Baker’s Dozen – Page 2

On Drawing

July 9, 2021March 17, 2014 by James Baker

I have recently been wrestling with re-learning how to draw. The loss of my former ability has led me to reflect on what drawing has meant to me in my 30 year career as a cartoonist, and how and why I came to be so interested in drawing in the first place. Back when I … Read more

A Boxing Day Far, Far, Away..

October 30, 2022January 7, 2014 by James Baker

I keep alight many memories of childhood wonder, trying to hold onto them lightly lest they break, or become twisted.

Chook Hunter

August 31, 2022October 26, 2013 by James Baker

I became that chicken’s own personal Ring Wraith, committed to pursuing her into the next world if needs be.

Tomorrow, You Only Have Memories Forever, Again. Twice.

January 17, 2023October 1, 2013 by James Baker

The cranky guy with the eyebrows, who provoked this non-stop sequence of unexplained violence, was the “goodie” of this movie; James Bond.

Dogmatic vs Dogcentric

September 25, 2022September 13, 2013 by James Baker

When I was in grade two of Catholic primary school, we started to take catechism classes where such profound notions as ‘Souls’ and ‘Immortality’ were being bandied about, not to mention the biggies; ‘Heaven’, ‘Hell’ and ‘God’.

As seen on TV

March 2, 2023October 31, 2011 by James Baker

Like some tiny SAMSON, I saw grooming of my hair as an attack on my very self..

Rebel, without a Pause

June 5, 2022January 5, 2010 by James Baker

My emotions got the better of me and I swore horribly at my mother, using a cuss word I didn’t fully understand then but that burns me with shame to remember now.

The TALE of my Dog

March 2, 2023July 31, 2007 by James Baker

A story about the roguish little dog I had when I was 7 years old.

Persistence of Vision

March 10, 2023April 24, 2007 by James Baker

Tears of anguish were still on my face, when I started to wonder how this could be so.. I could not grasp how it was possible for these drawings to be alive.