Category Archives: Art

archy and mehitabel

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Mike Roberts

a good friend sent me a book one christmas it was an old library book he d bought for a few cents but he asked me to ignore that information even though it was written in felt pen inside it … Continue reading →

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Have a happy Christmas and New Year holiday

Posted on December 18, 2011 by Mike Roberts

Which is shorthand for I hope you have a happy Christmas and a happy and successful New Year. I drew this originally for ArtsMonkey’s Christmas Advent Blog but, with just a few tweaks, it serves well as my digital Christmas … Continue reading →

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Devizes in Danger

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Mike Roberts

I produced this drawing in a ‘white heat’ rage when I found out that farm fields around Devizes were now targeted for hundreds and hundreds of new houses. The total figure as it stands at present is 800 new houses. … Continue reading →

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Total! badged up job

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Mike Roberts

For a couple of years in the early 90s I created pixelly ‘sprite’ illustrations for Total! magazine, dedicated to computer gaming. Here’s the free badge that came with one issue, featuring the constantly bemused Andy and Steve. The artwork was … Continue reading →

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Happy St Swithin’s Day everyone!

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Mike Roberts

Will it rain for 40 days and 40 nights?

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Cartoon stereotype

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Mike Roberts

Just Amazing. TV Times 1984. More art from the miketoons dusty archives. An illustration to accompany programme details in TV Times. Apparently the man featured in the programme ate bottles, bicycles and even a light aircraft. Cartoon stereotype of a … Continue reading →

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Art in a Rainy City

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Mike Roberts

Art in a Rainy City, 1980s: Illustration in Indian ink for an exhibition of work by illustrators based in the Manchester area. A one night stand with the art buyers and creatives of Manchester. I don’t remember getting any commissions … Continue reading →

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Unseasonal Greetings

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Mike Roberts

I know it’s a warm June day but I couldn’t wait to add this cartoon to the miketoons blog. A Christmas card drawn in 1988, the first Christmas I was living in Devizes. It shows the old Coate Bridge (demolished … Continue reading →

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We Ran the World

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Mike Roberts

Here’s a little taster of We Ran the World, a collaboration with writer Andy Oldfield which was originally published in The Damage*, a short-lived rival to Viz. We Ran the World was a dig at the so-called glories of the … Continue reading →

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City have a strong bench

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Mike Roberts

Doodling in sketchbook while listening to radio commentary. Summariser: “City have a strong bench.” Lamy fountain pen and digital colour.

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