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Blog folder relics

A watercolour drawing that actually wasn't bad from 2008, some badge designs, a Beatles tshirt which I never put on sale (no idea why - it's pretty good, I suspect I was unhappy with Ringo), a Chri...

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Sketch dump

I'm still not really drawing outside of making the comics, and trying not to beat myself up about it. But it leaves me with a shortage of Patreon-ready stuff. So here are some sketches and notes fr...

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No glove no love

Precious little sketching has gone on in the last five months but in early summer I did think up a video game idea, where Shelley Winters has to solve a lot of problems with a yellow rubber washing...

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Q&A 16: monsters

Joanna Castellon writes:

"You dabble a lot in the quasi-paranormal across all your comics over the years where characters just kind of acknowledge it as a thing. On that ...

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Q&A 15: Mini answers round-up

William Cole writes:

"Can you finally reveal who WOULD win in a fight between a living carpet, giant sloth, and automated one-man band?"

It's a trick ...

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Q&A 14: foreign editions

Carlo Condo asks:

"Have you ever thought of having your work translated in another language? Do you think that the way you play with English, that I find quite impressive...

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Q&A 13: beginning a career

Aaron Cloutier writes: 

"My son is an aspiring illustrator (in college) and has been drawing every day since he was around 4. Is there any bit of wisdom you wish you...

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Solver number nine cover

Number nine... number nice... number nine. This might not be the final cover but it was fun enough to share. What on earth could this issue be about?

2022-11-04 16:01:10 +0000 UTC View Post

Call for new Q&A questions.

As alluded to in previous posts, it's been a tough year, which has meant less of the fun sketches and daft comics that usually fill the Patreon. But I enjoy answering questions and talking through ...

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Read SOLVER 8: THE URN in full, now!

Your PDF is linked under the cover image - please let me know if you enjoyed it in the comments. And thank you for supporting the making of these comics.

For new $3+ Patrons, your Solver<...

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Fill in Bobbins 12 of 12

It's my birthday today! Happy birthday to me. Happy... birthday. Here's the last of the rejected Bobbins strips.

2022-10-19 23:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post

Fill in Bobbins 11 of 12

This is another quite good-looking one. Drawing-wise, these comics were fine. Bon mots-wise, also fine....

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Fill in Bobbins 10 of 12

At last, a Ryan comic.

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Fill in Bobbins 9 of 12

This one I was particularly pleased with.

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Fill in Bobbins 8 of 12

Polly shows us a little steel

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Fill in Bobbins 7 of 12

This one is quite good too.

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Fill in Bobbins 6 of 12

Some nice drawing in this one, I think.

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Fill in Bobbins 5 of 12

I do like Polly. She's wan, but pleasant.

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Thor draw

A little sketch


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Fill in Bobbins 4 of 12


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Fill in Bobbins 3 of 12

Three more next week.

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Fill in Bobbins 2 of 12



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Fill in Bobbins 1 of 12

I made 12 Bobbins.horse comics a couple of months ago but didn't feel they quite hit the mark. I run them here purely as a curiosity. I've had to cut them up to fit the Patreon layout, which doesn'...

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Scary Go Round Comics in 2024

You may not be aware, but copyright on the first Mickey Mouse cartoon, "Steamboat Willie", expires in 2024. And I will be taking advantage, with a major new wave of releases starring everybody's fa...

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Bad Machinery: The Big Hiatus

As Bad Machinery went on, and I was working on it in tandem with writing Giant Days, I started to struggle to write two "cases" a year, so I began to alternate them  with ligh...

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Back in business

I'll start running the 12 Bobbins strips I made recently here next week, but in the meantime, rest assured that I am back in business and 1/3 of the way through drawing Solver 8 ("The Urn"). It wil...

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Inking practice

I'm trying to get myself back in shape by inking some old pencils. It's hard to find pro pencil pages online that aren't super tightly rendered, ie, no fun to mess with. It's more about getting my ...

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Full steam ahead at the Inadequate Locomotive Company

It's been a tricky summer for me, and it will be a tricky autumn. In August I drew three weeks-worth of so-so Bobbins comics, trying to keep going just to have something to do, then I ran out of st...

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She Hulks


Just a few She Hulks I drew quickly. I’m enjoying the TV show so far. Always a favourite c...

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Sketch stretch


I’ve not felt much like sketching recently. I’ve been making some Bobbins.horse strips a...

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