Norman

..is taking contributions! Mojo did this rather splendid 'Norman' cartoon and has published it on his blog. It's a great combination of Belgian nature photography, travelogue, art and oddity, well worth a look. The big box on the right says 'Happy Jumbo' by the way.

If anyone else fancies having a go at a Norman cartoon it would be most welcome (please!), and if I get enough I would publish them in the final book as well as my blog. I'd be interested in seeing a wide variety of ideas and styles.

Norman...

...wished he'd locked the hotel room door.

or maybe 'Norman was just trying something out'

Socialist..

...sparrowhawk.

Not popular with the union of songbirds though.

Mothy moth

No new drawing to report this week. There are things I should be doing but am not getting round to, such as a fine script I've been given for the upcoming Zombies 2 anthology. It's a difficult one to draw, and zombies are not usually my thing so I'm finding it especially challenging. It will be fun though.

Here's a moth in the meantime. A brimstone moth. It did a little moth poo on my hand. Silly moth.

June Geoscientist

Here we are again with this months Geoscientist, I always like the idea that complex or difficult situations can be explained away with terms like 'zone of complexity' or in the case of Petroleum Hydrocarbons, 'Unresolved complex mix' which is just a bunch of chemicals that are too much effort to separate more properly.

As for frame 4, I'm not sure I can comment on the state of anyone's office/workspace, but hopefully it reaches the holy grail any strip cartoonist strives for: being mildy amusing for the target audience. I would love to be organised but I'm a messy bugger, I can't even say I have a tidy mind.

Norman

...didn't enjoy falconry as much as he'd hoped.

Hmmm. A couple of things about this, the bird isn't actually a falcon, and I think the photoshopping makes it look terrible. I'll definately redraw this one for the book.

Norman

...regretted the tattoo after the drunken night out.