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Roger Frames: rediscovered pencil rough
While rummaging through a pile of old pencil roughs (I call it my filing system) I discovered, or rediscovered, this first pencil rough for a Roger Frames cartoon. It was for the third of three cartoons where the theme was … Continue reading
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Tagged cartoon, Commodore Format, different versions, illustration, pencil, pencil rough, Roger Frames, sketch
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The Root of All Violence… is Violence.
Inked panels from We Ran the World cartoon strip, in uncoloured state. Written by Andy Oldfield. Published in The Damage (aka Brain Damage).
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Tagged Andy Oldfield, Brain Damage, cartoon strip, inked, The Damage, uncoloured, We Ran the World
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Moth planes. Or plane moths.
Someone left the window open this evening
Exhibition sketchbook: Ronald Searle ‘What? Already?!’, 90th year exhibition, Wilhelm Busch Museum, Hannover
Exhibition sketchbook: Ronald Searle – self portrait, originally uploaded by mike(toons). 2010 has been a year of rediscovery for me. And the greatest of these has been of Ronald Searle’s work, made possible by exhibitions in London and Hannover in … Continue reading
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Tagged 90th birthday tribute, art, cartoons, exhibition, genius, Hannover, Ronald Searle
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Roger Frames buys Budjit Games
I’ve been scanning in old art commissioned by Commodore Format magazine in the early 1990s. At the time, Future Publishing was probably my best client and I was producing artwork for many of its magazines. The regular project that I … Continue reading
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Tagged art, cartoon, Commodore Format, illustration, miketoons, Roger Frames
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Roger Frames and his dog Debit watch the Chancellor’s Speech
This is a blast from the past. An ink and wash illustration commissioned by Commodore Format magazine in the early 1990s. I illustrated many “Roger Frames buys Budjit Games” for the magazine involving the penny-pinching antics of Roger, who acted … Continue reading
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Tagged art, artist, cartoon, Commodore Format, fun, illustration, ink and wash, miketoons, pre-digital, Roger Frames
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Bag o’ sh*t
Hand on heart, I’ve never been a ‘doggy’ person. I tolerate dogs. I tolerate then when they bark and growl at me. I tolerate them when they stinky slobber on my hand. I even tolerate them when they leap up … Continue reading
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Tagged Chewy, clean up after your dog, dog owners, polythene bag, poo, shit
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