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Cartoonist. Epitaph will read "Drew the Muppets and died". Immigrant. Causing incalculable damage to the country since 1990. http://patreon.com/hotelfred www.hotelfred.com linktr.ee/hotelfred http://hotelfred.bigcartel.com
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The thought balloon is Good, Actually, and does things captions can’t.

Comics are good.

Little Orphan Annie - IN SPACE!

This is who runs this account

Lovely picture by Paul, from the latest 2000AD!

I backed this - seems like something I might need at some point, and Matt has walked the walk

My dad's taste is the exact opposite of mine in 99% of cases, but he did love Billy Connolly and took my brother and me to see him perform live on a number of occasions (he often toured New Zealand), so that counts for a lot.

Giving this a nudge - I want Ed to succeed and I want to read it!

Tell you what, I got so much better at drawing as a baby cartoonist when I asked friends and relatives to write scripts for me. They'd ask me to draw things I never considered/was shit at drawing, so I had to constantly devise new solutions. That problem-solving muscle gets strong really fast.

ILYA Kickstarter ROMO THE WOLFBOY enters final days Romo the Wolfboy, a 256-page full colour kids graphic novel by esteemed British cartoonist ILYA is calling for Kickstarter backers to hit target before the clock runs out in the early hours of June 19

I hope this clears up recent difficulties.

Please don’t interrupt my Ariadne joke or I’ll lose the thread

I did my best to compile as many protest safety notes as possible into a one page foldout zine! Coincidentally…it seems the file has breached containment…like it’s available for anyone to print or hand out 👀⚖️ toonyart.com/s/PSZine.pdf

I’ve got a fantastic lead on a history graphic novel. If you can draw real world stuff and realistic situations and want to get paid, get in touch.

Silly cartoonist query: I've just used up the last of my Schoellershammer Airbrush Paper No. 4, which is *incredible* for inking on, and when I tried to find some more online I'm coming up with nothing. Did they go out of business or something? Are Schoellershammer still around?