On the way into Gloucester this morning I came across this, I was wide awake but it looks like someone else might not be.It added punch to the notice thinking about the ‘back story’.They will blame something technical but we all know what the truth might be. Continue reading Beware of illuminated road signs they can zend you off to sleepy town…
I recently had this drawing turned down for very understandable reasons. Written by my long standing collaborator Mr Thorburn, the piece was about Christmas Nativity plays at small school. Here is the bit I chose to draw: “Then there was the proud mum who went to watch her darling little girl in the leading role. All went well at first, but as soon as she got into the stable, she sat on the straw bale, put her feet up on the crib and spent the rest of the play picking her nose.” I so enjoyed doing the drawing that I chose … Continue reading The star rebels…
This is one of Mr Thorburn’s best lines in the book and I much enjoyed doing the drawing for it. What a wonderful name for a pub instead of all those faux trendy slug and lettuce places.Brand managers take note, … Continue reading “The facial expression they are waiting for should have its own brown sign on the motorway”
Yet another of Gordon’s golden words, this time he’s talking about artists… I suspect that Mr. T is not a great fan of the abstract and having just visited an exhibition in London by a German artist who is almost exactly … Continue reading Artist
Back to the book, here’s Gordon’s take on the newspaper seller.It’s one of my favourite subjects! Where on earth do they come from.I recall there being one in Manchester who, if things were slow, would write out on the headline board: The Pope! No news. It would improve sales for the day with worried catholics buying, only to find there was indeed, no news about the Pope. See more of Mt Thorburn’s stuff at http://www.gordonthorburn.co.uk and there’s more of my stuff on http://www.pauldaviescartoons.co.uk Any sightings should be reported to the Natural History Museum. There are plenty of people who stand about … Continue reading Newspaper Seller
Paul Davies Cartoons & stuff 