Saturday 24 December 2011
Merry Christmas and thank you
Merry Christmas from me and Louise. Thanks for reading our blogs, commenting on our blogs, buying stuff from our shops, following us on Twitter and just being you! More fun to come next year.
Friday 23 December 2011
A Christmas Cumulus
One of the highlights of the year for me was seeing Inspector Cumulus appear on the shelves of shops all over the world as a vinyl toy courtesy of (the great!) Crazylabel. I was overwhelmed by the reception to him and then "over-overwhelmed" by all the entries to Toysrevil's "Drawing Cumulus" competition (thank you, Andy Heng!). He's sold out completely now so thank you to everyone who bought one.
There will be further Cumulus developments in 2012. Stay tuned!
Thursday 22 December 2011
Wednesday 21 December 2011
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Tuesday 20 December 2011
Monday 19 December 2011
Wet dog
Sunday 18 December 2011
Saturday 17 December 2011
Friday 16 December 2011
Christmas DoodlePlanet
Thursday 15 December 2011
Wednesday 14 December 2011
Tuesday 13 December 2011
Grobblock - a fun new festive character!
A fun new festive character! Introducing Grobblock. Say Grobblock's name (it's "Grobblock") three times in a row while pulling a cracker and looking in the mirror and he will magically appear!
Disclaimer - He's quite an excitable chap and will devour anything within 5 feet of tinsel including trees, presents, pets, grandparents etc. I'm not responsible for any damage/bereavement caused by Grobblock.
Monday 12 December 2011
Nervous Business Cat
Sunday 11 December 2011
It's a Boba Fett Christmas
I've always felt Boba Fett's uniform was quite festive, what with all the green and red, then I discovered he'd recorded this Christmas album before his sad demise in the Sarlacc pit. Featuring songs such as "Silent Carbonite", "Jango Bells", "It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Bespin", "O Little Town of Tattoine" and "Rockin' Around the Sarlacc Pit". Anybody remember the rest of the track listing?
PS Thank you to Richard Clayderman for the use of his living room for the photo shoot.
Saturday 10 December 2011
Jim Henson Tribute Exhibition - Gallery Nucleus
Tonight is the opening of "The Lovers, the Dreamers and Me", a Jim Henson tribute exhibiton, at Gallery Nucleus in Alhambra, California. We were really, really pleased to take part as we both love Jim Henson and the Muppets. Louise's piece will be unveiled later today but in the meantime he's my "concept artwork" for our contribution - Pepperdelica.
Friday 9 December 2011
A quick Batman
Yesterday on Twitter Mr James Howard (AKA @themooks) was asking people to draw Batman. I did a quick Bruce in brush pen and a worn out Posca. Here's a colour version. To see some truly brilliant Batmans just search #drawbatman on Twitter.
Thursday 8 December 2011
Emo Terrier
Wednesday 7 December 2011
DC and Lansbury
Here's two pics I've recently done for other people's blog. First up is my version of Lizz Lunney's Depressed Cat. If you're a fan of feline ennui and existential angst (who isn't!) then you need Lizz's Depressed Cat book in your life. Buy it HERE.
And secondly here's a young, glamorous Angela Lansbury (which I've "hilariously" titled - Angela GLAMsbury!) for Timothy Winchester's annual Angela Lansbury week on his blog. Timothy is the creator of "People I Know". A brilliant webcomic which regularly features ghosts, unicorns, Angela Lansbury references and crying. Go have a look.
And secondly here's a young, glamorous Angela Lansbury (which I've "hilariously" titled - Angela GLAMsbury!) for Timothy Winchester's annual Angela Lansbury week on his blog. Timothy is the creator of "People I Know". A brilliant webcomic which regularly features ghosts, unicorns, Angela Lansbury references and crying. Go have a look.
Tuesday 6 December 2011
Another type of Clerical Panda
Yesterday I posted a drawing of a Clerical Panda. "Clerical" has various meanings and certain people ("Hello" Craig! "Hello" Bridget!) thought I meant "of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the clergy or a member of the clergy" as opposed to "of, pertaining to, appropriate for, or assigned to an office clerk or clerks". So just for Craig and Bridget here's another Clerical Panda.
Monday 5 December 2011
Get yourself "Creaturized"
An A5 "creaturized" portrait of yourself, a loved one or merely an acquaintance can now be yours! Following the success of doing "creaturized" portraits in Selfridges in London and the Sketch-o-matic at Cornerhouse in Manchester I've decided to offer them online for a trial period. See the image above as an example. Click HERE for more details and to buy. Thank you!
Clerical Panda
Sunday 4 December 2011
The Pugilist
Ah, good ol' Terry Flynt, star of The Pugilist films. The first one is still the best (Diana Dors as "Big Val" and the inspired casting of Bernard Breslaw as gangland crime lord "Tony 'The Meat Grinder' Cumberland") but even the sequels were entertaining - "London Punch-Up" (1978), "I'll Fight Ya!" (1979) and the karate-themed "A Proper Hong Kong Hiding" (1980). Basically just 90 minutes of fighting with an Alan Hawkshaw soundtrack but classics nonetheless.
Saturday 3 December 2011
Scrugg of the Bailey
This is possibly my favourite of all Benley Furton's "Scrugg" novels. Scrugg's adventures delighted tens of children in the seventies and eighties. He was a psychotic, cave-dwelling feral elf/chimera hybrid who just wanted to live a normal life above ground with the humans (or "hoobuns" as Scrugg would say). "Scrugg of the Bailey" ended with Scrugg being chased out of the Old Bailey by torch-bearing Londoners when he hilariously ate the witness for the prosecution. Oh, Scrugg! Other titles in the series include "Scrugg and the Fetid Delicatessen", "Scrugg the Town Planner" and recently "Scrugg and the Quantitative Easing". Anyone else remember Scrugg? No, me neither.
Friday 2 December 2011
Desmond Sternhound
Thursday 1 December 2011
Hilda
I'm going to post a pic a day on the run up to Christmas (my version of an Advent calendar) so here's the first - my version of Luke Pearson's "Hilda" from his brilliant new book "Hilda and the Midnight Giant". I can't recommend it highly enough. A great story beautifully drawn and chock-full of ideas like a Snickers is chock-full of peanuts. Buy it now!
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