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I was happy to get an email from my syndicate in August
In observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we would like to color the Sunday funnies pink! We feel this will send a great message of compassion around a subject close to many of our lives.
I had already coloured and sent the strip for today, so here are both versions:
The pink version of today's Arctic Circle strip
The original Arctic Circle cartoon for 10/10/10
Tags: breast cancer, cartoonists, cartoons, king features, pink, ribbon
Had a great time at the National Cartoonists Society annual shindig in Jersey City. Here are a few pictures.
Jersey City is handy for the PATH train to Manhattan and is host to the most gruesome war memorial I have come across
Brendan and Rina give Duncan, Tea, Terri and I a tour of The Village
Dave Blazek, Stu Rees, me and Scott Hilburn
Paul Gilligan, my editor Brendan Burford and Norm Feuti
With Paul G and Tom Richmond
Paul explains to Wiley Miller that "douchebag" is a term of endearment
Tom Gammill mc-d the Reuben Awards
Enjoying a cocktail with Terri Libenson and Norm & Jen Feuti
The only photo I took at the President's Party - it was late and those tiles were so pretty, so shiny...
Tags: cartoon, cartoonists, drinking, partying, reuben, staying up very very late
The 25th Stanley Awards were held overlooking Darling Harbour, Sydney
As a celebration of my 40th birthday, Duncan and I tacked on a Big Trip to our Sydney visit for the Stanley Awards. The trip started well – it was fun to catch up with fellow cartoonists, as always, and the Awards night was a cracker. It was also the 25th birthday of the Awards, so most people made an effort to dress up (I confess though that I bought my dress in an op shop and altered it!).
The first time I have seen Duncan in a tux.
Cartoonists of many talents
Tom and Anna Richmond on the harbour cruise
It was great to make a few new acquaintances. Tom Richmond (MAD magazine and much more) and Pat Oliphant were guests of honour from the US. Tom and Anna confessed to being fellow foodies, so Duncan gave them some good tips on places to go in Sydney (we had so much good food, coffee and wine there, it would be boring to detail it).
A penguin pops up in Glebe
Milsons Point Pool
I turned 40 the Wednesday after the awards and started my mid-life as I mean to go on, with a swim. The Milsons Point pool is one of my favourites – 50metres, outdoors and with a stunning view of Sydney Harbour.
The boyf and I at Fix St James
Fortunately, the swim gave me a huge appetite for the lunch that the boyf treated me to at Fix St James.
We then got on the train to Perth - the Indian Pacific
mid-trip
Admiring presents in our tiny but marvelous little sleeper cabin
This trip was a lot more stylish than the train trip I did up to Coffs Harbour (sleeping in the seat…) last year and the views were superb. Thank you, boyfriend!
Good to see a big long windfarm just out of Adelaide
Loved the souvenir stalls at Broken Hill station
The view at Cook, Nullabor Plain
Tags: 40th birthday, awards, cartoon, cartoonists, conference, great rail journey, indian pacific, margaret river, perth, surf, wine
I’m gradually putting this blog back together after its move and you can find the links to other great sites on the left. The good thing about hosting my blog is that I can enable the code for the Comics Kingdom widget: clicking on that little animated box down left will take you to today’s Arctic Circle strip. Enjoy!
My favourite comics include Ollie and Quentin by fellow Brit King Features cartoonist, Piers Baker
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