The Corbyn Comic Book

UK comics publisher SelfMadeHero recently ran a Call for Submissions for an anthology of comics about the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to be published later this year. I thought I'd take a crack at it and produced the following one page comic, just before the deadline, based on the recent incident where Corbyn helped a mother up the stairs at a station, and also reflecting on the way certain parts of the media seemingly twist his actions to fit their own agenda...
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I received an email to say that my entry, unfortunately, did not get selected for inclusion in the anthology, but I'm still pleased with what I produced, so at least I can share it here!

Happy Birthday RIchy!

I still have a couple more 2015 catch-up blogs to run, but in the meantime I'm going to take a quick trip back to the future, and post a couple of recent things I've drawn...

My friend Richy started off 2016 by celebrating a pretty monumental birthday. And as we share a mutual love for Charles Schulz's Peanuts comic strip, I made him this Peanuts-inspired card, featuring his beloved cat, Suki Kabuki...

#DrawSnoopy

I discovered that 10 August is officially Snoopy's birthday, as can be seen in this strip below, first published on 10 August 1968...



To mark the occasion (and to publicise The Peanuts Movie) the hashtag #DrawSnoopy has been doing the rounds on the internet, and I thought I'd join in...

Sketchbook Project 2015: Winter

I've signed up to take part in The Sketchbook Project 2015, with a 32 page sketchbook to fill and send back for inclusion in the permanent collection at The Brooklyn Art Library. After making a start on my sketchbook just before christmas, I got around to finishing off my second page. The theme of my sketchbook is "Winter", and one thing I like to do during Winter is watch a bunch of Christmas movies on tv...

Comic Gosh!p

Comic Gosh!p is a monthly comic book discussion group that takes place at Gosh! London. Each event will normally includes one mainstream comic book and one small press book which is then discussed and dissected. Next month is a bit of a comic strip special, and we'll be looking at Krazy Kat by George Herriman, Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson and Lucy the Octopus by Richy K. Chandler.

I actually hadn't read any Krazy Kat or Calvin and Hobbes before, although I was aware of them both, and it's been fun to finally have an excuse to give them a read. Although as much as I've been enjoying them, I couldn't help but feel a little bit disappointed that we weren't looking at another classic comic strip (and my own personal favourite)...