Norman

A bank of thank to Graeme Williams for this one. Absolutely brilliant. Done in Excel according to him.

Zommmbiiiieeeeeeeeeeesssssssssssssss

A few sneak peeks at my artwork for the upcoming Accent UK Zombies 2 anthology, or rather 2ombies. I was provided with a fine script by Ryan Doman and eventually got cracking on it. This is my first time drawing somebody elses writing so I was apprehensive, I'd say it worked rather well though.

I wonder if I should have researched this more thoroughly, y'know by watching dawn of the dead, putting greasepaint and masking tape on my face and wandering around slowly at night. Having said that, perhaps my lack of zombie knowledge has helped to produce a story that's a bit different.

I'm also pleased to say I didn't have to confront any zombie 'don'ts', like should they run or traipse around, and that was thanks to Ryans imaginative script.

All in all, great fun!

Goblin Hall

Not been buying many books of late, so got myself a copy of Goblin Hall by Rob Jackson. A good read, I found myself returning to some chortleworthy bits a few times afterwards, especially a bit about worshipping a magic pig. I like the new, larger size and covers that bleed all the way to the edge. Well worth 3 spond, available from his website.

Norman

..hadn't realised he would be modelling swimwear at the charity fashion show.

A google thanks to Sarah Taylor for this one. Show me a person who doesn't find the concept of a 'mankini' funny and I'll show you a liar.

It was the 22nd of June and Norman's internet purchase wasn't all he'd hoped for...

...he'd wanted 'Three Lions' on his shirt and not 'Three lines'. Still in a couple of days it's turn out to be a wise purchase.

Thanks be to Dave West of AccentUK for this Norman. I was hoping Dave would do one as the Norman stuff fits very nicely with the style of his weekly webcomic.

Norman..

..was exceptionally good in the centre couch position.

A tank of thank to Dr Claudia Moeckel for this submission. I hope it's ok that I changed the words a little bit as I'd rather it began with 'Norman'. You might guess from the name that Claudia is German, and I should point out that this cartoon was drawn before Germany narrowly beat England last week. She is not what you'd describe as a football fan, rather, for her, these matches are an opportunity to take advantage of the quiet streets und shops. All the same, congratulations on the zehr gut victory over Argentina!

Some more cool Normans received and awaiting posting (thanks all), not to mention one from a rather established cartoonist, don't want to say tooo much yet but would the words Bill Watterson mean anything to you? Get on the winning team and send me a Norman!

July Geoscientist

The latest. This one was originally due to appear later in the year but I brought it foward as I thought it possible that the world might be bored of twitter by the end of the year. I don't think this will be the case, and I'm certainly no snob about it. It does seem to bring some people together and keep some people in touch, certainly for comics people anyway. And I do read other peoples twitter pages without joining like some dirty voyeur. I thought about setting one up for myself, and one for Dalston in the cartoons, his geological posts might have read:

Just had a pie.
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Idea for soap opera: amygdale farm
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Just bought a T-shirt, it says 'tuff schist'. titter.
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Why does my backside always itch when I'm giving a lecture?
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Then I realised I couldn't be bothered and didn't have the energy. My personal posts would just read "making some pasta and having a glass of homebrew", "where's that foisty smell coming from in my house?" or "trying to write" anyway.