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Here’s a sketch I did in return for a vintage fountain pen. Yes, dear reader, you have learned my dirty secret…

Is the Akashiya Bamboo Barrel Brush Pen the perfect portable brush and ink replacement? No, but it’s close…

I read somewhere that cartoonists are always caricaturists, even if they are drawing fictional characters. I definitely subscribe to this ideology, and am always drawing ‘someone’ when I’m sketching…

My agent, Matt Jackson from The Drawing Book recently did a talk at Creative Sydney. Mind the hyped editing – Matt is trying to do an important thing here; he is trying to bring clients round to the artist, not the style of artwork…

Well, the pens aren’t big, but… oh, you know what I’m talking about. Firstly, let me say that I was lucky enough to receive a package full of goodies from Jetpens to review. This will not affect my reviews, which are always unbiased. If the pen sucks, I will say it. And hey, that’s not

I just got PS CS5 (v.12 in the old numbering system) yesterday. There are lots of features aimed at designers and photographers (such as the Content Aware Fill) but I’ll focus on the features I use regularly and may be of interest to illustrators and cartoonists…

Just when I thought it couldn’t get any better, we did the coolest thing ever. Ever. We visited the MAD Magazine office in New York City…

The 64th Annual Reuben Awards. Wow. Where do I start? It all happened at the Hyatt, Jersey City, right on the Hudson River overlooking the majestic New York skyline. The Reubens are a three-day conference with seminars from leading cartoonists and comic artists, capped every night by dinner and drinks; the main event being the Reuben

As you may be aware, I was lucky enough to be nominated for a Division Reuben Award, and have just returned from an exciting trip to New York and New Jersey, USA. I was accompanied by my lovely wife, Ash. The children stayed with our parents, making this the best holiday we’ve had in years!