SPF

Jo Jo over at GoComics commented that this must be the Shroud of Daytona.

Dog Headed Victorians

This is from my new favorite blog, Mostly Forbidden Zone. Nothing fancy, just wonderful ephemera and curious images.

Cash for Comic Strips Clunkers

It was just pointed out to me that Weenus made an honorary appearance in the most excellent "The Knight Life" by the uber-talented Keith Knight a few weeks ago (alongside Gary the vampire from the wonderful Scary Gary, Michael from It's All About You, and Alice from the Cul-de-Sac). I think that according to the rules of the Cartoon Union, Keith now gets to appear in a Rabbits Against Magic strip.

What was I smoking?

The Sunday "DSL" strip I ran on September 27th was a "Take 2" after my first effort (above) was deemed "too druggy". Well, I can't really argue and I think it worked out better in the end (below) plus I didn't have to do the psychedelic coloring and probably avoided a copyright infringement from Gilbert Shelton for my "Fat Freddy's Rabbit".

Anthropoid Antics

I'll be at APE this weekend doing original sketches for donations (any amount) to benefit the Cartoon Art Museum. If you happen to be at the con, come find me at booth 364.

Mime Crimes

Mime gags = easy humor.

Bubblicious!

It happened again! Just to prove that great minds think alike.... after I drew this strip, which ran today...:
...fellow Brit, Piers Baker who draws one of my favorite strips, Ollie and Quentin ran this:Piers clearly wins the prize for best rendered bubble wrap. Strangely enough, here's a bubblewrap cartoon I did back in April!

The House of Cartoons

From Ediciones B in Spain comes this amazing house of cartoons from cartoonist Francisco Ibáñez for his strip"13, Rue del Percebe". It's all crazy pop-up, push out, books within books with characters included. Francisco Ibáñez is also the cartoonist responsible for the more famous "Mortadelo y Filemón". Awesome.

Cheap Plug

I always draw those little electrical sockets in my backgrounds to fill space. The rules of the Cartoonist's Union require that all regular props like this are required to have at least one major role during the course of a strips lifetime.

Bunny the Frankenstein Slayer

This is another strip I had to do a bunch of research for in order to avoid a strew of comments from sharp-eyed readers. Frankenstein's monster didn't actually die in Mary Shelly's book. He was abandoned in the North Pole. Obviously Hollywood thinks flaming torches and pitchforks make a much better ending. I don't think the monster wore jeans either. I see him more as a slacks man.

Curried Britania

Of course it's okay to make fun of British food when you spent the first 25 years of your life there. I'm happy to say when I visit the land of my birth these days the food is always sensational thanks to immigration for the Asian sub-continent.

Gel Wristbands

This cartoon took quite a lot of research. It seems that all the good colors are taken so a lot of charities have to share. They've even started doing striped ones. Apparently there is a brown one that is claimed by anti-tobacco, colon cancer, irritable bowel syndrome and colorectal cancer. Who knew! I guess that's why they're called "awareness" bracelets.

Cartoon Correspondant

The most excellent Tom Racine was kind enough to risk inviting me back on his Tall Tall Radio show to talk about webcomics and listen to my babbling on-the-spot reporting at the new Monsters of Webcomics exhibit at the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco. There's an interview with Nick Gurewitch, creator of the amazing Perry Bible Fellowship and much more. Hear my nervous rambling views on original art versus prints, my Top Five Webcomics and quickly realize why I should never have my own show.

Cartoon Clichés

I got the idea for this one after reading some old cartoon collections from the 1940s. I narrowed it down to six from about 20 re-occurring themes I saw including someone being held up on a street corner, lemmings jumping off a cliff and an optometrist in front of an eye chart. It's odd how these situations became so iconoclastic but apparently you can't use them anymore unless you're being ironic. I wonder who makes those rules. I suspect in twenty years people will groan and grimace at the cutting edge humor of today.

Fruity Fruit

As much as I hate re-blogging, I thoroughly enjoyed this article over at the Daily Mail site. It all seems so gratuitous although how anyone can be so upset by this that they became "distressed" and "had to sit down in the car park" makes me wonder about the state of the world.

Cartoon Art

The Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco is currently showing an excellent Monsters of Webcomics exhibit. In addition to the ten featured artists (including original art from Cat & Girl, Perry Bible Fellowship and Achewood) they also have a virtual gallery featuring one hundred additional websomics (watch long enough and you'll see three Rabbits Against Magic strips!). If you go be sure to check out the amazing Ron Dias Roger Rabbit Toontown backgrounds.

Downward Rabbit

My first ever yoga joke.

Off the Beaten Pathé

British Pathé—whose logo is a chicken—have made their entire 75 year archive of old movie clips available for browsing. I like this rabbit show which was filmed in Watford in 1942, the town of my birth.

Google Gadgets

Talking of iGoogle, the GoComics Google gadget has now expanded to include Rabbits Against Magic.

Recycle or Die

I'm humbled to note that the super talented Alex Hallatt who draws the incredible Arctic Circle put this one on her excellent blog.