I haven’t been online for a while, but regular visitors need not panic - no-one’s managed to silence me. A few things have conspired against me - I’m working full-time again, and it’s been flat out for the last few weeks. The internet’s been playing up and my site’s had a couple of technical issues (I haven’t been able to add new work). The experts are currently on the case.

The upside of all this is I’m richer, which means I can get back to spoiling some friends and helping others out of trouble. I’ve also rediscovered the pleasures of old-fashioned, unplugged art. Any angst incurred on the job is vented on the page at night, and sleep deprivation aside, my work continues to improve.

I’ve also discovered a neat trick in Photoshop that lets me create high-quality digital pictures in one third to one half the time. The original drawings need to be more polished, but I’ve never been adverse to such work. I’ve also been reworking the cartoons in “Misanthropist Camera.” The new versions, which are drawn in ink, may one day feature in a compilation titled “Culture Wars.”

Anyway, I’d better go. Every bad girl needs good shoes, and it seems I’m the man to ask.

Expect more nightmares,

JF.