Sketchy LXXXIII

….first one I’ve written fresh in years…

…(…hmmm….feels like I may “recycled” some old story lines…and I’m pretty sure Yoof & Arty never had a cat before…but who’s around to police that?!?…)

Sketchy LXXXII

…this one is for my good friend Dee…

…who had never seen someone butter cake….

…so I had to make up a story about the origins of buttering cake…

…(when in doubt, always blame the Country Women’s Institute)…

Sketchy LXXXI

…I went back and checked….

…it’s been along time since I attempted to do stuff sequentially….

…y’know…comics…

…having some “fun” getting my head back in the game…

…figured if I stopped drawing patterns and went back into the notebook and trawled for storylines it would all come flooding back…

….this may take some time…

…it’s also been an age since I handled cash….

…Kate and the Queen are on seperate bills…

…(illustrated below if you’re not from around here)….

…(OMG…could Mrs. A’ be using 2 bills at once?)….

Sketchy LXXIX

…some more “Achievement Badges For Your Shit-Job”….

…gotta earn ’em all…

…oh, wait….

…someones already coined a similar phrase, haven’t they?….

Sketchy LXXV

…so…I’ve somewhat returned to my roots…working at night and scrawling in a sketch book on breaks…

…and…well…I guess it was inevitable that I started to doodle sequentially like I did nearly 40 years ago…

….admittedly there wouldn’t have been a plotted script to work from and lite roughs to ink over 40 years ago, but y’know, it’s a similar vibe….kinda….

…(…holy shit!…this anecdote is nearly 40 years old…)…

…(…holy shit!…I just doom scrolled back thru the blog and discovered I haven’t posted a cartoon for just over 5 years….)…

…(….holy shit!…my entire creative output for 5 years has involved either octopuses, skulls or flies….)….

….(holy shit)….

2017

…last sunset for the weather tree……things were built……shit got real……Tiny Pieces of Eight played under a bridge… …well, next to a bridge, but still my gig of the year….

…then Dee bought me a kitty…

…so I gave kitty an octopus…

…and wrapped it up…

…and gave it back to Dee….

…happy new year….

…soon.

And When Im Not Stressing Out About Closing The Shop

…and re-decorating…

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…and gardening…

…and Trade-me…

…and remembering to keep up the personal hygiene…

…and wondering where Dee is with my car…

…and….