Aaand we're back

Got back from the US yesterday and have got lots to catch up on! A big, big thank-you to everybody who stopped to say hello and/or buy something at Baltimore Comic Con and SPX - you made it all worthwhile. Double-big thanks to Jim and Rachel, my hosts while I was staying in Washington. I had a fine time.

Tomorrow, I'll start posting some of the sketches I did, which should keep us busy for a while. First, though, a plea to whoever it was at Baltimore who asked me to draw "my favourite childhood cartoon character". According to my list, you paid me money for this one and were going to bring your sketchbook along later for me to draw your picture - but you never came back! I would like to either refund your money or send you this picture which fits your brief - it's Frankie Stein, a big favourite with me when I was a lad, created by the great Ken Reid but drawn (very nicely!) by Robert Nixon by the time I discovered him in the pages of Shiver and Shake.