• CometFamilyA little while ago, I was contacted by Dan Morrow, who asked me to look over a picture book idea he and his brother, Derek had been working on. He said I should be honest. I felt the story needed a bit of editing and tightening up and made some suggestions. I never heard back from him!

    Just as I was starting to think, maybe I’d suggested too much and had maybe upset Dan, I received another email from him. He’d revised the story, and now they were going to make an animated movie – Would I possibly record the narration, voice-over soundtrack? How could I say no to such a determined young man?

    Last night, I was wondering wether they would actually make the movie when, ping! – an email arrived saying is was done! Comet – The Movie – was live on YouTube!

    I think it’s rather fabulous. If you know anything about animation, you will appreciate how much work has gone into the making of this little movie. Please go and have a look, click the like button, subscribe to Dan’s channel and leave a message too. I think you may be witnessing the beginning of a very successful animation career from a very determined partnership – and you will be able to say say, “Oh, yeah, I’ve been following them from the start!”

  • Curly-hairI was never good at sitting and watching the TV, I always had to be doing something at the same time. Nothing has changed. These days, I often have my sketchbook open and draw the people on chat shows and the like.

    I was drawing someone last week and realised that the way their hair sprouted was a great way to show you how to draw curly hair.

    You can take a lot more time than me and make it look a lot neater.

    I’m doing this as part of #Inktober which is a twitter hashtag for pen and ink drawings done in October.

    I was trying to think of something similar for pencil – but I couldn’t think of anything smart… can you? Answers in the comments box below please! Drawn with a

  • farterI had a great day in a school yesterday – I’ll tell you more later. I was reading them one of my Ricky Rocket stories in which there is a lot of… well… let’s call it bottom burping! Every time I milk that story, I think, “Oh dear! How have I stooped so low. But then today, National Poetry day, I thought about the problem and decided to stand up for what I believe in and and write a poem that concisely expresses my feelings on the subject. And here it is:

     

    What makes me laugh

    If I want a cheap laugh,
    and not pay money,
    farting is free
    and terribly funny!