Welcome to Sketchtober! I’m doing a brand-new ink drawing for every day of October 2020. This first round-up of my daily Sketchulence finds Mr Skeleton channelling Liza in a rather fabulous manner.
Author: Michael Carty
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May today be nothing but kind to you and yours.
The ghosts of Soho record shops past
Soho’s record shops were magical places for me and for so many others. This post takes a saunter through Soho’s record shops and ponders how places change and evolve.
A better normal
What would make a better normal for you in the post-pandemic world?
We’re all beginners at this
Are we just beginning to feel the true impact of the hard reset to our lives that has been forced by the pandemic?
Forbidden Planets,Tin Pans and London’s eternal trick
Forbidden Planet turns 42 today (Saturday 29 August 2020 = #FP42)! This post celebrates both FP’s status as London’s foremost comic shop and London’s ever-changing brilliance.*
The possibilities are infinite
What do you want the post-pandemic world to look like? The possibilities are infinite. The world doesn’t have to be the way it was.
2000AD: Five memories of the future
2000AD memories! This post celebrates the first forty(-ish) years of 2000AD – and all its inspirational joy and anarchy – through five memories of the future.
A Tweet from Sir: Of @StephenFry, Oscar Wilde and secrets
Stephen Fry has helped shaped my words and my outlook on the world for more than 30 years. This post celebrates what Stephen Fry means to me, and considers whether “the secret of life is in art”.
Peak surreal
2020 has been at times profoundly surreal. The cavalcade of surreal events is showing no signs of slowing down. Have we even arrived at peak surreal yet?
This is out of your control
So much of what is happening now is out of your control. But not everything. Kind words and supportive gestures can mean the world.
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