I don’t think I need to explain who Mildred is. I could do it for new readers but I’m not sure there are any new readers. Her last appearance was in Circus Windows. There have been near misses with other Mildred projects,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There’s a restaurant in Skipton, North Yorks, called Calico Jacks, and I am obsessed with it though I have never dined there for fear of shattering the spell. While it is also cajun/pirate themed, it bears no relation to the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
NO PARPY??? I learned a little while ago that in South Africa a zip line is referred to as a “foefie slide” (pronounced “foofy”). Very enjoyable. But I misremembered this fact and thought that a funicular railway was called a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Farewell for now, Mildred. Although her part in Wobbly Head is done, I’m sure we haven’t seen the last of the beloved blonde phantom.
The dowager! Lottie has been keen to connect with dowagers in her area for a very, very long time. Below is my first sketch of this beloved and important figure. The lad with the ‘tache received a radical reworking, but[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I think there have been more cheques depicted in Solver than I have had to write in the last ten years. I do own a chequebook, but don’t ask me where it is.
Smiffys is a real shop. The first time you see one, it seems to be a temporary outlet, the sort of thing so flimsy that it could not possibly trade all year round. It’s got “that logo” with the sort[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There you go. A royalty-free birthday song. Sing it to anyone and everyone you know. Always call them “Glenn”. The Midnight Pumpkin was a real object of desire back in the nineties for Tamiya-heads. I wasn’t one, but my brother[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A lot going on here, so you might as well take your time. This isn’t the Slag Pit’s first appearance in my comics, as it featured in Giant Days on April 17th, 2013. A mere 11.5 years ago. There are[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You can find out everything you need to know about the time Lottie was framed for murder in my series Wicked Things (2020), collected in one handy volume by Boom!Box. Or you can wait until the next page is published,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
