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Yup – once again I’m on the move, although technically I’ve already moved, as mentioned in an earlier post, and as avid followers of my Twitter feed will probably know. This is at least in part down to a change in my working practice – I’ve gone in the space of the last 18 months from a pen-and-ink cartoonist with some computer tidying-up to a wholly digital cartoonist, working now with my trusty Motion Computing LE1600 tablet PC. This gives me a whole lot more freedom, as I can now work from anywhere with a WiFi signal, and subsequently a lot less need for the messy, ink-splattered studio I was based at before. This, coupled with a break-in at my old studio just before Christmas prompted me to relocate my base of operations – into my back bedroom at home. Read the rest of this entry…
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In the next week or so, I will be saying farewell to the Custard Factory, which has been the home for my cartoon studio for the last four years (of which more in a future post). Due to my new studio space being somewhat smaller I am looking to dispose of some of my old office furniture and equipment, some of which I’ve had for many years, but, sadly now no longer have use for. Read the rest of this entry…
As I may have alluded to in another post earlier this year, in February I participated in an episode of the BBC quiz Eggheads, as captain of the Cartoonists team. Well, we’ve finally been given a broadcast date – Tuesday 13th October. That’s right, only three months away… and of course, I still can’t tell you how we did. Read the rest of this entry…
To my surprise, I was recently informed by Tom Scotney of the Birmingham Post that I’d been quoted in GQ magazine. I rushed out to get a copy of the January 2009 issue, assuming I’d been singled out for my natural sartorial style (hah!), but upon turning to page 48 I discovered in the bottom right-hand corner that GQ Spy and co-editor of ConservativeHome Jonathan Isaby had taken my quote about Eric Pickles from my recent spread in Tribune following the Conservative Party Conference in September. Read the rest of this entry…
Live Cartooning! (or Scribing, or Graphic Facilitating…. or something)
11th September 2008 |Posted In: News and views
Tuesday night was an interesting experience for me… I was asked to contribute to the debate at Creative Republic’s Creative Masterclass event at Fazeley Studios, just round the corner from my studio here in Digbeth. Unfortunately, due to illness the host, Michael Wolff, was unable to attend, so Creative Republic’s Stef Lewandowski stepped in at the last minute with his Ambient Creativity Audit of Birmingham (you might even hear me mumbling in the background in that clip), culminating in a call for a Creative Director for Birmingham. This was followed by an opportunity for the assembled audience to split off into groups, discuss what had been said and present their findings to the room.
