Luton Airport

I sort of took June off in a cartooning sense- but now it is back to the drawing board (well, graphics tablet and stylus).
My mini trips are over.
One week I was here in Lisbon, about to audition for a Campari advert...

and a few days after I was in Copenhagen, where I didn't need so much sunscreen.

Europe... So long, it was good to know yuh.

Metal Mickey

This one of mine appeared in Private Eye a couple of weeks ago.

My day job is in IT, but in a very dull kinda way.

Sometimes I think the coffee machine is the most complicated piece of kit I use.

I am not sure how 'Mr QuikBlend' would benefit from reaching a higher plane of being.

Think on, science types!

Keep it simple, stupid.

This cartoon appears in the current issue of Private Eye.

I was glad it was taken, as I wasn't sure if people would get it.

You don't, do you?

I'll explain.

Modern communication technology...how some people are so keen to text/e-mail/instasnapwhatschat photos of things that would probably put you off your breakfast.

Does human nature change?

Would older means of communications and media have been used in a similar way when they were new?

The drawing was tricky enough (is it obvious the scene is from times past? hmm, not sure...let's chuck in some background detail), but I also found myself agonising over the caption.

Should I use actual names, but then risk referencing real people?

Or should I just use the 'Lord' and 'Lady' titles?

Should I use other titles: Baron/Viscount/Earl? 

How should you use titles? (I mean, do you know what sort of angry letters appear in the magazine's 'Pedant's Corner' over this sort of thing!?)

Ages spent on t'internet: courtesy titles- the capitalisation of the definitive article 'The' even in middle of a sentence when used before the honorific prefix. Agghh!!!

Why can't I just do simple?

I'm off to have a lie down.

Serra de Tramuntana

Regular visitors will know that this blog often veers off on to 'things' other than toons- such as my holiday snaps.

Just got back from Mallorca.

It has lovely beaches and clear blue seas.

I  kept well away from such things- although I could just about glimpse some in the distance as I punished myself with hikes in the hills.

(Thankfully it is back to work tomorrow- I'll be able to put me feet up and have a rest)

Mythbusters

No cartoons of mine anywhere lately- but I am mentioned in the current Private Eye magazine.

Here's a snippet from their letters page:

No, that is not James May from Top Gear (as it was) holding the sword

Apart from this blog I keep clear of social media.

All that Facebooking/Twittering/Snapchatting/Instagramming (insert latest one I am too old to have heard of) just seem too open to abuse.

Someone posts a comment online, or does something or other out of the ordinary- someone else takes offence- it all kicks off.

I have this cartoon in the latest Private Eye magazine.
What is it about?
Probably something to do with worrying about the opinion of strangers.

Some of you might recognise the composition stolen borrowed from this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expulsion_from_the_Garden_of_Eden

pointless

Spent a bit of time on this cartoon.

I was about to colour it in.

Then I had a browse through the latest Oldie magazine.

It has a cartoon in it that is based on the same idea- it's not identical, but too close for me to send mine on to any other mag.

What are the odds? Two cartoonists at the same time coming up with a Hansel & Gretel / WiFi gag?

Pah!