather shambolic & comical football team with a supposedly cursed football kit! It's a very nicely produced & designed book & you can either by it online or even better head down to your nearest independent bookshop & ask for it.
"The action flows, both on the pitch and in the dressing room, and the story feels as real and authentic as a pair of muddy football boots. Steve May’s illustrations are bang on...A winner!"

(Andrea Reece)

The Haunted Tie (& other stories)

Excerpt from a series of horror stories I will never probably get around to writing...

Mëtal Kittën (slight return)

More röck animals! (incorporating the ubiquitous 'Mëtal Ümlaut'™)

Collect the set!

Bookmark Project 2019

I was happy to take part in this year's Bookmark Project & draw an avidly reading tiger. The Project helps to raise money for the children who attend the Katiyo Primary School in Zimbabwe you can read more here

Sir Henry Rawlinson...

A fine quote from an eminently quotable movie 'Sir Henry At Rawlinsons End' written by the late great ginger geezer himself Viv Stanshall.

Don't Shout At The Lions Lionel!

Never raise your voice at big cats. This is unnecessary & invariably rather dangerous. Another in the series of 'books I haven't quite written yet'

Jubilant pink cat on postcard (with coffee stain)

Pigs & monkeys!

All sorts of flying gubbins...

Spring Equinox!

Yesterday was the first day of spring so I figured I'd dust the old codpiece out...

Cärrot Dëth

More animal adventures in the world of the 'extraneous mëtal umlaut'™

World Sleep Day

Mëtal Chicken!

More forays into the world of the 'extraneous mëtal umlaut'™ genre.

If you enjoyed this post, why not try Mëtal Kitten & complete the set?

Mëtal Kitten!

More adventures for the 'extraneous heavy metal umlaut'™

World Book Day 2019

Happy World Book Day 2019 !
(but spare a thought for some of the less popular days too World Cook Day, World Rook Day, World Crook Day) 

Spread the love & happy reading!

RIP Keith Flint

Incredibly sad news about the passing of Keith Flint from the Prodigy today so I drew a little Keith inspired doodle

Monster Facts #016

Monster negotiation is always best attempted AFTER lunchtime!

(preferably with SWAT team back up)

See also Monster Facts #03

Newham Word Festival with Guy Bass

I had a great time with author Guy Bass at the Manor Park library with the the kids from Monega Primary School  for the Newham Word Festival today. We covered everything from childhood vices, potato shaped children, dinosaurs, superheroes & not to forget our recent collaborations 'Noah Scape - Can't Stop Repeating Himself'  & 'Laura Norder - Sheriff of Butts Canyon'.

Guy's exuberance & expert storytelling went down really well with the kids & the morning gave me plenty of scope for plenty of live drawing to prove I was definitely 'quick on the draw' (see what I did there?!?!)

Thanks to the staff at Manor Park library for making us so welcome!

 Look at all our lovely books!

A meat pie, Tarzan & angry giraffe...

 Noah Scape

 Various superheroes (& Hulk's tiny trousers)

 Ten Gun Ben (& startled horse)

 Ten Gun Ben says "NO RULES!"

 A wild west 'good morning' pussycat (& rogue TARDIS)

 Potato shaped child & Guy's mum laying down the law 

(NB I have never met Guy's mum so this is purely invented)

 Noah Scape's favourite things!

 Laura Norder & Duncan Disorderly drawn from life in double quick time
(see below)

Down To Earth

Here's a couple of pictures from a recent book I illustrated called Down to Earth by Carmel Reilly for Oxford University press which I can find no trace of but anyone who knows me will know I'm fond of drawing aliens etc. so here you go!

Love Your Pet Day!

Surely Love Your Pet Day shouldn't really be necessary? Isn't that the WHOLE POINT of having a pet? Anyhow...