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Pork Pie Press on Valentine's Day

2012-02-14T16:10:00.001Z

Oooh look! The nice people at the Pork Pie Press Blog found one of my Pork Pie themed cartoons and asked to use it on their website. Cool. Go read their site, it's full of user-submitted food stories and poems and...stuff.
PORK!

What Goes On #102 - Your Daily Christmas Comic

2011-12-21T12:20:00.002Z

What Goes On #101 - Your Daily Christmas Comic

2011-12-20T12:25:00.000Z

What Goes On update

2011-10-11T22:46:00.000+01:00

What Goes On is on a short break.

What Goes On is 100!

2011-10-10T23:42:00.000+01:00

I'm genuinely impressed by my own perseverance. 100 cartoons in roughly 100 days. Woohoo for me!

What Goes On #100 - Your Daily Comic

2011-10-10T23:40:00.003+01:00

What Goes On #99 = Your Daily Comic

2011-10-09T22:26:00.003+01:00

What Goes On #98 - Your Daily Comic

2011-10-08T20:08:00.002+01:00

What Goes On #97 - Your Daily Comic

2011-10-08T00:35:00.002+01:00

What Goes On #95 - Your Daily Comic

2011-10-06T23:35:00.002+01:00

What Goes On #96 - Your Daily Comic

2011-10-05T21:00:00.002+01:00

What Goes On #94 - Your Daily Comic

2011-10-04T21:24:00.000+01:00

What Goes On #93 - Your Daily Comic

2011-10-03T21:57:00.002+01:00

What Goes On #92 - Your Daily Comic

2011-10-02T22:40:00.002+01:00

What Goes On #91 - Your Daily Comic

2011-10-01T20:29:00.000+01:00

What Goes On #90 - Your Daily Comic

2011-09-30T23:59:00.000+01:00

What Goes On #89 - Your Daily Comic

2011-09-29T23:51:00.000+01:00

What Goes On #88 - Your Daily Comic

2011-09-28T23:21:00.000+01:00

What Goes On #87 - Your Daily Comic

2011-09-27T20:30:00.002+01:00

What Goes On #86 - Your Daily Comic

2011-09-26T23:09:00.002+01:00

What Goes On #85 - Your Daily Comic

2011-09-26T00:11:00.002+01:00

What Goes On #84 - Your Daily Comic

2011-09-25T00:50:00.000+01:00

What Goes On #83 - Your Daily Comic

2011-09-23T23:21:00.002+01:00

What Goes On...

2011-09-22T22:57:00.002+01:00

Tonight's What goes On is not going to happen! I'm busy working on the artwork for The Jetsonics new EP. Business as usual tomorrow.

What Goes On #82 - Your Daily comic

2011-09-22T00:07:00.002+01:00

What Goes On #81 - Your Daily Comic

2011-09-20T22:36:00.002+01:00

What Goes On #80 - Your Daily Comic

2011-09-19T22:11:00.002+01:00

What Goes On #79 - Your Daily Comic

2011-09-18T22:33:00.000+01:00

What Goes On #78- Your Daily Comic

2011-09-18T00:44:00.002+01:00

What Goes On #77 - Your Daily Comic

2011-09-17T00:23:00.002+01:00

What Goes On #76 - Your Daily Comic

2011-09-16T00:47:00.000+01:00

What Goes On #75 - Your Daily Comic

2011-09-14T22:12:00.000+01:00

What Goes On #74 - Your Daily Comic

2011-09-13T21:52:00.002+01:00

What Goes On #73 - Your Daily Comic

2011-09-12T21:36:00.001+01:00

What Goes On #72 - Your Daily Comic

2011-09-11T21:36:00.000+01:00

What Goes On #71 - Your Daily Comic

2011-09-10T23:35:00.003+01:00

What Goes On #70 - Your Daily Comic

2011-09-09T22:33:00.000+01:00

What Goes On #69 - Your Daily Comic

2011-09-08T22:32:00.001+01:00

What Goes On #68 - Your Daily Comic

2011-09-07T22:32:00.002+01:00

What Goes On Gets Difficult

2011-09-07T00:54:00.000+01:00

I've hit a dry patch with What Goes On. I'm really struggling for ideas. I find myself up against it at one in the morning trying to think of something, anything, even mildly amusing.

I was going to give up tonight, but like the guy who eats the cake and ends his diet, I know I'd only have felt bad about it in the morning.

What Goes On #67 - Your Daily Comic

2011-09-07T00:45:00.000+01:00

What Goes On #66 - Your Daily Comic

2011-09-06T00:39:00.003+01:00

What Goes On #65 - Your Daily Comic

2011-09-05T00:17:00.000+01:00

What Goes On #64 - Your Daily Comic

2011-09-03T23:22:00.002+01:00

What Goes On #63 - Your Daily Comic

2011-09-03T00:40:00.002+01:00

What Goes On #62 - Your Daily Comic

2011-09-01T20:49:00.002+01:00

What Goes On #61 - Your Daily Comic

2011-08-31T20:48:00.003+01:00

What Goes On #60 - Your Daily Comic

2011-08-31T00:10:00.002+01:00

What Goes On #59 - Your Daily Comic

2011-08-29T23:04:00.000+01:00

What Goes On #58 - Your Daily Comic

2011-08-29T01:57:00.002+01:00

What Goes On #57 - Your Daily Comic

2011-08-28T00:51:00.002+01:00

What Goes On #56 - Your Daily Comic

2011-08-26T21:46:00.002+01:00

What Goes On #55 - Your Daily Comic

2011-08-25T21:45:00.002+01:00

What Goes On #54 - Your Daily Comic

2011-08-24T22:45:00.000+01:00

What Goes On #53 - Your Daily Comic

2011-08-24T00:45:00.002+01:00

What Goes On #52 - Your Daily Comic

2011-08-23T00:13:00.002+01:00

What Goes On #51 - Your Daily Comic

2011-08-21T23:24:00.000+01:00

What Goes On makes it to 50! Wunderbar!

2011-08-21T00:57:00.000+01:00

Woohoo! WGO made it to 50. Wunderbar!

What Goes On #50 - Your Daily Comic

2011-08-21T00:53:00.002+01:00

What Goes On #49 - Your Daily Comic

2011-08-19T23:43:00.000+01:00

What Goes On #48 - Your Daily Comic

2011-08-19T00:35:00.002+01:00

What Goes On #47 - Your Daily Comic

2011-08-17T23:31:00.000+01:00

What Goes On #46 - Your Daily Comic

2011-08-16T23:23:00.003+01:00

What Goes On #45 - Your Daily Comic

2011-08-15T23:09:00.000+01:00

What Goes On #44 - Your Daily Comic

2011-08-14T23:31:00.002+01:00

What Goes On #43 - Your Daily Comic

2011-08-14T00:39:00.000+01:00

What Goes On #42 - Your Daily Comic

2011-08-13T01:20:00.000+01:00

What Goes On #41 - Your Daily Comic

2011-08-11T23:47:00.000+01:00

What Goes On #40 - Your Daily Comic

2011-08-10T23:47:00.000+01:00

What Goes On #39 - Your Daily Comic

2011-08-09T23:54:00.002+01:00

What Goes On #38 - Your Daily Comic

2011-08-09T00:08:00.003+01:00

What Goes On - Colour Fail

2011-08-08T19:46:00.000+01:00

Fans of WGO might have noticed a big problem with #35 and '36. They posted on Friday and Saturday and I accidentally uploaded in CMYK rather than RGB. You don't really need to know that right now. What you need to know is that the problem whereby you COULDN'T EVEN SEE THEM...is now fixed. Woohoo!

What Goes On #37 - Your Daily Comic

2011-08-07T20:00:00.001+01:00

What Goes On #36 - Your Daily Comic

2011-08-06T20:00:00.005+01:00

What Goes On #35 - Your Daily Comic

2011-08-05T23:23:00.003+01:00

What Goes On #34 - Your Daily Comic

2011-08-04T20:00:00.003+01:00

The Big Fish - Colour Illustration

2011-08-04T01:15:00.000+01:00

Sat near the man-made waterfall just outside my office I sketched a little bird. There was one swimming on the water in front of me who looked vaguely like the one here. Then I sketched a fish. Then I thought - Hey! We have a scene going on here. So I chopped the birds head off and switched it round the other way so he could gawp at the high flying fish overhead. Illustrator live trace and Photoshop for colour. Looks fun I think, and worth clicking on it to view big.

What Goes On #33 - Your Daily Comic

2011-08-03T11:59:00.001+01:00

What Goes On #32 - Your Daily Comic

2011-08-02T11:59:00.000+01:00

What's going on with What Goes On?

2011-08-01T23:52:00.000+01:00

Regular readers of this site will be starting to wonder what's happened to 'What Goes On'. Well I took a week off from writing it then I was all raring to go again just now and...well...the dog ate my homework. Or something. Check back tomorrow. Yes tomorrow 2nd August for the triumphant RETURN of What Goes On. [cue dramatic music]

Lanterns on the beach at Filey

2011-08-01T23:36:00.001+01:00

Filey Beach Lanterns
Originally uploaded by abraham_love

Just before sunset on the beach in Filey people were lighting these lanterns in memory of loved ones. Very pretty.

I lost my glasses kneeling down in the sand taking this one. Went back to find them half buried ten minutes later.

What Goes On - On a Break

2011-07-21T19:18:00.000+01:00

"What Goes On" is taking a break for a just a few days. See you then.

What Goes On #31 - Your Daily Comic

2011-07-20T23:55:00.002+01:00

What Goes On - That was 30 that was

2011-07-20T01:21:00.012+01:00

Did you see that? Without even blinking. 30 (count 'em) thirty WGO comics. That is some going! A big group hug. Hey! Watch your hands!

Hekla Waterloo Graffiti, London, UK

2011-07-19T22:18:00.000+01:00

Hekla Waterloo Graffiti, London, UK
Originally uploaded by abraham_love

Was up in Waterloo recently. Lost round the back of the station. For some reason so engrossed in a conversation about Derren Brown that we forgot to head for the river. Then saw this great piece of graffiti. Admittedly some post processing going on here, but I think it adds to the look. I even printed this, framed it and hung it in my kitchen. That's how much I like it. Hekla. Word.

Random Sketching - The Sad #8

2011-07-19T22:17:00.001+01:00

Maybe he missed a touchdown or something. Here is #8 and he is rather sad. I was trying to draw hands that weren't rubbish. Thanks to Tom Richmond's tutorial on sketching hands (awesome) I was able to make them a little better than usual.

He says it's good if you think of the palm not as a square but as two chicken drumsticks. Makes a whole lotta sense if you read his tutorial. #8's left hand is OK. His right one is a bit beastly. Still. Who's watching except you and you [points] at the back...

What Goes On #30 - Your Daily Comic

2011-07-19T22:05:00.002+01:00

Random sketching - Hungry, Hungry Whale

2011-07-19T20:40:00.001+01:00

I love this blue highlighter. It never seems to run out. When it does I'll try and find a new one exactly the same.

Random sketching - Giant Head

2011-07-19T20:38:00.000+01:00

This guy has a GIANT head. Like a potato.

What Goes On #29 - Your Daily Comic

2011-07-18T23:30:00.002+01:00

What Goes On #28 - Your Daily Comic

2011-07-17T23:45:00.001+01:00

What Goes On #27 - Your Daily Comic

2011-07-16T20:33:00.002+01:00

Beardo

2011-07-15T20:01:00.001+01:00

Dan who makes Beardo - an awesome daily comic about a barista/artist/musician... BEARDO ...said the way he managed to get to 1000+ daily comics was by basing things on reality and daily events. So there's a little more of that around here. I don't pretend to draw like Dan - he rules! I don't expect to make it much past 30 comics, let alone 1000, but thanks for the advice, Mr Beardo :-)

What Goes On #26 - Your Daily Comic

2011-07-15T19:58:00.001+01:00

What Goes On #25 - Your Daily Comic

2011-07-14T23:49:00.003+01:00

What Goes On #24 - Your Daily Comic

2011-07-13T23:48:00.002+01:00

What Goes On #23 - Your Daily Comic

2011-07-12T22:38:00.002+01:00

Blondie - Kew The Music, Kew Gardens - Live Review - 11th July, 2011

2011-07-12T10:56:00.003+01:00

Though tonight it's a mild summer's evening in these Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, the music is straight out of New York.
There's no doubt that Debbie Harry is a true rock and roll idol, Blonde hair, dark glasses and vampish PVC coat tails. Slowly during the evening she loses most of the paraphernalia and moves with angular energy like she is rocking the CBGB all over again. She still has most of her voice, and what she misses she makes up for with attitude and dramatic flair. Drummer Clem Burke plays with the energy of a fifteen year old and an exuberance that rings out in every beat. Highlight is when Clem does a couple of 20 ft stick spins. 20ft. Twice. Chris Stein is supported by stunt guitarist Tommy Kessler. Tommy is clearly enjoying himself and from time to time they let him cut lose with some great solo work. Foot on the monitor, head back, he whips into some mean sweep picking and two-handed tapping. It doesn't feel out of place. Blondie always manage to gel rock with with pop. From shred to singalong, it's all there tonight. Leigh Foxx on the bass keeps the bottom end in check while keyboard player Matt Katz-Bohen with his awesome Dave Hill style fringe gets to play a Keytar for one song. The Keytar even gets a little whoop from the crowd.

The sound in Kew is very good. It's not loud, but it's clear. There's little wind which keeps things focussed and the trees and glass house act as a little bowl to keep things tight. Atmosphere here is friendly. There's a lot of wine and picnics. There's a stall selling cheese. There's little shoving or pushing, just a lot of smiling faces and singing.

The set list is what you'd expect. Even if you've never owned a Blondie record you would have heard more than three quarters of tonight's songs on your radio over the years. They all sound exciting and fresh. Rapture sounds like it was written last week. Hanging on the Telephone will never grow old and the crowd goes wild when the telephone rings to introduce it. Blondie encore with 'A song they did at Abbey Road a week ago'. It's 'Please, Please Me' and it sounds fantastic. The crowd love it.

http://www.thejetsonics.com/

What Goes On #22 - Your Daily Comic

2011-07-12T00:01:00.004+01:00

What Goes On...After Midnight

2011-07-11T00:25:00.000+01:00

Well you'd think I'd missed a day being that #21 came on Monday according to the date stamp. But rest assured in this time zone it's just gone midnight and that's *still* Sunday in my book. And 'round here I write the book.