THOSE HAMSTERS!

Here's a thing the folks at the magazine wanted of the "ol' dog with the hamster wheel goin' round and round."

David Parkins

Coco and I had the great pleasure of meeting and being entertained by the great English artist
David Parkins and his wife Angie. They live in a gorgeous heritage home in a wee town near Gananoque and have only recently emigrated in the past year or so.
David has illustrated a bizillion kids books and is a top pro in the industry. His political cartoons in the Guardian are superbly rendered and something to look out for if you pick up the papers.

For quasi-Brit kids like myself that grew up on a steady diet of the Beano, Dandy, Beezer, Oor Wullie etc. meeting the man that also draws Dennis the Menace (Brit version) is really mind blowing.
He has a collection of annuals that you really can't comprehend...millions of comics! And dragged all the way from England...amazing.

A really nice thing to meet David and his charming family, we had a great afternoon.

SARTRE!

In my endless quest to offer my lovely bride silly cartoon versions of her literary and philosophy heroes, I present this kooky rendering of the great wall-eyed thinker Jean Paul Sartre.

I thought portraying him as a Mexican worker peasant
(inspired by Diego Rivera socialist propaganda cartoons) would be a silly touch as opposed to an elite French Marxist intellectual.
Very quick and crude body, but great fun to do.

Darryl comes alive!

A crackerjack of a show was witnessed by many a couple of weeks ago when Darryl Silver took Toronto by storm with his annual winter Spectacle!
I made a picture of Darryl and his many personalities that looked very nice in poster form and on the bodies of many in t-shirt form.
Darryl-licious.

Penny Atkins Daughter

Here is a sketch of my old pal Penny's daughter Megan. She is very cute with spectacular big eyes that just need to be drawn.

Shakespeare flyer

I was asked to make a mini poster/flyer for a class teaching youngsters to read Shakespeare aloud, in this case "The comedy of errors". Noting that scholars claim all portraits of the man were done after his death I decided to not look at anything and just try and make a guy that looks Shakespeare-esque.

Crabtree Photography

For those that have not seen it, here is a business card I made for the great Marc Crabtree.
I felt showing the subjects ( in this case some classic eastern Euro wedding guests) was more sensible than showing the photographer himself.

NEW DOG ART

Here is a couple of recent one for Dogs in Canada about dog handlers in the ring that are a bit too absorbed about themselves while doggy is slacking off/acting the fool.

Rotty at work!

Here's a new one for the magazine about taking your dogs to work and the pros and cons
of integrating your dog in the work environment.

Bad dreams for McCain

Made up a cartoon before the US election was decided and for some crazy reason thought "I'll paint it!" instead of inking it.
So here is a bit of a poor photo, as it is too large to scan, of a McCain nightmare....back in a south sea sailor's booze can with all the dregs of humanity and his partner/Siren/mermaid/harpie.