This comics diary entry is based on a lovely comment on Instagram after I posted a strip of contorting flamingoes in a serious called ‘Tasks for the Impossible Cartoonist: how to fit the flamingo neck within a panel),

‘So clever. That’s the subtleties of great cartoons, as a reader you can’t put your finger on why it makes you smile or pushing your interest, but its’ magic’

Another comment was ‘Framingoes’! i.e. Flamingoes struggling to fit into the frame. Excellent name for the series.