This is my half of a collaboration with Robert Auton – poet, painter and all round astonishingly talented human being (he’d probably be pretty great at Morris dancing as well if he cared to give it a try). Collaboration makes it sound quite grand actually when it’s just a picture to hang in the living room. It includes a number of characters I’m drawing with possibly worrying frequency these days but there are a few new ones in there. See the whole thing on my flickr page.

You absolutely need to get yourself to Rob’s myspace to experience some of his poetry too.

I just got hold of a copy of Popshot Magazine issue 3. I contributed an illustration to go along with Straw Dogs by Daniel O’Connor which is apparently one of the few poems that likens conception to the storming of the Bastille – not a statement I’m in a position to argue with. You should really head over to the Popshot website, get yourself a copy and marvel at the fantastic words and images within.

Well, it equals my first weekly spot for the New Statesman of course.