Catching Up

Soooooo.... I went home for Father's Day and Dad told me off for not updating my blog in over a week. I was shocked becuase:
a) I didn't know he read this (hello Dad!)
b) I didn't realise it had been so long!

Sorry! You've missed all sorts of things!

So, I still need to type up something about MCM Expo but the main thing is that it was very good fun. Thanks to everyone that came by! Some people even came to my table saying they read People I Know! What the what?! Amazing.

What else have you missed? Well, I've been catching up with Game of Thrones at a BFF's house who is lucky enough to have both a television and Sky Atlantic. It's really complicated but good fun. Oh - but it's a bit gross and saucy! Don't watch it if you don't like things like that.

I did a drawing for Picard Day!

The washing machine broke and I had to visit the laundrette...which was expensive and harrowing. But not as harrowing at my rendition of Paparazzi at work karaoke! We went bowling beforehand (I won the second game with a score of 146) and I actually had a really fun time. I should start doing more social things I guess... I also sand Don't Stop Believin' from Glee, Life by Des'ree and Lay All Your Love by ABBA. It was a bit awkward though since two of the people there could *really* sing - and they're the worst people to be with at karaoke. Bleurgh.

This week had a very bizarre moment when one of my drawings really blew up (for me at least) across Tumblr. My drawings normally get two or three notes/reblogs/likes but the one I uploaded on Tuesday currently has over 13,000! What. The. Eff?! I know that this is small fry for big Internet types, but it's HUGE for me! I'm kicking myself for not writing the website address in the corner of my drawing (that won't happen again) and I can't get my head around how popular it has been. So thanks to everyone that reblogged it and what not. I hope I can make another drawing soon that is equally as popular!

I also went on a fun trip to the Tate Modern with a new pal. It was really raining and my shoes broke but it was worth it just to see a lady do some dancing in the Turbine Hall, only to be chased away by a security guard. Until he appeared, we weren't sure if the dancing lady was an artist or not. Hooray for Modern Art!

FINAL RANDOM THING: I set up a SoundCloud for some of my old songs! YAY!

FINAL RANDOM PICTURES: 

Time Flies...

Hello! Sorry for not writing sooner - as always, things have been a bit odd. In fact, I've only got the time to type this today because it's another Bank Holiday! Yay!

So, what have I been up to? Mostly drawing wizards...but that's a story for next Wednesday... I went home for the long Easter weekend. I held a baby and ate some food (mostly salad) and watched some TV. Then I went back to town, laden with cut-price chocolate Easter eggs.

I saw lots of pals in the last two weeks as well - burittos, cupcakes, walking, sitting in parks - GOOD TIMES! Then it was time for more work. I saw Thor on Wednesday which was ace. Skip forward to the next weekend and it's time for the Royal Wedding - which I really enjoyed. You can watch it all on YouTube (how modern) but for the actual day, I went to a friend's house and watched it whilst eating pancakes. The best of times! Except, I was planning on doing lots of drawing during the ceremony so I didn't fall behind...which I ended up doing anyway since the wedding so so distracting.

Saturday was spent at the BFI for a Sci-Fi event which saw the official release of Paper Science 4! The makers of it also documented the day in this little film:


Paper Science 4 debut from Anne Holiday on Vimeo.


I have a page in it, a preview of which you can see a bit of at the top of this entry. Afterwards, a pal and I grabbed burritos (again - I think burritos might replace burgers as my favourite food to eat with friends) whilst sitting in a park. Some guy did an amazing reverse park in his car... sort of like this:



OK. FINE! It wasn't like that - I just think that video is funny.

Friday and Sunday was also spent trying to make an animation. I don't really know what I'm doing but I did something...BUT! ARGH! I can't effing export the effing thing in any YouTube-friendly format. I'll have to send the .swf to a pal and ask them to turn it into a .mov for me. I'm pretty annoyed - especially since I spent so much time on it. Bleurgh.

IN OTHER NEWS: I'm going to make an announcement/plea on Wednesday. I hope you'll all help out. Oh - and I'm getting ready for MCM Expo. And by "getting ready," I mean "sitting around in my pyjamas, eating cheap Easter eggs..."

IN MUSIC NEWS: I have been listening to this. A lot.

Back Pain and BBQs (and the cover for People I Know #13)

Hello! Another week has flown by...which means it must be time for another blog post. Hold onto your...uh...hats? Is that how the saying goes? Hats? Hair? Hares?

REGARDLESS: I was pretty busy this week but it was...nope, just busy. I had ALL SORTS of plans for my evenings but most of them were pushed about. My high-powered business meeting got moved back so I spent two evenings getting ahead with next week's drawings. On Wednesday, I met some pals from that time I went to Edinburgh and we ate burgers. It was a really fun night out and was a lovely reminder of how ace people are.

Thursday saw me a pal from work go on an adventure. We walked around town and I got some DVDs... well, two DVDs. I got the Scott Pilgrim movie (I enjoyed it at the cinema) and the entire first (only?!) series of The Comeback - this really AWKWARD



That trailer doesn't do it justice and I'm only half of the way through...but wow. Yeah. I would recommend it. I *am* recommending it. Then we grabbed some food and everything was great. Obviously we ALL know what happens after Thursday - it's Friday, Friday, gonna get down on Fridaaaaay. A pal came to visit so we met up after work, met up with some other pals and we grabbed some food - after having a slightly odd conversation with some guy on the street about my boobjob. Yep - I didn't get what he was talking about either... Goodbye Friday! Hello Saturday! My pal was doing the first of two event-things so I was up early. I finished off some drawings, did some laundry and..went for food with pals. I'm beginning to suspect that I spend too much money/time eating at restaurants. After that, we watched more episodes of The Comeback and went to bed.

Sunday (that's today) was spent visiting the new gym, joining that and then buying gym shorts. And I went to a Zine event near Brick Lane which was really busy. I couldn't have a proper look round but the stuff I saw was impressive. Then I went to a pal's house for a BBQ which was nice...although I got a little lost on the way home. I was actually a little scared since it was dark...

AND NOW I AM TYPING THIS! Next week is pretty crammed and I'm meeting a new addition to the family at the weekend. Exciting! Speaking of new additions, the drawing at the top of this entry is 95% probably going to be the new cover for the next issue of People I Know - which you should remember from back here. It should be ready in time for MCM London.

EXCITING NEWS: Wednesday the 20th of April will be my 300th upload!

Busy Busy Busy...

Hello! Sorry it's been so long since my last update...but I have an actual excuse. I've been busy, trying to be sociable. I know - I'm as surprised as you are. 

But first, there was the J-Man storyline. I hope you enjoyed it! According to Google Analytics, it wasn't very popular, but I'm glad I did it because it was a bit different - a bit *ahem* metatextual and it was a nice way to bring together a bunch of characters that don't normally hang out. The story was a good reflection of how some of my drawings make me feel. When I first started, I'd put anything online... whereas now, I'm a bit more selective - which is both a good and bad thing. I had the first J-Man joke ready to upload, but it just really annoyed me because it didn't seem funny enough. And then the J-Man storyline sort of came from my attempts to make it funny. Or better. Plus, I got to draw hands!

So yeah - this week has seen me try to do fun things. I worry I spend too much time at my desk - whether it's at work or working on drawings. So this week, I tried doing fun things. On Wednesday, I went for a burger and then went to see Sucker Punch. I have no idea what to make of the film. It looked nice but I was pretty confused. The soundtrack was good though. Here is one of my favourites:

Also - it was possibly the first time in recent years I've been to the cinema and not eaten popcorn...

On Thursday, me and some pals went to the Museum of Childhood for an event about self-publishing. It was really nice and we went to a cute cafe afterwards to catch up on old times. Friday evening was spent at the pub. I was there for a bit too long but I actually enjoyed myself. Hooray. Saturday was spent working on some projects for people that you'll get to hear about at some point. I blitzed through them and went to see some pals in the park. We sang quite a lot of Rebecca Black's Friday. Speaking of which...

Then it was Sunday and I went to an effing BBQ! Can you believe that! I even spoke to people I didn't know! And they were nice! 

So...that was my week - pretty crazy, right? And I have more stuff planned! Next week will see burgers with pals, a potential birthday party and a pal is coming to visit! I hope I have time to draw comics! Oh - and I'm giving serious thought to trying to form a band... Although it will be much better than my last attempt. 

HOW ARE YOU?

A Blog Post about Things and Memorabilia

It's been a while since I posted here. Sorry! My original plan was to do at least one blog post a week about what I've been up to...but that sort of went wrong. Sorry! I hope you aren't too sad.

So...last weekend, me and some pals had tables at the MCM Memorabilia event at the Birmingham NEC. I had never been to the Memorabilia event but it has lots of famous people from old television shows and former sports stars and people signing autographs, along with lots of stalls selling collectable items. It also had a Comic village which is where we were sitting.

But before that, I had an awful time trying to get to the train station to get to Birmingham. Since I've moved house, I'm a bit unsure of how much time I need to leave to get to places - but I left about an hour to do a 40 minute journey... except that no buses turned up for the first part of my journey. I ended up running down the (very long) road with my giant suitcase, sweating and swearing. I made it to the train station with about five minutes to spare. Luckily, Philippa was waiting by the train so it all worked out fine...but still - not the best way to start the day.

The train itself had a few problems and we arrived in Birmingham about 30 minutes later than planned... although I met some nice people on the way. Oh - when we got to Birmingham, we went for a nice Japanese meal... and a few too many prawn crackers. We went to a pal's home and I made everyone watch the first episode of the latest series of The Only Way Is Essex. Someone at work described it as a porn film without any of the sex... I'll let you make up your own mind:



Then it was Saturday and we went to the NEC - which is MASSIVE! I was sitting next to the lovely Lizz Lunney... although our stalls were opposite the toilets. Originally, I was a bit sad about this but it turned out to make the best people watching! And we were next to the wrestling ring too which was pretty interesting. OH! And the cast of 'Allo 'Allo were having a reunion! I used to love that show when I was little. It had the best theme tune:



And some of the cast of Being Human were there too but that show doesn't even have a themetune. Lame. 

So Saturday was spent at the NEC and we went to Nando's in the evening. I love Nando's. We were all feeling a little sleepy though - although that didn't stop us watching another episode of The Only Way is Essex and the DVD of Harold and Maude... which was a very interesting movie.



The trailer doesn't really explain anything but I guess I'd recommend the movie. I'm not sure whether it's uplifting or depressing though... After we watched it, it was bedtime and the clocks went forward - which is always confusing,

We headed over to the the NEC on Sunday morning, all feeling a bit grim. Saturday and Sunday were both quite quiet - although this is mainly based on what customers were telling me as they said the even is normally packed. I suspect the time change and the railworks had an impact. Still, I met some nice people and I got to play on a 3DS (I want one) and some nice people even wrote some nice things about me afterwards...

Then we got the train home...which should have been nice and stress-free but our reserved seats had been taken! I wasn't happy. I had to eat a few too many cakes to get over it.

As for the week after that, I've just been really busy with work. Really busy. But I worked hard so I didn't have to do anything over the weekend. Hooray! Oh! And we're half way through the J-Man story! According to Google Analytics, it isn't very popular but I'm glad I did it. It's a nice change to the usual drawings...and I like giving the green blob new magic powers to use. And I hope that at least some of you are enjoying it.

Right. I hope you're well and staying out of trouble. I think my next table is at London MCM... except I'm not on the website which is annoying. But I will be there. And I shold have turned that Interactive Comic into People I Know #13 by then. I made the cover ages ago! I hope you like it!

J-Man: A mini story!

Hello! I haven't written here in ages - sorry about that. I've actually had a bumload of stuff to write about, just never enough time. I just wanted to to stop by and upload the first drawing for a new mini-story that started today. It's two weeks long and is all about...um...I can't actually tell you just yet. I'll tell you when it's over!

But I'm also uploading it here because my main website appears to be having some issues. Except I can't work out what they are since it only appears to be on some browsers. Boo hoo. If anyone can work out what is going on and how to fix it, I'll draw them a picture of...some...uh...goblins? Thank You Goblins!

Also - I did the Birmingham Memorabilia event at the weekend. That's a story for another post though...

Winkle

Hello! If you're reading this via RSS feed then I've got some important news...Except I need to write it out properly first. I guess to paraphrase, it will be something like: if you subscribe to this RSS feed, please subscribe to the one on my website instead! Because at some point, I'm going to stop uploading my comics here and start treating this like a proper blog and write about my feelings and stuff. I might even start posting doodles here. I have a blog section on my new website but that's for important business things like upcoming shows and what not. Oh - and because of a variety of things, I might have to start only posting three or four drawings a week instead of five...

Does that make sense?

Anyways - my weekend was a mixed bag. My week at work had been pretty busy and I got really stressed. but the website relaunched on Friday and I hope you all liked it. Oh! And the new Pokemon game came out! I chose Snivy as my starter! It evolved this morning so I'm doing OK...although I'm still a bit confused about all the new Pokemon. I need a decent water type if you have any recommendations?

Also - thanks for the positive feedback on People I Know #13! I'm so glad you liked it!

IN OTHER NEWS: My new website has comments! You could totally leave a nice comment for me!!!

Valentine's Day - BONUS!

If this drawing doesn't make sense, click here to read the first part.

Surprise! Remember the guy that asked Toby out? Well, I suspect we'll be seeing lots more of him in the future. It's funny since DC's feedback asked after him...and I didn't want to ruin the surprise. I hope you're surprised though. And Bil wants to see more of Human-Toby and I'm more than happy to say we'll be revisiting him too! Everyone's a winner!

So anyways - this weekend has bizarre. I moved house! It was pretty emotional and I might have sobbed a bit. But everything seems to be working out. I will probably turn the whole thing into a comic at some point!

Speaking of comics - I have just sent the final PDF of People I Know #12 to the printers. It is officially full colour! This is a big deal! And since I've already posted the cover then you know it's about the Wizards!

IMPORTANT NEWS: My website is getting a makeover! At some point, it will go down for a bit whilst everything gets rejigged. Please be patient. I'll keep you posted here or on Twitter or something but please don't panic. Also, I've got an exciting drawing prepped for the launch! I made it over Christmas and it's exciting!!! Keep an eye out!

Real Life: Surprise!

Hello Monday! Don't worry - I'm not angry with you for ending the weekend because I've got the week off! HOORAY! I'm seeing lots of pals this week and working on some new badges and posters. I might need to pick your brains about the designs for the poster... I hope you don't mind!

Because I've got so much fun/drawing planned for the week, I spent pretty much all my weekend at the computer, doing more drawing... I figure that the more of the grunt work I do now, the more fun stuff I can do later. I hope you'll enjoy the end product of my hardwork!

Oh! And I decorated some gingerbread men. That was nice.

IN OTHER NEWS: Here is a new drawing about that mean green thing. Here we get to see one of his magical powers! And isn't it creepy? I was thinking of using sound effects for when people go inside him...but all I could think of was "SLURP" and that made me feel sick. So no sound effects for you!

UPDATE!!! - I did a guest comic for Left-Handed Toons! I hope you like it!

You're Under Arrest!

Happy Tuesday! Happy February! The official Valentine's Day countdown has started. Boo hoo.

Even worse - this drawing is about a criminal. This should have been his second appearance - except the first drawing didn't make any sense. Maybe I'll upload it as a bonus prize at some point. Anywhere - yeah, he's a thief and he steals things. Watch out!

Here's what you missed at the weekend (besides a bumload of fun!) - my pal and I got the train to meet some other pals and we went to a planetarium. It was pretty exciting since I'd never been to one before. Stars are pretty cool. Then I got angry about escalators. We ate some Chinese food (mine was a bit spooky) and played boardgames (I didn't win) and watch the Emperor's New Groove! I really enjoyed it but was sad it wasn't a proper musical. Then it was the next day and we went to Manchester to see other friends. I had a burger which was lovely! Suddenly it was time to catch the train home. I felt a bit sick but sleeping solved everything.

There - that's a very concise version which doesn't actually convey the sheer fun I had. You'll just have to trust me.

A PROPER QUESTION: I'm looking into new People I Know-themed merchandise. Is there anything in particular you'd like?

What's Your Sign?

Good Monday! January is over and it's nearly February...and we all know what that means - Valentine's Day! Uh oh. Should we place bets on how many times I'll end up crying at my desk? Should we start stockpiling microwave-meals-for-one now or later? Either way, here's a romance-themed drawing for you!

IN OTHER NEWS: I had a lovely weekend with lovely people. I'll write a proper post about it later but thanks to everyone that was nice to me.

Toby: Cross Words

Happy Monday you lot. I know you're probably sad about going back to work/school/ninja training camp - but don't be. This week is full of possibilities! Anything could happen! We will totally win this week! YEAH!!

And to help matters, here is a drawing of Toby and Christina. I hope it helps get your week off to a flying start. I spent a lot of the weekend drawing and...um...catching up with television. I watched some amazing stuff. And I drew some cute stuff too. I've cleaned up all the pages for People I Know #12 and have started to colour it in. Normally, this wouldn't take long but I want to try some fun stuff with the colours so it might take a while. And I drew a week's worth of comics...some of which I'm really happy about.

IN OTHER NEWS: I caved in and ate some chocolate. Shame on me...

A Very Important Date

Oh weekend! You've gone by so quickly! We had such fun and now it's over. Boo hoo hoo.

I spent Saturday drawing pretty much non-stop...which probably isn't healthy but it allowed me to catch up on some television which I needed to do. Plus, I finished all the pen stuff for People I Know #12 so I can start scanning and cleaning it up over the next few weeks. To be honest, the inking of this issue was a TOTAL DISASTER so the cleaning up will be pretty intensive. And the story is actually pretty harrowing. Seriously grim stuff. I'm still having second thoughts about putting it online...

And then it was Sunday and I met up with some pals and we did touristy things. Not that any of us are tourists but you know what it's like - you don't really do it much if you live somewhere. Except for museums - I'm all up on the museums. They are ace. Oh. And I had my first cake of 2011. It was a chocolate brownie. It was really nice but it was also expensive, so it needed to be impressive.

IN OTHER NEWS: The lovely Bing from Cakebomb is offering up some of my mini comics as rewards on his new website. Check it out.

Emma: Victoria

It's Monday and guess who's on holiday! Yep - me! Woooooo! And to celebrate - here's a drawing of Emma! I think this is her third drawing so she's pretty much a regular character now, right?

Anyways - hello! What an odd weekend. It mega-snowed on Friday night and all through Saturday so my plans were mostly ruined. On the plus side, I did lots of planning for my next project. I've got three on the go now, which is a lot of work. I'm even asking someone to help out with one of them so I hope 2011 ends up being as exciting as I'm planning it to be... if that makes sense?

And Sunday was Sunday! And now it's over. I caught up with some episodes of Misfits which is ace if you haven't already watched it. There was more snow. I tried to finish my Christmas shopping. All terribly thrilling.

THE BIG QUESTION: How do you feel about Victoria Sponge? Is it your favourite cake? Your second-favourite? Your least favourite? I would like to know!

Beyonce!

Goodness me! I am shattered! This weekend was my first ever Thought Bubble - and I've just got home. It was an amazingly fun and intense weekend of talking, drawing, dancing and even a bit of caking.

Like with MCM, I'll write up some sort of epic blog about the whole thing but I really need to get some sleep now. Sorry. Although I suspect you'll survive. Oh - and here is a drawing about Beyonce and he alter ego, Sasha Fierce. Not sure who Sasha Fierce is? Watch this handy video:



And don't forget that Jessica Fletcher Week 2010 is nearing! I've got some brilliant submissions and you should send one along too! Don't be shy!

On a final note - some of my comics were reviewed over on Hand Drawn Awesome. I'm terrified of people saying mean things about my comics so obviously I was heartbroken that it begins with the words "I hate Timothy Winchester..." but it gets better. To be fair, it couldn't get any worse after that - but it all works out fine in the end. Phew. Thanks to Christian for the kind words. And thanks to everyone that came to visit me at Thought Bubble. I had an amazing time and I hope you did too...

Saving the World

PEAKABOO!

I had a fun weekend. It was busy and I didn't get as much done as I was meant to...but it was fun, and that's important. Saturday was spent stuffing owls and watching television. I did some drawing too. There's one drawing which is just really weird - even by my standards. It's pretty just a whole page of pirates. And there's a boat? And I don't remember drawing it... Hmmm...

Then Sunday was a pal's birthday and we went to the cinema to see the Book of Masters - the first Russian-produced Disney film.



The film, like my drawing, is BIZARRE! Great - but WEIRD. I liked the talking ball of string the best. And the mermaid with the magic hair. I didn't like the fact that the susbtitles were in white and sometimes you couldn't see them. Oh! And my popcorn was pretty nasty-tasting.

So it's a new week - and don't forget, it's MCM Expo at Halloween weekend! Will I see you there?

Stay out of trouble
TWx

Happy First Birthday!

So...it turns out that I started uploading drawings to my proper website a year ago yesterday! That's a whole year of website. How exciting.And although I've only recently started doing daily uploads, there are something like 200 drawings up there!

I was pretty late to the whole "getting a website," thing, even though I've been making my print comic for a while... But I've really enjoyed uploading drawings and seeing how they've been received. And the nice thing is that there are some super nice people out there who actually like my stuff! Thanks guys! I totally promise to keep trying my hardest. BFF FOREVER!

Speaking of trying my hardest, I start my new job this week. I bought myself a fancy notebook! Fingers crossed.

And since it's my website's first birthday, I have an exciting thing to reveal.

YES! That's right! I got tote bags made up! They are super cute and bright orange. Plus there is an owl on the front. And a pun. I'm pretty sure that this is the recipe for greatness.

The owl bags will be coming to MCM Expo, Comiket and Thought Bubble... so come along! And say hello.

What is a Virgin?

Hello!

The weekend, like always, has come and gone. I did some stuff and drew some stuff and planned some stuff and ate some stuff. I also went on a Mega Walk on Saturday. Walking around town is one of my favourite things to do.

Also - look! I drew a robot! I hope that "sex noob," becomes a popular phrase for the Robot Generation and is one day added to the dictionary.

Also, I watched the first live episode of the X Factor. Here are the top three performances in my opinion - but BE WARNED! It's like the producers have tried to recreate my dream performances. Be prepared:

Lady Gaga: Jokerface

Goodbye Weekend! Hello another week! I had a nice weekend. On Saturday, I saw an old pal who I haven't seen in quite some time. But then it started raining and my shoes fell apart. My socks were SOAKED and I had to go buy a new pair of shoes. But instead of doing what I normally do - which is to buy an identical pair of shoes - I went to a slightly fancy shoe shop and got slightly fancy shoes. FANCY!

ANYWAYS! Here is a drawing about Lady Gaga. I wonder what she got up to at the weekend.

IN OTHER NEWS: my proper website is nearly a year old! I started uploading pictures onto it from the 17th of October last year! I'm thinking of collecting some of my favourite drawings together into a FULL COLOUR COMIC! How would you feel about that?

Honey! I'm Home!

This is one of those drawings that I worry about since I think it's super funny...but maybe it actually isn't? I mean, why would anyone like this? There's no Lady Gaga! Maybe I should just draw her in?

ANYWAYS! The weekend has been and gone. I spent most of it reformatting lots of my comics for printing. I'm making the mini comics smaller - from A6 to A7...and they'll have colour covers! So if you're coming to MCM in October, please feel free to make impressed noises at how cute they all look.

Oh! And don't forget that there is a Facebook page you can like now! Thanks to DC for the link!

How are you?