Friday, 15 July 2011

It's just a scratch

Back in the days when everything was black and white- and multichannel TV meant you could get BBC2- us kids would leg it out of school at the end of a day of learning all about the new decimal coinage, and head towards the 'venture playground. This would be a fenced off section of municipal woodland, where untrained (if well intentioned) volunteers had cobbled together a youthclub shack and various death trap activities (rickety climbing frames, suicidal zip wires, unattended bonfires etc). The evenings wouldn't be judged a success unless someone had trodden upon an upright 6 inch rusty nail or summat.
These day its all risk assessed activity centres and bouncy woodchip flooring.
Sigh...what chance fun, eh?

This one I drew about 3 years ago (I'm not that happy with the 'bounce' effect, or the whizz lines- but Saga magazine liked it and it's in their latest issue.

3 comments:

  1. nice gag, len.
    hey, i've finally been able to return the compliment re links, on my shiny new blog (was only allowed a very limited number of links on old one)
    do you think you could alter yours to my new one?

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  2. Hi Wilbur- thanks for the link on yours (good site BTW)- I've amended the link on mine to yours

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