Greek Men and Their Weird Cars No. 3 This old Ford Anglia sits on the forecourt of my brother’s garage. His friend Nick, a car bodywork master craftsman, is refurbishing it. Nick can make any car look like it was built yesterday. Ford Anglias, with their strange, swept-back rear windows remind me of my uncle [...]
Bus Ride This kid was about 9 or 10 years old. He was relaxed, happy-seeming, making funny little observations to himself in the way that kids do. I thought the woman sitting next to him was his mother, but then she got off a stop before him. I realized then he'd just been happily talking [...]
At the bar...
test heading Charon - Getting the Character Right This character appears in the forthcoming graphic novel Laika. The character is unnamed in the story, but I think of him as Charon. He’s actually a life saver rather than a ferryman to the realm of the dead, but he does play a similar sort of role. In [...]
Unfinished Drawings of a Woman I forget where I did these drawings, only that the subject was a particularly beautiful and elegant woman. I do remember beginning and abandoning the first one knowing I just hadn’t caught her. The second time, I did.
Ang The Missus, on a train, engrossed in a book one cold day last winter.
Cell Phones Or “mobiles” as we call them in the UK. They are a menace on public transport. This guy was shouting into his on a tube at about 6pm. He was an estate agent, a realtor. I think he’d had a few pints, but that’s really no excuse. He wouldn’t shut up and was [...]
Emmanuel Guibert is interviewed as part of the INK Q&A at the excellent Powell's Website. and he too answered in cartoon form! This is a treat! As a reminder Powell's is the largest independent bookseller in America. Another cool thing in Portland.
Steve My friend Steve orders a pint in one of his locals, The New Hope in South London.
Homer SImpson might have said "can't blog, eating.' but here, we're berserk busy, so that's why not much to offer on the blog. But we're at MoCCA this weekend, with a table, with our books. See you there!
