Fake Faces
Horror movies work on human anxieties built into us, but why do we have the fear of the almost human doppelgänger?
READ MORE..Pin ups
My tribute drawings of other people’s characters:
Pete & Chris
An appreciation of HAMMER HORROR films, the most memorable often featuring CHRISTOPHER LEE and/or PETER CUSHING.
READ MORE..Bantha Tracks
I recently found old faded samples of some of the first drawings I ever had “published”; some fan art submitted to BANTHA TRACKS, the 1970s/80s STAR WARS fan club newsletter. Soon after my 13 year old mind was thoroughly blown by STAR WARS in 1977, I saw an ad in a magazine (probably a 1978 … Read more
Wasteland Ronin
One of the greats of 1970s Ozploitation is MAD MAX: The Wasteland Ronin!
READ MORE..Sketch Trek: THE NEXT GENERATION
As a follow up to some Star Trek TV sketching we did months ago, Julia and I did more sketch nights of Star Trek: The Next Generation, a favourite of Julia’s that I wasn’t so familiar with. When Star Trek: TNG was first broadcast, in the late 1980s, I was working in Asia and Europe; countries where I couldn’t understand … Read more
The Time Trickster
Old plot details (and fan-enthusiasm!) refreshed by a Netflix marathon, we recently watched the theatrical big screen debut of the 12th (or is it 13th?) actor to play DOCTOR WHO– that alien space/time traveller in the big blue box. As with last year’s 50th Birthday episode, likewise screened in movie theatres worldwide, this feature-length episode, entitled … Read more
SPACE..The Final Frontier..
Here are some left-handed drawings from recent TV sketch nights drawing Star Trek. The bright colours and simple shapes, not to mention the broad characters and melodramatic action of James T. Kirk and his iconic space-faring crew can be quite fun to draw. I remember the very first time I ever saw Star Trek; it … Read more
A Boxing Day Far, Far, Away..
I keep alight many memories of childhood wonder, trying to hold onto them lightly lest they break, or become twisted.
READ MORE..NUN with 2 GUNS
Here’s a Pin-up I just finished last night for John Hoffman‘s NUN WITH TWO GUNS comic book, which is the culmination of several years of doodling on his part. A while back, John co-created this character with his buddy Warwick J Caldwell, and now, after a few years of random drawings by both of them, … Read more
SLY is still upset…
With his typical eloquence, SLY STALLONE raises a lot of valid points… A test caricature illustration of Sylvester Stallone, done when trying to get illustration work in Tokyo.>