Whenever a new book by Neal Asher is published it’s always a red letter day for me. His writing is a glorious melange of many of my very favourite things in this or any other world – namely monsters, obscenely destructive weaponry, sardonic AIs, the wildest ideas in SF and monsters. Neal Asher is an [...]
Archive > September 2010
A Postcard from Cosmo
I found this on my drawing board this morning. previous postcard / next postcard
I love books but I couldn’t eat a whole one.
Rooting through my draws, as it were, I came across this little piece. Not sure what it was for but the sentiment is spot on. On a separate note I’ve been having trouble with me posting and the images are coming out smaller than intended (in case you were wondering). So, finding this small picture [...]
Howlin’ Wolf
I have a soft spot for these two. I find myself drawing them in my sketchbook at various stages in their courtship. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – there’s a story to tell here. The only question is whether I write about them or continue drawing them and let the pictures [...]
Odd Vegetables
I have been on radio silence in the caves because I am in the final throws of finishing my first TARZAN book (which, weirdly, has just appeared on Amazon but it’s not out until next summer!). Anyway, I was hungry so checked out the monsters’ fridge which gurgles louder than my stomach. I was greeted [...]
The Funniest Thing in the World is… What?!
I love Roald Dahl. I really do. Not the man, obviously, because I never knew him (and I hear he could be a grumpy old rotter at times). I love his books. I love them because they are funny, because they are disgusting, because they are irreverent, because they are empowering, especially when you’re a [...]
A Postcard from Cosmo
I found this on my drawing board this morning. previous postcard / next postcard
Jimmy Coates Invades Your Classroom
What are all these tiny people doing running about the streets in matching uniforms? What’s that? Schools? Term time? How very confusing for all of us. Well, if it’s term time again I suppose that means that I’ll be visiting some schools at some point soon. And it also means that somewhere out there in [...]
Witchery Wonders!
Hi guys Following Sam’s brilliant post about Roald Dahl’s ‘Going Solo’ the other day (you must read that book – funny and really moving), I thought I’d just put in a word about my most memorable Dahl experience. I was chatting about it with my sister, and we agreed that so many moments in our childhoods [...]
