I don’t have a comic to post at the moment, so instead here is yesterday’s page from my sketchbook, I realise that’s not quite the same thing. We wandered around the V&A without a plan, and somehow the page filled with drawings of things that caught my attention. Later we went to a concert South of the River, out beyond Peckham, with friends.
vase with lotus and fish design, 1750-1850 Qing dynasty.
Owl-shaped wine vessel, 1250-1050BC, Shang dynasty. Bronze.
Knitted green hat. Provenance unknown. ~late 20th century?
almost compleat stegosaurus. Arthur Pain collection. Tube Worms. Aragonite. Icthyosaur with babies. Brain coral. Umbrella-mouthed gulper. Deep sea gnosher (before feeding - after feeding) The blue whale is being serviced.
Happy Birthday mum for the 14th!
Birthday cake with quite a lot of trombone candles, perhaps 76 of them. Balloons, streamers etc. Icing text says "Happy Birthday -- enjoy your big parade". Secondary image shows ranks of military looking chaps in parade uniform. The leader is giving an order to an ice-cream van: "... and 103 cornets, please." The first cone is actually a brass cornet with ice cream in the top.
Itchy and Knee striving for parity, as always. I note that peas have almost as much comic potential as bananas.
Knee: Oho Itchy! Did you "accidentally" cook an odd number of peas again?
First: Hi -- you're new here! Welcome to gastroscopy!
Second: Actually, I work in colonoscopy.
May I take this opportunity to wish to all my readers, non-readers, search-engine-robots and those-who-are-too-young-to-ask-questions (those especially), a very happy and healthy arbitrary-annual-date-roll-over-moment; and best wishes for the period-until-the-next-one. In particular, those who celebrate a quarter to four o’clock in the afternoon* of thirds of Januaries – joy to you… about… NOW!
I’m sure that Itchy and Knee would wish for the same, if they would only stop squabbling for a little bit.
Itchy: No, No! Knee, this stir fry is terrible. You've no idea -- let me tell you how to make one properly.
Knee: So, Itchy, you're the expert? Well you can certainly talk the talk!
Thanks to Karen for the idea for this one!
Rain forest. And gateau. What did you expect?
Polytunnels. One more thing to be scared of at the full moon. Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the turnips.
We went to the exhibition of Gothic art at the British Library last weekend: “Terror and Wonder – the Gothic Imagination.” Highly recommended.
Polytunnels. And the full moon. And allotments. Mwahaha.