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Old Fossils Retirement Home

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I was asked to do something with the wonderful Gary Northfield for our local Crystal Palace magazine, called the Transmitter. Of course, we couldn’t say ‘no’, as we love them so!

So… taking the Palace’s dinosaur pedigree, and Gary’s skill at drawing them, we came up with the Old Fossils Retirement Home comic. Here’s the first panel, and to read the rest you’ll have to get yourselves down to South London in about a month’s time and find a copy. The Bookseller Crow independent bookshop always has them on display!

click image to see it bigger!

Something I’ve been working on…

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I’ve been busy all week drawing pictures for a secret project. I’ve been desperate to put some of them online as they’ve turned out better than I’d hoped, but, you know, I’m trying to keep it secret.

So, I’ve decided to post this mysterious image, just to scratch an itch.

New books, new characters

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I’ve recently put the 4th yeti book to bed, so I’m ploughing on with new things. New things mean new characters, which are always exciting. It means I get to draw a multitude of faces, working out who’s going to be who.

I like the process of brainstorming faces – watching films for features I like, doodling face shapes and seeing what works for a character.

I’m not going to talk about these characters as the story – a novel – is something I’m keeping close to home for a while. I’m rarely secretive about stuff, but this story warrants it I think. Still, that doesn’t mean I can’t show studies and doodles, does it?!

Harold and Pigsticks try out comics

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I’m doing some samples of Pigsticks and Harold as a comic. It’s very much in keeping with the original stories (in words!) that I created about my headstrong Pig and willing Hamster – I guess they were quite script-based, so suit comics well.

Here’s one of the pages of Harold finding a parcel on his doorstep.

Stories always take a variety of shapes and form before they settle, so it’ll be interesting to see where this path leads.

Keeping it together…

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Everything’s kicking off chez Milway. Books are happening, babies are crying, and the Christmas tree is almost decorated. I say almost, because I’m determined to make a Harold the Hamster angel to go on top.

If I get that made before xmas then I’ll be very happy.

There are a number of things I’ve not posted about, and I hang my head in shame. Friends’ books, events, book launches, all manner of things. I shall get round to these.

For now though, I shall link to the fabulous Deadly Knitshade’s website. Her knitting is awesome, and her Stitch London book would make a fabulous Christmas present.

Just look at them corgis!

More soon…