It’s nearly BACK TO SCHOOL in the caves. You might not think that school term times would have much meaning for we authors as we scribble away at our literary masterpieces under the watchful eye (literally, one eye) of INTESTINES JIMMY – the biggest and longest Monster in the caves. He gets the most author guard [...]
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You hum it, I’ll play it.
I’m off on holiday for a couple of weeks so will leave you with this piece of a/w I did today for a friend. A sort of request. I’m not sure what it means, but it’ll play me out as I pack my bag and jump on a plane. Of course, when I say [...]
Angel vs Demon
I recently started a new sketchbook with this image. Within pages this happened. It wasn’t long before all hell broke loose. There’s a story in this somewhere. I like drawing these buffoons. Watch this space…
Run, don’t walk, from…. the MONSTERS FROM THE MORGUE!
Heyho, Guest blogger Laura here once more to share some monsterlicious news. For those of you who like monsters, movies and comics (and let’s face it, who doesn’t?) this is the stuff for you! You may recall my rather swift last post which mentioned my mental busyness on ‘super fun top secret project’ ???? No? [...]
King Gobbledegook
Now I’m very critical when it comes to pretty much anything I produce. There is always something I wish I had done better. Always. But sometimes I get close to where I was heading (in my mind), when I began the work. This illustration shows King Gobbledegook from the book The Tale of Jack Frost. Here [...]
Don’t judge a book by its cover (take a look inside as well).
I was leafing through an old sketchbook the other day and came across this sketch of Magpie, one of the characters from my picture book The Ghost Library. For some reason it triggered a comment made to me by a parent as I sat in a bookshop signing copies of the book at an event. [...]
I want to steal your heart… and eat your brains!
Although I’m not particularly a zombie fan, I had to smile at this Zombie Love Song. Enjoy:
The man with no skin.
This is a bit of nonsense I sometimes read out at the end of events. Just a nice thought to be going to bed with… G’night… The Man with No Skin Is glistening red, There’s no skin on his bones There’s no hair on his head. His nails cracked and yellow, His eyeballs stare white. [...]
The Lonely Beast!
I was interviewed by the illustrator Chris Judge during my recent trip to Dublin. I went to meet Chris at his studio and we sat down for a 20 min chat. He is the author and illustrator of the very funny picture book The Lonely Beast, published recently by Anderson Press. Chris has produced an [...]
