The (Brief) Tale of the Gay Magician

Happy Birthday James!


Thanks to the person in the library telling the really bad jokes...

Let Down - Grimmer Than Grimm 2

The sequel.

Grimmer Than Grimm 1

I have a feeling that fairy tales may become a recurring theme...

Yeti Angst

Yeah... I'll try and make the next one more interesting.

Appropriate Action

I thought I'd posted this months ago, so sorry about that. However, since fate has been averted and I will not be needing to put the proposed plan into action, I feel I can post safely without jinxing anything.

Some more awesome guest art, this time by El.

Obviously I never actually considered this plan. Honest.

Lies Your Parents Told You

A trip to the zoo.
For Beth and Hats and those REAL zebras. "It's like we're going to our doom..."

Salem Vampires

Another alternative plot for The Crucible.

The lack of new posts recently has been due to large exam-shaped things which loomed ominously for several weeks before finally attacking in a hideous swarm. However, I managed to fight them off, sustaining only minor imediate injuries. The full extent of their effect on the future remains to be seen. Up next, something a little less Crucible related.

We Thought He Was A Witch

We no longer think that.

Following on from Nomi's "Reduced Crucible", this is one of the sketches I did to while away the time behind the lighting desk. I can't decide whether or not "The Salem Vampires" would be an improvement; the fact that vampires don't die when hung would make the play even longer. However, I still think it would be an entertaining alternative.

Oh Dear We Ran Out Of Rope

You don't mind if we reuse an old noose do you?

Over the next few days I plan to post a couple of toons I drew whilst crewing a school production of The Crucible. However, unless you've seen or read the play, they won't make much sense to you, so to solve this problem my fellow techie Nomi has drawn a strip which conveys pretty much everything you need to know about the plot.

Green-eyebrowed Monster

What would he have done if I'd given the guy a monobrow? Died of fright? Wimp.

Next up, some more guest art!

Decimation of the Hermaphrodites

And he was sentenced to death for his impiety, though he didn't stick around to find out how they planned to execute him.

Obviously the reason I took Classics was just so I could make terrible jokes like this one.

The Hat

Picture the scene... A Robin Hood Pageant, complete with jousting re-enactments... And crazy fan-girls.

The Hat smelt ever after of beer and sweat. Nice.

Another amazing guest art by Nomi who can be found here.

Anticlimax

Some great guest art from Nomi, as promised.

With thanks to Nomi, who can be found at YouTube - icclenomi. Look out for some more of her art here in the coming week.

Very Appealing?

Since the last toon was something of an inside joke and thus probably not very funny to anyone who has never found a boiled woodlouse (a delicacy, just not in this country) in their pasta (most of the population then), I thought I'd do something out of my own head this time. Not sure yet if that was a good plan...

Coming up next, some weird and wonderful guest art.

An Educational Puzzle

A lesson to Carrie.
Drawn from life.

Is It Contagious?

Exams are coming and they're bringing their friends Boredom and Depression.

Thanks to Kate for looking so terribly bored that I was compelled to do something to alleviate her pain.

Context is Everything

How to get a barman to serve you.

And yes, once again, she did actually say this. We have come to the conlclusion that she lost her verbal filter long ago, though I'm not convinced she ever had one. Personally, I can only see that as a good thing, as it means endless inspiration for 'toons.

Another Unobservant Person

If there was no hidden reason for this major blip, my opinion of the BBC is going to fall even further. Not only did they kill her, but now they can't even be bothered to find the right props?

Your Main Strengths and Weaknesses

El, you will never live this down, mostly because even months later it's still funny!

I'm not sure if I should apologise for my tendency to write in random asides which detract from the original point of the cartoon. I have yet to decide whether they enhance my work or simply confuse people even further.

Homophones of the Worst Kind

Bread happy at BreadFest09 - thanks to Nomi and El for the brief and vaguely surreal exchange of which this is the result.

Yeah, I still can't see it

Consider me the guy who still can't see it.

The Point: Visible, Existing or Otherwise.

I started the above strip last week, but you know what? Life's looked up since then so I've written another and I'm posting them as a pair.

Apologies for the bad quality - for some reason unbeknownst to myself, I decided to draw them on my squared maths paper... Turns out it doesn't scan so well.

You Got A Pen I Can Lend?

There is such a thing as too much sharing.
"What's mine is yours." Pfff.

Twilight On The Brain

No comments about how Twilight fans should get lives please - we already know this.
Thanks to Clare for the inspiration.