Chez Chrissie

J&M Kidz

Chrissie — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:47:34 +0000

This is an off-the-cuff quickie. If I did a bigfoot strip about Jenni and Marie as kids (they didn’t meet till they were 14 so it’d be an alternate reality!), it would look something like this. Maybe a bit more polished as I knocked this up in about 45 mins.

“Tick-Tock”

Chrissie — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:14:35 +0000

As per alternative title, “28 Hours Later”—this follows the previous three strips, so new readers should catch up first!

Lunch in London

Chrissie — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:18:10 +0000

A much-needed break after not getting myself out of the Birmingham area for almost two years. With any luck this is gonna change before too long—I’ve had it with this place and a move is required very, very soon.

Photo: Saturday, Aug 21. With Paul Gambaccini, Dez Skinn and Tim Bateman! John Anderson took the snap. This was on the South Bank near to the Royal Festival Hall.

“Toast”

Chrissie — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:24:34 +0000

Another continuation (edit: in other words, if you didn’t read previous two, and esp “The Rent”, this won’t make a great deal of sense)! Coming next: “Tick-Tock”. BTW, a reminder: mouse click gives bigger view.

“The Rent”

Chrissie — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:35:56 +0000

Continues directly from the last one!

“Shape-Shifter”

Chrissie — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:51:57 +0000

Club Comicana Xtra!

Chrissie — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:23:54 +0000

There is a new strip pretty close to finished (no, really!), but meanwhile here’s a bit of silliness…

Finally: “Arty Farty”

Chrissie — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 23:56:55 +0000

See, I stuck with it. With the state of my drawing pens right now, this was not easy. Maybe I shouldn’t ask for love off this, but it’d be awful nice, see.

Ramble Ramble

Chrissie — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 04:46:28 +0000

About Club Comicana—I do have two strips in the works. One, I did very rough pencils on a couple of panels (about two weeks ago), and last night I did 75% of the pencils & some of the lettering for another one. So I’ll get those into a finished state at some point. Hopefully quite soon.

I have a lot on my mind and I just haven’t felt in this particular zone much. Regrettably. It isn’t a question of a strip physically being a lot of work, nor is it about getting everything technically just right (I’m sure most people would notice that my stuff’s not always an exercise in precision). But even in small bursts, it does take total concentration while you’re working on it. Now, with these new strips I’m doing them on A4 and I’m quite intentionally not using a ruler or ‘working stuff out’ to any great degree. I like the energy and looseness of it. But it still has to scan well and hold together, and this aspect is quite demanding. I’m disappointed, really, after five strips, to have dropped the ball… but, a lot of stuff is weighing down on me and I have to work within that limitation. Anyhow, I haven’t STOPPED—there’s more to come.

The Bride

Chrissie — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:50:34 +0000

Still no strip inspiration, but I was fiddling around earlier, and against my better judgement, here you go.