Oscar makes a stand against climate change
Prevention is better than cure
It's a strange microclimate in Snowpeak
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Tags: cartoon, climate change, comic, penguin, rabbit, sea level rise, stilts, termites
Oscar misinterprets Freeganism
Oscar gets into the swing of Freeganism by dumpster diving
The retirement home is based on the one my Gran lives in
Tags: cartoon, comic, consumption, food waste, freegan
I recently scored a lovely little gig for a teaching magazine and I’m in the process of doing my second cartoon for them. The first two roughs were rejected and this one rightly so – on reflection, it would only appeal to those who were traumatised by their chemistry practical lab work like me. Those who remember that every test seemed to require production of a crystalline white solid instead of the murky brown liquid that was the actual result.
yes, my roughs are very rough
Tags: cartoon, experiment, laboratory, practical, rough, science
Whilst doing an image search on litter for a cartoon, I discovered Litter Heroes. Love it!
Screenshot of the Litter Heroes web site
Tags: i hate litter, keep britain tidy, rubbish, trash
Working on some strips for next month and enjoying having a dig at fashion. Even some of my most environmentally aware friends lose it when it comes to fashion and go consumer crazy.
Tags: cartoon, fashion, hipster, trendsetter, trendy
No Arctic Circle art, but 3 little drawings are in the gargantuan Linden Postcard Show which runs till some time in March, I think.
Spot the Luna Park art
Part of a strip inspired by an article on reducing sheep burping….
Tags: agriculture, belch, burp, emissions, sheep
Update 11th Feb: And it flooded today but people kept walking through
The tunnel from Flinders Street Station, Platform 1 has always enthralled me. First of all, it pops out by the waffle stand in Degraves Street, like some glorious secret passageway. Second, it has just sprouted a new coffee shop, which I will try, when I have my keepcup with me, as I didn’t want to take a disposable cup.
the underground coffee shop
Third, it has eclectic exhibitions put on by the platform artists group. The last was on the station itself, but the current is on zines – hurrah!!
Part of the exhibition on zine production
The exhibition helped me find the work of Pat Grant. Is this guy in the ACA? I hope so....
NB.There is a fab little zine store in the subterranean arcade and leafing through its contents is like being in a real life version of the internet, with crazy juxtapositions, useful info and a lot of random stuff.
Tags: cartoons, comic art, comics, I love the tunnel under Flinders St, zines
Despite some blasts of heat, our garden has survived pretty well and we have harvested a lot of courgettes, beans, lettuce, potatoes, herbs and a singular beet and tomato!
Hoses are banned so we have to water by can from the rainwater tanks. As they run dry, we will only be able to water from 6am-8am on Saturdays and Tuesdays! Absurd, when market gardens use a lot more water.
Billie waits in the shade whilst we water
Tags: allotment, community garden, gardening in Melbourne, st kilda, veg out
Some time ago, I entered a little competition to have a comic strip blown up to billboard size and put up on the iconic Corner Hotel (a pub known for its live music) in Richmond, Melbourne.
I won the latest round and the strip will be up until 27th Feb.
Arctic Circle comic strip at The Corner Hotel, Swan St, Richmond
Close up of cartoon strip on the pub wall
I asked one of the many security guys milling about the entrances what he thought of the cartoon. “I like it,” he said, “the polar bear in the last panel reminds me of one of my boys – he’s built just like him”.
I also finally got to make good on a promise I made to Adam of The Eastern. I can’t remember why, but I said I’d put his band in one of my comic strips. They are playing in the background of panel 2.
Tags: act, cartoon, comic strip, corner hotel, large, live music, richmond, security, the eastern
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