Pros: It’s officially summertime!
Cons: As I finish this, the sun is rising and I REALLY should get some sleep…
So, toodlepip for now, and I’ll catch you on Friday, hopefully more refreshed and with more to say!
M.
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Modern British politics, in general, can be summed up by one adjective: Stupid. And it grows stupider and more childish every day. But for the most part, there is little violence. As long as I have been alive, I don’t think I’ve ever heard of a serving politician being murdered.
That was shattered today. I’m not going to relive the details of the incident – they are plentifully available online – but in summary, Labour MP Jo Cox was attacked and murdered by a scumbag screaming “Britain First”.
Not much to say today – I’m still thinking about the shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando. I struggle to understand the kind of hatred that would drive someone to take the lives of so many innocent people. I struggle to understand the very NATURE of that hatred. I struggle to comprehend the kind of stupendous idiocy that causes people to try and use the tragedy to score incorrect, homophobic, xenophobic political points.
Maybe a miracle will happen between now and Friday, and I’ll be proclaiming Earth the Best Place In The Universe.
Point of Interest: This is the 600th page I’ve ever produced for Elf Blood. Quite a milestone! And how fitting that on this page, I’m experimenting with a new technique that I’ve been trying to figure out by studying various different comics. Although, of course, in Elf Blood, this is just being used as dressing to a flashback scene. I’m hoping to use this colouring style for a few other projects:
- Two short compendia of micro-horror stories (for easy production and sale)
- A 30-page self-contained graphic novel (that I’d quite like to spin into a series of self-contained stories, á la Tintin)
- A much longer, epic graphic novel series that I’m probably going to push towards the backburner until I have more stuff that can be printed for sale.
I must say, I’m pleased with the result – Far from being dull, I think the monochromatic scheme helps to tie the entire landscape together, and fights the lines less. Plus, deliberation in the colour choice helps convey more of a mood than the normal colour scheme. I’m excited to start deploying this on other comics!
Uuuurgh. While Scotland basks in what can only be described as its own personal summer, some friends decided that it would be a good idea to have a barbecue. And it was quite awesome – as usual, we prepared far too much food, but what we DID consume was plenty delicious.
Before I crawl off to bed to try and sleep off the remainder of this food coma, I’m just going to reveal the surprise hit of our bbq: Baked Camembert. Seriously, try it. Take Camembert cheese, push some cloves of garlic in, push some sprigs of thyme in, keep it in the lower half of the round wooden box it comes in, wrap in foil, then sit in the coals for like 5-10 minutes. Then have at it with fresh-baked bread; I made a loaf of Khorasan wheat and another of malted wheat, and both just worked so well with the cheese.
Let’s see, what have I been up to this week? Plenty!
Ahoy hoy thar, pals! Hope you’ve had a good week!
I just wanted to check in and ask you guys what you thought of this week and last week’s detail of levels in the background. I think, ultimately, it’s a good move that will make me think more about the details I choose to put in. But it does feel a bit… Weird, not drawing the extra detail I would normally go for.
What do you think? Are simpler lines the way to go, or should I go back to the way I approached it before, with more detail?
Hullo all, hope you’ve had a great week!
Not much to report today – but I’d like to draw your attention to an article over at The Ferret, Scotland’s investigative journalism platform. A brave and excellent band of journalists have been looking into the issue of domestic abuse within refugee populations in the UK, and how their refugee status means that people who so desperately need help are being denied it – leading to stress, depression, even death.
It’s a fantastic article, and a real eye-opener. I was asked to illustrate it, and am honoured to have done so – obviously, those interviewed as part of the investigation did not want to be photographed, and I hope that I was able to capture their plight and provide a human ‘face’ for readers to relate to them through.
Hola everyone! My folks’ arrival is imminent, and I’ve got some cleaning and cooking still to do, so I’ll have to love you and leave you! Enjoy today’s page in the meantime!
Hope you had a great Easter! Ciao for now!
M.
I’ve been meaning to write this musing for quite a while now – I was thinking about the Duke of Wellington statue in Glasgow, the one that sits outside the Gallery of Modern Art and is almost always adorned with a traffic cone hat (sometimes someone feels sorry for the horse and it gets a wee hat too).
Glasgow City Council went through a phase a few years ago of being absolutely OBSESSED with removing the traffic cones, and ensuring that no new cones were placed there (to absolutely no success, I am happy to report). Their thinking was that, for such a prominent figure in such a prominent place in the city, to have it sullied by drunken behaviour in public, in front of all the tourists, was doing the city a disservice.
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