Where did I leave my parrot?
This is a 7-minute portrait of fellow 'Sketchy Bitch' from our online drawing session of 24.01.21, where we were posing in the style of ID magazine…
Yah! I’m smokin’
This is a 7-minute portrait of the facilitator of the 'Sketchy Bitches' online drawing group (Dulcie Ball). On 24.01.21, we were posing in the style of ID…
Cut it out, kids!
This is a 7-minute portrait of fellow 'Sketchy Bitch' from our online drawing session of 24.01.21, where we were posing in the style of ID magazine (i.e. with…
Maggi Hambling Cartoon
I started creating cartoons of Maggi Hambling after getting inspired by her in a BBC documentary to celebrate her 75th birthday called ‘Maggi Hambling: Making Love with Paint.’…
Family Mottoes…
Notes: This strip was a way to strengthen my resolve through a difficult month by remembering the mottoes of my nearest and dearest. I always wanted to fuse them…
A mardy day…!
Comics diary entry. Dulcie Ball shared that she was mardy too that day with the observation that it was probably to do with the full moon. She…
You lot get on my nerves…
Introducing new characters called Mardy Min (something Mum called me when I was wee and moaning about something) and the Mardy Bums. These happened while doodling about mardiness…
Support from the ‘Sketchy Bitches’
Comics diary entry. Bad pain week this week that was much cheered by Dulcie Ball’s post on Instagram with 3 portraits of me from our ‘Back to…
Now what…?
Comics diary entry. Working the allotment with Mum who had ‘fizzy energy’ that day and was zooming. She tends to leave tools abandoned in the soil and…
For you…?
Comics diary entry. I had just been nominated as the new chair of the Association of Midland Artists.
Listen mate…
This is an early cartoon of a condensed memory of Dylan - our funny Australian colleague who was stuck teaching out in rural Tojo. He joked often about…
The breath is always first…
This is a quote by my online yoga teacher. When she said this, I instantly thought of a newborn getting slapped on the tushy into life and breath.…
Zen Flesh…
Dad used to do aikido when he was younger. He would do these dramatic aikido forward rolls across the floor to entertain me and my brother Will. These…
Birds-as-hats
This week, I have been doing a 'bird-hat' challenge creating birds-as-hats (after the illustrator Terry Runyan and a suggestion from Dulcie Ball of the Sketchy Bitches). I have…
I got nothing!
Alexei Sayle is my favourite stand-up comedian - I love him and this is a sort of hommage. This joke is paraphrased from 'Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar'…
There are muntjac on the allotment!
My friend Alyson is very silly and sometimes wonderfully mean in her jokes. Check this one out about me: Clari: This quaker asked me if I wanted to…
The Sketchy Bitches
This is a little sketch while thinking about my positive experiences and encouragement from the wonderful 'Sketchy Bitches.' Here are two of the inspirational members - Dulcie 'Queen…
It h-h-hurts to talk!
This cartoon is not well-drawn, but it contains layers of jokes between my Dad and me over many years. I don't like the drawing, but it makes me smile…
Sit in your own genius!
My cartoonist mentor suggesting that I sit 'in my own genius!' This was a little difficult not to joke about (and I mimed confusedly looking around the room for…
Everyday dahlias!
Peter has the allotment next to me (and 6 other plots). He gives me dahlias all the time and teaches me the names (this variety are called 'Firepots'). He is…
Buddha Birds
This cartoon condenses conversations from that day with friend Fee. Her and her partner Len came over for 'allotment curry' (a lot of courgettes!) and we chatted about our…
Delight!
Comics diary entry that captures a conversation between Laurence Shorter, Carlos Saba and me. Laurence had just asked us to write down a list of unresolved questions that…
Sarah Millican’s Story
This is a comic strip version of a story Sarah Millican told on the radio programme 'Women Talking about Cars’ (R4). I wanted to remember this story, because…
Yin and Yang Productions
Notes: This comic was a useful way for me to condense the information from Laurence Shorter's first official 'The Art of No Idea' coaching session on 30…
Wolf!
Notes: This conversation happened in front of me on a street near my house. It wasn't a wolf (in case you're worried), but a large black dog. The…
Lanza culture
Notes: This was drawn on holiday in Lanzarote. My best friend loves Lanzarote - he wakes up happy to do the same thing everyday. He's been there nearly…
Miss you…
Notes: This was drawn in my wee sketchbook while on holiday in Lanzarote. It's based on an experience in a nightclub where some English dudes in football shirts…
What did Douglas Adams say…?
Notes: This is a section from my comics diary (it's based on an idea by cartoonist Lynda Barry of sections to be filled in each day with notes…
Procrastination hurts…
Notes: January 2020 was a really awful month for procrastination. It actually felt painful 'not to do' (but turned out that I just needed to go on holiday…
Going in literally theoretical circles…
Notes: This comic is about being stuck in theoretical circles for my PhD as the university asked for more justification for my ideas. I started to get depressed…
Learning is ascending…
Notes: There were discussions of cycles in my reading on action research and in my mind this connected to cycles that go up and down. My Dad (that's…
Wok it!
Notes: This is a theme in November, where I was stuck in theory and getting more and more miserable going around in circles. I wanted to escape…
I’ll be happy if…
Notes: You could do cartoon strips of people saying 'I'll be happy if...' until the end of time!
Why is life still so hard?
Notes: You can always tell a strip is autobiographical if the character is wearing stripes and has messy hair.