Moose Kid Comics event at the Cartoon Museum!



I was very fortunate to be able to work on the awesome Moose Kid Comics a while back; an amazing UK kid's comic full of original work from some incredible creators. The Cartoon Museum in London hosted an amazing day of workshops and fun and I was lucky enough to be part of it!

 



 

 

Some of the amazing peeps involved! (and me)

 

The First time I've ever seen my Comics Land books in the UK! :D

 

Me and the lovely Warwick Johnson Cadwell getting shown how it's done in our workshop.

Warwick draws while I try and look busy.

 

Some of the awesome Moose Kid strips up on the wall!

 

It was a great day with so many enthusiastic and talented kids (and their parents!) and it was lovely to see people react so well to the comic. I would highly recommend checking it out if you haven't already. It's free to read online or print off if you want to make it into an awesome little book! Issue 2 will hopefully be on it's way soon. Keep your eyes peeled!



 

 

How do I look drawn?

Whenever I'm asked to do a self-portrait or provide a picture of myself for a website, I immediately go for a drawn picture. I don't photograph well and can do myself a little bit of justice (however inaccurate it is) with a cartoon version of myself. This is how I usually draw myself - not too insulting but not too flattering either.

How I usually draw me

I have recently started giving drawing lessons to under 11 year olds and had a brilliant time with 8 year old Lolita drawing faces and portraits. We started off drawing each other on a template and this is her wonderful effort:

How an 8 year old draws me

I love this drawing! She really captured my cheesy grin and I love the curly bits of hair at the top. I since discovered that we both share a love of drawing animals so next week's lesson will not involve any people drawing! I also recently dug out some of my old school books from the early '80s and found this rather disturbing self-portrait from 1986. I love that my 6 year old self thought I had a flat head, a brown neck and arm and blue fingernails. Go me! Needless to say, I find this rather amusing!

How my 6 year old self drew me