Category Archives: Cartoonist

Bad Cartoon Friday

Posted on September 3, 2012 by

See Catnip’s entry at Fountain Pen Geeks!

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Swatch this space…

Posted on February 19, 2012 by

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

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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what colour is your iPod?

Posted on September 16, 2011 by

Mine’s blue. The features cartoon in Sep[tember] is salmon pink – you guessed – Catnip’s favourite colour (after Catnip Blue). When I scanned the cartoon, I couldn’t decide what colour to choose for the iPod, so I did a selection … Continue reading →

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New Pen

Posted on August 9, 2011 by

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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Prehysterical Cat

Posted on May 29, 2011 by

I thought it fitting the scanner naming my latest Catnip cartoon, inspired by new Flintstone pyjamas I was recently be-gifted, “Catnip050.” Yabba-Dabba-Doodle! Catnip has passed the 50 cartoon mark. the real cause for celebration though, is the support he’s been given by his … Continue reading →

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Home is a warm beanbag

Posted on April 30, 2011 by

This featured image is the first Catnip Cat cartoon from the Falcon nib of cartoonist Jeff Hoyle… now there’s a tongue twister!

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