What, exactly? Something blobby? Certainly. Something phlegmy? Potentially. Some Ginger Parkin? Not on your Nelly. As Jon says: ‘it all seemed so simple then’. Oh but it wasn’t. It was all a plan. They smiled, (‘Helloo!’). They chatted, (‘Yes I like books and pictures and stuff!’). They lured. (‘Come and see our cave!’). But Barry [...]
Archive > June 2010
A Postcard from Cosmo
I found this on my drawing board this morning! previous postcard / next postcard
Here Come The Gallows…
G’aarrrggghhhh! I knew hanging around with Scary (in a good way) Sam Enthoven was asking for trouble! Little did I know that it would lead me to such infernal realms as these! Yup, I’ve been Trapped By Monsters. Caught by Creeps. Ensnared by… ensnary things. Oh, the humanity! Still, I must say, the company’s rather [...]
Panache Monstrueux
This has been cheering me up for several months now… The animator’s name is Ross Butter and here is a blog where you can see more of his work. I particularly like the style of blue dude with the long neck. But the pterodactyl is a fine dancer too. Sam
Nine, Ten – Scared Again!
Take a sneak peek at these beauties – the official covers for the next two spooky Scream Street adventures… In Scream Street 9: Terror of the Nightwatchman, Luke and Resus are woken with the news that Cleo has been kidnapped. Following a trail of gloopy green goo, they find themselves in a dense jungle where [...]
Reading Fest 8 – The Island
A new book by Sarah Singleton is a cause for celebration as far as I’m concerned. Every book she’s written to date has been a cracking read and this one is no exception. The Island is a contemporary story of three teenagers taking a gap year abroad before going to University. It is a story [...]
Mobile Library
I found myself in Norwich last week as part of the launch for the new mobile library that is set to patrol the roads and some 250 schools in the area for the next 10 years! Why me I hear you ask? Well, I am incredibly lucky to have been the illustrator chosen to have [...]
Brief Freedom
Even with the new intake of prisoners here in the caves, it’s always a welcome relief to make it out to visit schools. The last few weeks have been more hectic than I can remember. Yesterday I was at Portsmouth Grammar School, who sent me this photo as a souvenir: The event was superbly organised [...]
Beeeee Jeeeeepers!
This is not the pamper destination that was in the brochure. I thought I going to be whisked into a fuzzy glow in the hands of real professionals. I knew something was not quite right when I was dropped off at the dead of night near the mouth of a cave. There was a handwritten [...]
