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Showcasing 'Animal Spirits', the most fun I've ever had making comics. UNBOXING: New cover edition of Animal Spirits part 1. There's two reasons why I'm blogging about this: 1) Thought Bubble is approaching so I need to talk about work and not only create it; 2) I have only recently started pitching comics work to publishers so I need to talk about work and not only create it. And so: This is a reflection on a comic I often overlook but had the most amount of fun creating: AN

Showcasing a comic I have released chapter-by-chapter on the UK small press scene since 2018. Behind-the-Scenes: Packing up the second edition of Endswell Boxsets for comics fairs 2026 Hello! It's been a while since I've blogged, and a lot of my focus up to now has been on the commercially successful and super dynamic Live Illustration side of my practice. Now I want to showcase and reflect on the authorial work I produce: Comics! I write, design, draw, print and market them.

Using the 'Rich Picture' and 'Design Thinking' methodologies to co-create for communities Overview of the Grenfell Silent Walk Map Community Mosaic mapping project, 2022 Mostly I do Live Illustration aka Visual Scribing. Visual Scribing has its home in very swanky consulting methodologies, believe it or not. Famous proponents and architects of certain high-profile visual consulting methodologies include Matt and Gail Taylor (of the MGTaylor and ValueWeb methodologies), and Da

How do you BEAR stress? You can’t go over it. You can’t go under it. You must go through it.

If it's live, keep it present for highest impact.

For curious potential clients, thinking about having live illustration (aka visual scribing aka graphic recording) at an event. This short article can help clarify what exactly I will do if you'd like the traditional or analogue approach.

Can Visual Scribes be travel influencers? Yes.

Following up on my origins as a Live Illustrator, here's how I started making comics. My MA Show, MA Authorial Illustration at Falmouth University, 2013 I did an MA called 'Authorial Illustration' at Falmouth University after having lived in Spain for a while teaching English. This was a chance to follow my dreams! I did it part-time alongside working in retail and teaching at an English Language Summer School in Exeter. I followed a Cartooning 'bible' called 'Cartooning: Phi

Read about my origin story on the UK Comedy scene circa 2014.