Some of the sequences that didn’t make it into the final cut of Wild Isles.
Wild Isles
Category: cartoon
Basketball Bottle Bank
Happy birthday to Leo. Another recent card. Our family does like to bunch a lot birthdays together.
New Colours
For the first time in years, Farrow and Ball have released a new range of colours.
Happy birthday to Ali at the weekend. There are eleven colours in the new range and I couldn’t fit them all on Ali’s card but I couldn’t resist drawing the remaining four who didn’t make it into the final cut.
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Vegan, Veggi, Vici
Healthy options in Ancient Rome. Happy birthday to Tom yesterday.
The Twiglet Zone
Happy birthday to Susan, who always avoids encounters with cheese straws at parties. Come to think of it she always avoids Twiglets too. After this she’s probably going to avoid me at the next party too.
You can see that I’m still missing Gary Larson’s Far Side cartoons. I can’t believe that his last cartoon appeared as long ago as 1995.
Spaniel History
Milestones in spaniel history. Happy birthday to Sarah.
To keep in spaniel mode that last caption should have read: ‘Spaniel Radcliffe: ‘Hairy Potterer and the Philosopher’s Bone’.’
Monday Morning Ducks
“I didn’t expect you to survive for more than a few days.” I said to John recently.
“I hope that I haven’t disappointed you.” he replied.
He’s celebrating his 82nd birthday today.
All the family is gathering around but as this is the Hospice in relays rather than in one big noisy party. I drew my usual view of trees from his patio windows on our visit this morning.
Safari
Happy birthday to Hannah.
As this is a big – jumbo-sized – birthday this year it’s a pop-up card.
The Pikachu Auditions
How can I do a birthday card for a Pokémon fan, Ted, when I don’t know anything about Pokémon?
By the way, the rodent above right is supposed to be a dormouse.
Dogtown
A similar problem with Olive’s card, she’s a Bluey fan but I prefer terrier puppies in their natural colours (yes, they’re supposed to be little dogs, even if some of them look more like mice). Richard Scarry must have given himself more time when he drew his spreads of Busytown.
A Souvenir of South Wales
And finally, happy birthday to my brother Bill yesterday. I’d forgotten how he got his good looks until I spotted this in my 1973 diary. Bill and I are one quarter Welsh so really no excuse for not predicting what the consequences of a rugby tour of South Wales might be. I think this was Rugby Union, although Bill also played Rugby League.
The 1973 diary extracts continue inside the card …
The Prehistory of Video Games
The Bradford Media Museum unveils its new Prehistory of Video Games exhibit.
Happy birthday to Bridie