In the last month I have been struggling with various negative emotions, including flaring pain from sciatica and general despondency at the thought of more lonely lockdown in the dark…

The comics diary and personal creative practice stopped over the last month. Instead, creative practice happened in smaller ways by attending the ‘Sketchy Bitches’ online drawing group, by creating birthday…

I saw Tom Fishburne being interviewed at NCS Fest and he was a positive, smart, happy man, so this inspired me to research him further and to watch his TED…

Jim Davis (creator of Garfield comic strips) spent 30 minutes sharing his ideas on humour construction in a presentation entitled the ‘Art of the Funny’ at the NCS Fest 2020.Davis…

National Cartooning Society came together on Zoom on Saturday 12th September 2020. Members of the NCS are required to work professionally as cartoonists, so this was very much a forum…

The ‘Sketchy B*tches’ got together on Zoom to celebrate ‘Roald Dahl Day’ (13 September) by drawing quick portraits of each other ‘dahled-up’ and in the style of his illustrator Quentin…

Creative practice has been very difficult for me - how to start? - how to play? - how to develop ideas? - how to be confident? It is also probably the…

Formats matter. This is problematic for someone who got grade ‘E’ at Maths O’ level (several times over actually even in the resits) and spirals out of control when I…

For a long while, I’ve struggled with the issue of leaving traces of pencil on my breakdowns (or rough drawings) before inking. There has also been a longing for lines…