We’ve had too many people die during our kid’s lifetime. G-pa. Nana Wilma. Great Nana. Poppy. Auntie Margaret. Scott. Michael. Michael was the first where I was also mourning the loss of a part of myself, the person I could be around him. I never had to explain the backstory, my cousin who knew the […]
A year ago today I took a hard left turn in life, risking my family’s financial and emotional stability to change jobs, from a government desk drone to a factory shift worker. Luckily the bet paid off! This idea came six days later, and seemed very unlikely. Not miserable. Zany even. Some other intense ideas […]
A joy to draw, geometry with a bit of technical experimenting, combining two different ideas. The first was definitely more angsty, the amp robot with a rotating set of heads, constantly headbanging, with a conveyer belt of beers, constantly drinking. This was at the end of last year when I thought my brewing escape plan […]
This was one from December last year, a patch emotionally dark but creatively fertile. I was glad to see the end of 2022, but not expecting much brighter from 2023. Luckily I’ve been proved wrong so far, following up my usual new year mood rebound with some family wins. Like the drive to live life […]
Celebrating getting my stitches out, having a day to myself to draw after the school holidays, and having a beer after four weeks dry on antibiotics. This was a midnight quickie in my notebook from a few days ago, needed a bit more work on the title… probably should have been “uncyst” after getting it […]
This was meant to be pretty lighthearted, myself as a beer spirit, but he didn’t turn out as fat and foolish as I intended! It was riffing on an old theme, when feeling self-satisfied after giving up weed, the unnatural flesh turned into a cannabinoid satyr. My vice of choice these days is definitely drinking […]