Gainsbourg

Un grande merci à Jonathan Edwards for including my ropey submission on his wonderful Draw Serge blog.

giraud

I wrote about the new Moebius exhibition at la Fondation Cartier, for Vingt Paris.

pencilling...

influence map

(I'm a bit late to this, but) I've seen a fair few of these 'influence maps' on other cartoon blogs and fancied a go myself.

Of course, it's not exhaustive (how can it be) but it's fair to say that everyone on there has made want to pick up a pencil and have a go myself.

jarvis #2

As news of Pulp's reformation is all over the web, I've had another crack at drawing Jarvis Cocker (not the modern bearded version, as such, but certainly a more recent version than this one).

It's just pencil and a quick bit of photoshopping at this stage, but I might work this up into something more finished.

windy day

Belvedere Station. 8.15am, 11th November. Click for larger, etc etc.

hallowe'en 2010

A drawing for Sunday. Have a spoooOOOoky week, everyone. Here's a Spotify playlist to get you even more in the mood.

with apologies to shelton and kahlo

After a bit of online japery with Mike, here's a quick 'Fat Frida's Cat'.

Alice Neel's 'The Family (John Gruen, Jane Wilson and Julia)'

I saw this 1970 painting of Neel's in the flesh on Sunday, and loved every inch of it. Exaggerated, beautiful and full of life. And I like the way you can work out the character of each subject from their shoes; the ones on the left are stylish as hell, but could probably kill you dead.

It (and other pieces in the show - all the 1970 onwards stuff, anyway) made me realise how one-note my drawings are; and inspired me to get some more observation into the stuff I've been doing, really. Not that I'd ever be this good, but I've realised how much I rely on tricks; and how I seem to draw the same three or four characters over and over again.

couple of people on berwick street

Seen on Berwick Street in Soho last night, while I sat with a coffee, biding time.

stripey socks

Circle line near Farringdon, 8.45am. 25th August 2010.

I Heart NY

Crewe to London Euston. 24th July. About 5pm.

Goodbye, Cleveland

Sad to hear that Harvey Pekar has died. I first remember coming across him in the 'Harvey Sez' column in some reprints of Weirdo, when I was about fifteen or sixteen. Since then, I've read tons of his stuff (and taken in the excellent film of 'American Splendor' of course).

There's a real sea of autobiographical comics around, and the majority of them are introspective twaddle. Yet another illustration student talking about yet another unrequited crush? Boring.

Pekar could certainly be self-obsessed, but he was obsessed with the other characters in his life, too. It made you care, and it's what made his writing so interesting.

RIP, indeed.

vegas types

From the Time Out Guide to Las Vegas.

cherries

This was for an article on Cherry Red records, from the now defunct Plan B magazine.

milwall fc cap

London Bridge to East Dulwich. 8pm-ish. 25th April.

motorcycle

I can't believe I haven't posted this already. Some CD promos for Keith John Adams from last year? It must have been.

Anyway. Have a listen to Keith here...

this place is like a tomb

Apologies, apologies, apologies. I have been drawing, I just haven't been updating. Lots of things in the pipeline, though.... watch this space.

scribbled on a lined reporters pad

Outside Victoria station, about 7pm. 4th February.

the art book

Waterloo station, 1st February. About 2pm.

femme fatale

startled

District Line, near Tower Hill. About 4pm, January 16th.

beard

New tour poster.