CECAF Sketches 5

This one's just a daft idea I had on the spot. No actual vegetables were harmed during the drawing of this sketch (though I did eat a banana on the way home). For sale in the store.

CECAF Sketches 4

The Fez! He's everywhere! He's nowhere! He's a character I really want to do more with! This one, as is increasingly the custom around here, is for sale in the web store.

CECAF Sketches 3

Another one from Saturday – this is an old favourite, Knuckles the Malevolent Nun, pounding away on the skins (and available for purchase here). (Update: Sold.)

CECAF Sketches 2

Here's another sketch from Saturday's CECAF session. These guys are "Educated Oscar and Abelard the Mule", my Barney Google and Spark Plug stand-ins. This one's also for sale, if that's your style of thing.

While I've got your attention (and in case you've got any cash burning a hole in your pocket), I've updated the comic art section of the store with a bunch of work-for hire stuff (mainly Doctor Who and Garfield). I'm never sure if there's much demand for my original (i.e. not work-for-hire) stuff, but let me know if you're crying out for anything that isn't a trademarked media colossus and I'll adjust the next update accordingly.

CECAF Sketches 1

So I went to the Crouch End Cartoon Art Festival yesterday and had a very enjoyable time. Big thanks to Sean Azzopardi for putting it on year after year; it's the kind of free-entry, community-outreach show we can never have too many of.

To pass the time, I drew some sketches. Here's the first. It's for sale in my web store (update: it's sold!) if anyone's interested; more to come over the next few days.

Crouch End Cartoon Art Festival

The world is depressing me so it's time for something lovely. To this end, may I encourage you to come along to the Crouch End Cartoon Art Festival this Saturday, where I'll be making a return to an area of London where I used to live very happily, many moons ago now. Who knows, it may be our last chance before those of us with non-British passports are all deported, so let's make the most of it before the world burns to the ground.

Iron Duchess update

Two more pages up at ZCO.MX today.

I'd also like to mention some upcoming appearances, while I've got your attention:

• The first one, this very Saturday, is at the Comica Comiket at the House of Illustration, King's Cross, London (directions here).  I'll be doing a turn as a part of the Drawing Parade at 12:30pm, otherwise I should be at my table sketching, flogging books and original art. 
• Next up will be the Doctor Who Magazine #500 Celebration at the Windsor Copthorne Hotel on 28th May. Again, I'll be sketching and doing the original artwork thing (although less of the books in this case).
• And third in a packed few weeks will be the Crouch End Comic Art Festival on June 18th at the Earl Haig Hall. I was a resident of Crouch End many years ago and I greatly enjoy my return visits. Third year running, and it gets better every year.

Hope to see you at one, some or all of them.

CECAF Sketch Roundup IX

Last couple.

 

CECAF Sketch Roundup VIII

CECAF Sketch Roundup VII

CECAF Sketch Roundup VI

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CECAF Sketch Roundup III

CECAF Sketch Roundup II

CECAF Sketch Roundup

Here's the first in a short run of sketches I produced at Saturday's show. More over the next few days.

Fred, CECAF and things

Two more Iron Duchess pages uploaded today!

And I'd like to thank Sean Azzopardi for another cracking CECAF on the Saturday just passed. I had a wonderful time and it was great to meet so many lovely people – some long-time comic fans, some locals who'd never even read a comic, and KIDS KIDS KIDS. All good stuff. I think what Sean's doing – getting comics out to the community at a grass-roots level – is incredibly important right now, when the arts are being attacked left and right in the UK. As long as there are people like him and Arts Emergency and others of their ilk making a difference, we just might be around for a while yet.