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Zoo/Panda Comic Strip Series

admin — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:17:32 +0000

Drop Panel for Sunday’s Comic About a Trip to the Zoo

admin — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:06:01 +0000

Big Foot (Yeti) Comic Strips

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:26:11 +0000

I was away when these ran. This series was inspired by a survey of Americans that showed many were more prepared to believe in things like Bigfoot than in evidence-backed science like climate change.

You Can Fit the World’s Population on Vancouver Island

admin — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:49:12 +0000

Yes, I worked this out. I assumed that each person would need at least a metre squared to stand on. 7 billion square metres is the same as 7,000 square kilometres (1000 m x 1000m). I then did a search to find islands bigger than 7000 sq km. I would have dearly loved to use one of the Falkland Islands, but I’m not sure they are as well known as in Margaret Thatcher’s era…So I went for Vancouver Island, instead – a little roomier at over 30,000 sq km.

Oil Pipeline Cartoons

admin — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:05:13 +0000

As this comic strip series was running, I was very glad to hear that the Keystone XL pipeline was denied a permit, but it looks like this is just a stalling measure to take the decision beyond the presidential election. I wish as much money and energy was being put into researching and installing alternative energy systems (wind, solar, wave) instead.

Gil Comic Strip by Norm Feuti

admin — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 01:06:46 +0000

Click to see full strip

Although I was sad to see the end of syndication for new Ollie and Quentin comic strips this year, I was glad that Norm Feuti (of Retail fame) picked up the reins with his strip about a dysfunctional family (at least in the world of newspaper comics), Gil. It was cool to add it to my Daily Ink feed and I’ve been enjoying revisiting the characters. Gil was a web comic and it’s great to see that rejigging the comic for a newspaper audience hasn’t diminished it at all.

I just hope that they like it, editors buy it and Gil becomes the success it deserves to be.

Underwater FBI cartoons

admin — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 01:52:05 +0000

This series was inspired by finding that the FBI have been using dolphins and other marine animals in their operations for decades.

Preview of e-Book Cover

admin — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:46:52 +0000

Stupid Yellow Fish

admin — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 12:59:19 +0000

This is a detail from a Sunday I’ve just drawn for Earth Day (22nd April) and there is something about this stupid yellow fish that really appealed to me.

People Love Bacon in a Comic Strip, But Not Antibiotics in Their Bacon

admin — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 21:18:31 +0000

The readers of Arctic Circle online (see link on left to the daily comic) are pretty tough markers and I thought it was interesting that they liked this comic more than most. I’d like to think that the routine use of antibiotics in animal feed is of concern, but it’s more likely that comic readers just love bacon.