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Swatch this space…

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Catnip Cat

Collected some Tabmans colour samples from the hardware store. The names of the individual colour names amused and inspired my artistic neurones. I penned cartoons directly on the individual swatches. Check them out at my Ink Pad  

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Ronald Searle tribute

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Catnip Cat

As a young graphic design student, in the late 70s, I used to spend many lunch hours in the library flicking through Graphis magazines in search of cartoons by my favourite graphic satirist, Ronald Searle. I was saddened to read … Continue reading →

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New Pen

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Catnip Cat

My lovely wife got me a 25th anniversary pressy – an elegant Pelikan M215 fountain pen. It has a great piston ink filler hidden within the barrel (the nib end is transparent so I can monitor my ink supply) and … Continue reading →

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Purrfect Cat

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Catnip Cat

Today’s cartoon for June (no rhyme intended) is inspired by Alan Burke’s song, The World Is Our Home. Check out his MySpace blog, http://www.myspace.com/alanburke or click on the captioned Catnip comic strip.

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Copy Cats

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Catnip Cat

Catnip Cat artwork is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Yes, you can copy and use any of the Catnip cartoons in a non-commercial way, as long as you include the catnip-cat.com blog address, thanks.

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