Author Archives: Mini
Have you seen the animals?
Bonzetta, our Animals Correspondent, writes: According to the recent WWF Living Planet report, since the 1970s more than half of the wild vertebrate animals on Earth have quietly disappeared.
Brewing up some potions
A couple of useful concoctions from the Department of Magical Chemistry at Sketching Weakly.
I wish I hadn’t cried so much…
I’ve been doing a picture for Chapter 2 of Alice in Wonderland, for Dennis at Inky Parrot Press, who is creating a new and eclectically illustrated version of Alice. Drawing an Alice is quite a daunting task, in the shadow of Tenniel & all. But I like Alice – she is plucky and funny. Though she does seem to disgruntle every creature she meets through making tactless remarks.
Here’s Alice swimming around in a pool of her own tears, and about to meet a highly thin-skinned and easily offended mouse….
How to escape from Cake Space
You need a good map.
I’ve just finished the pictures for Space Dog, so here today is the sketch of Space Dog’s (all important) Space Map. In the first draft of the story he lost it, but now it just appears in the endpapers.
Journey to the centre of Cake Space
Here is the rotating tetrahedron of Cake Space. You can see some of the items that are there, but there are many many more. Including ones that are inside, where things get more cakey. Right at the very centre of Cake Space, where Sugar, Butter, Egg and Flour are completely equal quantites, lies that Holy Grail of cake – the Victoria Sponge.
Cake Space – Part Two – The Mapping of Cake Space
The Department of Mathematical Cookery at Sketching Weakly has been investigating Cake Space. Here’s a report on their latest findings:
Cake Space – the early history
Some recently discovered clippings.
Performing now – The Greatest Show on Earth
Coming soon – The Greatest Show on Earth
Rod the Roach would like to entertain you with his insect troupe’s first performance.