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Fanny around
2008-07-11 10:55:00 Fannying Around Cartoon: This was constructed during renovation work on the house. Inspired by? No one in particular. Honest. Guilty parties know who they are, if they can ever get it together to visit the site. More About: Fanny
It's not JUST a credit crunch...
2008-07-03 12:28:00 M&S Credit Crunch Cartoon: The boss of Marks and Spencer has warned of "stormy times ahead" for the UK economy - as his firm said a slide in consumer confidence had hit sales. M&S shares sank by 24.5% after the gloomy comments - with Sir Stuart Rose saying UK woes would be "more of a two-year problem than a two-month one". Like-for-like UK sales dropped 5.3% in the past three months, M&S said.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/ 7484700.stm
It's a Gas!
2008-07-02 18:34:00 Fuel Crisis Cartoon. The way the cost of fuel is going, I predict they'll be many more cartoons appearing on this theme. When recently looking for a replacement car (don't ask) I was told by several people in the trade that many are trading in their gas guzzlers and looking for the economic 'shopping trolleys'. I've now got a replacement Skoda (stop laughing) that has a bigger engine, higher fuel consumption, and higher road tax - but I'm lucky in that I don't need to do that many miles most of the time. At least now I can overtake other vehicles without holding my breath. Overtook a tractor last week. That felt very good, to power past without breaking into a sweat.
No Ball Games
2008-06-23 04:30:00 Snooker Cartoon ... Decided to make a colour cartoon for a change. It's been a while. Think this looks good, and it really helps to have the snooker table in colour. It took longer to colour this cartoon than it did to draw it. More About: Games , Ball
Expert's fears for web's future...
2008-06-21 03:26:00 Oh well. Nothing to worry about then. :-) More About: Future , Fears
Crude Cartoon
2008-06-16 11:49:00 Brent Crude Cartoon . ...... If you live in the UK, you can sign this petition, but hurry closing date is tomorrow (17th June).
Tulip Photo.
2008-04-13 18:11:00 Tried to take a photo of the Tulips in the garden before they disappeared. This is what they look like after a hail storm. Not great. I'll try again another time soon. More About: Photo
Painful Suggestions.
2008-04-09 12:48:00 Thanks for all the suggestions for the new tag line. I'm really inspired by all of them. As a test, I've changed it to one of Anita's excellent suggestions, but I might change this in the future. I'm even thinking of having several different ones that I could use in rotation, so please keep the ideas coming. Who knows, I might include them all in some way. I quite like 100% unicorn free cartoons as well (thanks Zoomar) but might change this to horse free as that it the one thing I have most difficulty drawing. There was a slight glitch in the system yesterday, as for some reason I wasn't getting any email alerts to the comments. Sorry about that. All sorted now.
Anger Management
2008-04-08 19:02:00 Anger Management Cartoon. ... I'm still waiting for someone to send in ideas for a really great tag line. Inspiration isn't coming to me at all. I'm warning you, I'll go all surreal if I have to! Anyway - here's another cartoon while you are thinking. More About: Anger Management , Anger
I need a decent tag line.
2008-04-08 12:34:00 The re-design of the blog is just about complete, but I'm stuck on one small detail. I need a decent tag line below the "clangnuts.com" part of the header. For now I have the totally un-inspirational "Cartoons" which is very boring and dull. I'm hoping that one of my lovely readers will come up with some suggestions, in the comments below - but it often seems that people don't bother to comment these days. Here's a few of the also rans, which I've rejected: Funny Cartoons. Bad CartoonsThink.Draw.Scan.Publish.Scroll down there's more cartoons!Unloved and Unpublished.Cartoons, not tag lines.I've posted them, not to ask which is your favourite, but to hopefully inspire someone out there to come up with much better suggestions. All ideas greatfully received. Please comment, or I'll end up putting something awful up there! If you don't want to leave a comment, then please email me instead with your ideas. clangnuts@gmail.com More About: Line
Blog Re-Design.
2008-04-07 11:49:00 Just to let you all know that I've decided to re-design the look of the blog. The same rubbish cartoons will continue to be posted on here. Let me know what you think of the new colour scheme. I personally hate it - but then I've always been indecisive. More About: Design , Blog
Easter Egg Fight!
2008-03-21 20:04:00 Good Friday is not a good day to decide to buy some Easter Eggs. The massive Tesco's near here had completely sold out by 2pm today - so it was off to the local village shops to see if they had anything left. Here found a selection of Easter Egg s for sale, just at the same time that so did 70 other desperate shoppers. (I guess they'd also been to the local supermarkets as well). After putting some much wanted Easter Eggs into trolley, and old woman reached into the trolley to snatch the eggs that she wanted for herself! Pure chaos, and quite a frightening experience. A bit like the desperate rush for petrol (gas) during the fuel protests of 2001 - but with chocolate eggs instead of fuel! Madness. More About: Fight
Random doodle
2008-03-21 13:36:00 One for the armchair psychologists. A random doodle from my ideas book. I'd love to hear what you think it means. Leave a comment, and let me know. More About: Random , Doodle
Drippy Divorce
2008-03-19 15:46:00 Heather Mills Cartoon. ... Thanks to Heather Mills. Not only does she support charity, she also provides cartoonists with so much source material. She should be damed or something very soon. More About: Divorce
Going going gone...
2008-03-18 18:36:00 Credit Crunch Cartoon. ... Here we go. Yet another economic collapse. We had one just before Christmas, and another one in the New Year, and now another one. Will it bounce back? Are we all doomed? Who knows. What I do know is that I'm hoarding all my gold stock share options peps bonds under the floorboards. They'll be safe there!
A Simple Apology (site review)
2008-03-07 14:38:00 I found this interesting cartoon blog with Stumble Upon (how else). It's drawn by Mark Gleim. I love the way it's been drawn and the way the humour somehow manages to be silly and true to life at the same time. It does have what some would consider bad language, but I don't think it's at all out of place in the realms of the topics dealt with, or detracts in anyway from the humour. The drawing is wonderfully loose and always clear. Visit the site: http://www.meatsandfishes.com/apology/ind ex.php and make up your own mind, or just visit it and have faith in my judgement that this is one of the best loosely drawn web comics drawn by someone called Mark, out there. Oh and unlike this shambles of a cartoon blog, this one is updated every Tuesday (mostly). I'm wondering why Tuesdays are such a good day to update, but in my experience it's on this day of the week that I get the most hits. I guess Monday's there's too much work to be done to slack off and surf the web? More About: Review , Site , Simple , Apology
Northern Rock Cartoon
2008-03-05 18:37:00 If I'd not been on a sabbatical over the new year then this is the cartoon I would have drawn. Not exactly cutting edge topical right now, although it's still on going. I just can't believe this on hasn't been done before. As always with these things, drawing this has also given me a much better idea for a Northern Rock cartoon. You'll have to wait a while to see that one. Next cartoon might be about digging holes, but it definitely won't be about fridges. The fridge thing was a little over done. More About: Cartoon , Northern Rock
Right, what shall I draw now?
2008-02-26 14:36:00 Fair Trade Sugar Cartoon. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7260211.stm It's been a strange start to the year. Weeks have passed by without any cartoons being drawn to speak of. Don't know why, but I'm guessing it's something to do with allowing other, less interesting things take over my life. Housework, Paid Work, Eating and Making/building flat pack furniture. Some sleep was also involved, but that appears to be given as little consideration to the production of cartoons. I still watch the news, and think "that would make a great cartoon", but somehow I never manage to actually pick up my pens and draw. I suppose I'm just incredibly unmotivated right now, and it's hard to get beyond that. On top of the usual pathetic excuses (for that's what they are) I've also been suffering from several bouts of life threatening 'man flu', which as all male readers of this blog will know is worst than the bubonic plague, and as most female readers will know as 'the sniffles'. So today I... More About: Draw
I'm BACK!
2008-02-07 18:22:00 After the longest break from this Blog, at last I've returned with some fresh cartoons. It's been over 2 months since the last update. The biggest surprise has been the number of hits has remained quite stable throughout this time of zero activity! Thanks to those few people who've remained loyal followers through the cartoon famine. Sorry it's not a more spectacular cartoon to kick things off with. I'll be posting up cartoons as often as I can manage to, and also some reviews of other web comics I've found out there. I might even post some of the old photo's I've found when moving house. Interesting times ahead... More About: Back
New Year, New House, New Cartoons.
More articles from this author:2007-12-29 06:19:00 As some of you will already be aware, I'm moving house. This is the reason that I've not been able to produce any cartoons since the 3rd December. The cartoons will reappear in late January, early February. I have many ideas for some brand new cartoons. I'd like to thank all those who've supported this blog over the last couple of years, and wish you all a happy and prosperous new year. 2008 is going to be a big year for cartooning. I'm inspired and feeling positive. Amazing how moving to a bigger, better house can do. Improved parking, and having a bath is all I need to produce some stunning cartoons. Of course, for all those new visitors - there's a few hundred cartoons in the archive to keep you amused until the revamp. Here's the last cartoon of 2007: More About: House , New Year , Cartoons , New House , Year 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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