Comics diary entry: Got a bit stressed out getting my head around new tech today, but drawing this helped me 'get my zen on' to solve the problem calmly…

  Just wanted an excuse to draw a dodo! This is not a good gag, but I decided that it's just good practice to cartoon up anything and everything. Quite…

  Created for Women's History Month and for my great friend Hilary who loves reading history - she has entertained me lots recently on walks with the strange stories of…

  Created for Women's History Month and my friend Caroline who likes Mary Quant. Note: it is strange but true that she loved the mini and designed the interior of…

  My Easter costume bubbled over into a sketchbook entry when working with my cartooning circle 'The Leam Funnies'. Nice to notice that my line work gets more confident with…

  Comics diary entry: After having an idea in the night for an Easter egg costume, where I pinned rubber fried eggs to my shirt to celebrate. I got up…

  Comics diary entry: Remembered buddhist quote playing around my mind.

    Comics diary entry: After a conversation with Dad, where he gave me possibly the best compliment ever.

  Today is Michele's birthday, so to celebrate I created a little cartoon of her based on her dressing up on Wednesday as Cleopatra for the Sketchy Bitches' 'Happy Hour.'…

  This is one of my 'Zen Doodles' that paraphrases a comment by the poet John Brehm - he doesn't mention 'the funny', but clearly the 'eternal transient delight' has…

  Struggling a bit this week to get into a funny mindset (back pain and tiredness), but chuckling away at other nice things (today 'Taskmaster' and funny texts from my…

  Comics Diary 18/2/21 I had just rewatched the movie Groundhog Day. I read somewhere that Harold Ramis reckoned Groundhog Day lasted for about 10 years...

  Comics diary 17/2/21 Introducing my new personal trainer, Mick, who is zen in the calmest funniest way! In this moment, he is trying to persuade me to run in…

  Comics Diary 25/2/21 Dad's birthday with lemon drizzle cake, a country walk, curry, presents - and surrounded by the women who adore him most!)

  Comics Diary 27/2/21 This little cartoon captures my 'green gilled' feeling one Saturday after indulging in too much junk (Tangfastics with Ian in the park, and various treats for…

  Comics Diary 3/3/21 This little sketch captures my feeling when trying to catch up with friends' Instagram posts after a week offline.

  Comics Diary 2/3/21 I'm reading a fascinating book about brain chemistry at the moment ('Habits of a Happy Brain' by Loretta Graziano Breuning), which just leads me to marvel…

  Comics Diary 1/3/21 This is a little cartoon that condenses an interesting radio programme about John Cage's composition of his silent piece '4:33' in 1952, which was inspired by…

  Comics diary entry 5/03/2021:   This is a diary doodle after something that my personal trainer often tells me to better ground me. It is a lovely consoling notion…

  One of the birthday flamingoes created for Dad's birthday cartoons this week (for more, see Creative Research Notes 36) - a visual version of the classic 2 Ronnies 'four…

  One of the birthday flamingoes created for Dad's birthday cartoons this week (for more, see Creative Research Notes 36)

  One of the birthday flamingoes created for Dad's birthday cartoons this week (for more, see Creative Research Notes 36). The visual pun is the incongruous translation of the position…

  One of the birthday flamingoes created for Dad's birthday cartoons this week (for more, see Creative Research Notes 36)

  This was a card created for my Dad's partner's birthday. It was an illustration of his gag idea, so it was interesting to build this visually. I struggled a…

  This cartoon was created on Valentine's Day as an anti-Valentines card or anti-Chocolate and Card Industry Support day (excellent joke by my neighbour John). It captures one aspect of…

  This is part of my David Shrigley experiment  (see Creative Practice Notes 33 for details). Here, I’m responding to the art prompt ‘rose.’

  This is part of my David Shrigley experiment  (see Creative Practice Notes 33 for details). Here, I’m responding to the art prompt ‘canary bird’

  This is part of my David Shrigley experiment  (see Creative Practice Notes 33 for details). Here, I’m responding to the art prompt ‘aeroplane.’

  This is part of my David Shrigley experiment  (see Creative Practice Notes 33 for details). Here, I’m responding to the art prompt ‘book.’

  This is part of my David Shrigley experiment of 8-12 February (see Creative Practice Notes 33 for details). Here, I’m responding to the art prompt ‘tea cup.’

  This is part of my David Shrigley experiment of 8-12 February (see Creative Practice Notes 33 for details). Here, I’m responding to the art prompt ‘close.’

  This is part of my David Shrigley experiment of 8-12 February (see Creative Practice Notes 33 for details). Here, I’m responding to the art prompt ‘shout.’

  This is part of my David Shrigley experiment of 8-12 February (see Creative Practice Notes 33 for details). Here, I’m responding to the art prompt ‘ideal.’

  This is part of my David Shrigley experiment of 8-12 February (see Creative Practice Notes 33 for details). Here, I’m responding to the art prompt ‘prison.’

  This is part of my David Shrigley experiment of 8-12 February (see Creative Practice Notes 33 for details). Here, I’m responding to the art prompt ‘feathers.’

  This is part of my David Shrigley experiment of 8-12 February (see Creative Practice Notes 33 for details). Here, I’m responding to the art prompt ‘spooky.’

  This is part of my David Shrigley experiment of 8-12 February (see Creative Practice Notes 33 for details). Here, I’m responding to the art prompt ‘zebra.’  

  This is part of my David Shrigley experiment of 8-12 February (see Creative Practice Notes 33 for details). Here, I’m responding to the art prompt ‘sea.’

  This is part of my David Shrigley experiment of 8-12 February (see Creative Practice Notes 33 for details). Here, I’m responding to the art prompt ‘thread.’

  This is part of my David Shrigley experiment of 8-12 February (see Creative Practice Notes 33 for details). Here, I’m responding to the art prompt ‘street.’

  This is part of my David Shrigley experiment of 8-12 February (see Creative Practice Notes 33 for details). Here, I’m responding to the art prompt ‘bug.’

  This is part of my David Shrigley experiment of 8-12 February (see Creative Practice Notes 33 for details). Here, I’m responding to the art prompt ‘window.’

  This is part of my David Shrigley experiment of 8-12 February (see Creative Practice Notes 33 for details). Here, I’m responding to the art prompt ‘joy'.

  This is part of my David Shrigley experiment of 8-12 February (see Creative Practice Notes 33 for details). Here, I’m responding to the art prompt ‘triangle'.

  This is part of my David Shrigley experiment of 8-12 February (see Creative Practice Notes 33 for details). Here, I’m responding to the art prompt 'text' (and sort of…

  This is part of my David Shrigley experiment of 8-12 February (see Creative Practice Notes 33 for details). Here, I'm responding to the art prompt 'paint.'

  This is a cartoon of my 'sketchy' friend, Lene, who wanted to be turned into a fox. She is a ginger-haired goth, who claims to be a witch, so…

  This is the animal version of friend Christina from the online drawing group the  'Sketchy Bitches.' She wanted to be a cat, unicorn, or sloth. The unicorn version was…

  This idea for me as 'Sketchzilla' was invented by friend, artist and entrepreneur Dulcie Ball. This name results from my love of sketching and the fact that Godzilla always…

  Sue preferred the kestrel version of herself and I agree - it has her power, her edginess, and her smarts. The earlier 'Baloo' Sue does not capture these elements…