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The genius of Krazy Kat

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I’ve introduced a new character to my crew – Krazy Kat. He’s more than 100 years ago (the strip ran from 1913 to 1944, to be precise) but his influence is still being felt. Krazy – and his tormentor-cum-mate Ignatz the mouse – was drawn by a bloke called George Harriman. The strips appeared in […]

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My heros

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These are a few of my favourite artists, and their influence must often be apparent. Andy Warhol Warhol did a lot to popularise and make respectable the medium of screenprinting in art, and he also helped to pioneer the use of comic characters. Viktor Shklovsky At university I was introduced to the notions of a […]

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New colour-block screenprint range

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I’m developing a new range of colourful comic-character screenprints, all featuring a figure standing, sitting or running upon a platform of flat colour. They are designed to hang together and form a recognisable series. The block of vivid flat colour – playing to one of the screenprinting medium’s strengths – is chosen to coincide with […]

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Action images for Fathers’ Day

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My new range of close-up screenprints make perfect gifts for dads of all ages. I’ve selected two of my best-selling images and selected a section of them to print and bled the images to the edge of the paper – the effect is intended to be more immediate and dramatic than printing the panel in […]

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Showtime for Comic Art in central London

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I am showing my new screenprints at an exhibition in central London – please come along to have a look if you can. The exhibition – at The Showcase, St John’s Square in Clerkenwell, 33-35 Saint John’s Square, London EC1M 4DS – features a wall of recentrly-designed and printed medium-sized screenprints. These include medium-sized versions of– Dennis the […]

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