Below is an advertising page from the currently in-progress Folly Ground #2. I have come up with a new concept for a peculiar fizzy drink called ‘Nebular’ — ostensibly the new craze in fizzy drinks in the world of Folly Ground. As you can see from the advert, it’s not easy to get a can; you have to somehow be ‘in the know’. It has some slightly obscure popular culture and TV science fiction links (all fictional of course) which will, I hope, be apparent as well as entertaining once the issue is complete. And, most importantly, it comes in three unique flavours. Just don’t ask me what they taste like. I really have no idea!
On the beach, part 2
Languid times on the beach continue in this post too. The weather is so warm and humid here in London at the moment, all I can think about is the beach. If you have access to the sea this month, enjoy it!
Below are some (very) rough sketches/ideas I did before finalising the artwork above. You can click on the images if you would like to see them a bit bigger.
On the beach, part 1
At a loose end
The panels in this post are a continuation of my last entry (see ‘Friday night movie’ below). It also relates to ‘Date night’ (also below). Luci, having dropped off Raf at the cinema, is now at a loss for what to do with himself on a Friday night and, consequently, is feeling a bit despondent. He decides to return to work to while away the time with Ed, his boss at the Quicksilver Messenger Service (located, for the most part, at Roxy’s Espresso Bar in order to support Ed’s considerable caffeine habit). Now, Ed is generally fond of his young employee, but will he be understanding in this instance? Or will he compound his misery? Find out below.
If you are new to this blog and have not read (or perused) Folly Ground #1, you can still do so here (it’s free!). I’d like to think it’ll be worth your while, and it will give you a bit of background on the characters featured in these posts. Ed plays a prominent part in it alongside Luci, Raf, Flo, Paul and, of course, Gordon (that’s Luci’s dog). So give it a go, you might enjoy it!
Friday night movie
A relatively quick set of sketches about driving to a late night movie on a Friday. I tried to spend as little time as possible cleaning them up (a rather tedious affair), and have left many rough edges and inconsistencies. I dispensed with a lot of the finessing I normally do, and only added borders around the drawings, and typeset speech bubbles – preferable to my own handwriting.
