Tuesday, March 31, 2009
from the archives
A6 Seawhite of Brighton sketchbook number 6, late '95
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Coming next week in "from the archives": colour!
Monday, March 30, 2009
rampage again
Friday, March 27, 2009
kid 3
Thursday, March 26, 2009
brown man
Doodling in Photoshop. In brown.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
kid 2
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
from the archives
A6 Seawhite of Brighton sketchbook number 6, late '95
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Monday, March 23, 2009
kid 1
Sunday, March 22, 2009
nude
beach
Friday, March 20, 2009
fella
Thursday, March 19, 2009
rampage
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
big mouth
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
from the archives
A6 Seawhite of Brighton sketchbook number 6, late '95
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Monday, March 16, 2009
tall thin house
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
word doodle 1
"Alfie, Bertie, Charlie, Danny, Ellie, Freddy, Georgie, Harry, Izzy, Jenny, Kerry, Lindsey, Molly, Nicky, Olly, Penny, Queenie, Robbie, Stevie, Tilly, Una, Vera, Wilma, Xavier, Yootha ... you need to come in now. We have to go to the hospital," shouted the heavily pregnant woman from her back door step.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
from the archives
A6 Seawhite of Brighton sketchbook number 6, late '95
I promise: it does get better later...
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Friday, March 06, 2009
when spelling matters
I am a guest at a primary school in Greenwich, showing pupils my work and conducting brief drawing workshops with the year 3 and 4 classes as a special event for World Book Day. Some of the pupils draw characters into panels on sheets I printed out the night before, adding their dialogue in the speech balloons provided, to create a simple four panel strip. One or two are sickeningly brilliant, many are inspiringly energetic but a little hard to decipher. Sometimes I ask the creator of a strip to talk me through the action (and decipher their handwriting and spelling for me). One such, presumably a great fan of sugary fizzy drinks, explains that the figure in the first panel is himself, holding a can and saying "I love Coke". Sadly he has spelled Coke "C-O-C-K".
I do not point out his error.
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
the death has been announced...
I'd known it was coming for a short while but had to wait for Random House to make it official before I could say anything publicly: The DFC, the happy home of Good Dog, Bad Dog, will cease publication with issue 43 at the end of this month.
The official press release from RH says this:
03 March 2009
Children’s Comic, the DFC, Up For Sale
The DFC, a weekly comic (launched May 2008) for boys and girls is up for sale, following a decision by The Random House Group to cease publication.
Philippa Dickinson, MD RHCB, said: “We are very proud of the DFC and the reaction it received from families, schools and especially the children who have enjoyed reading it. It is an innovative concept which we have been very happy to back. There can be no successes without taking risks, after all. Unfortunately, in the current economic climate, we have decided that the DFC is not commercially viable within our organisation.
“David Fickling, the staff at the DFC, and all the comic’s contributors have worked tirelessly to produce what is an amazing weekly publication and we would be delighted if a buyer could be found who would like to take the DFC on as a going concern”
If no buyer is found, the title will close on March 27th.
I won't go on about it here. I tried to and this post started to sound like a bad Oscar speech with me thanking all and sundry and coming over all weepy. And anyway others have said all that I would like to here and here and here (and elsewhere I'm sure).
But I will just say, to my editor and friend, Lovely Ben Sharpe: you're very good at your job. And you taught me a lot about the ellipsis. And I thank you.
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
from the archives
A6 Seawhite of Brighton sketchbook number 6, late '95
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