The Grand National

It seems I only got halfway through posting this one last time round:

The Boathouse pub in Falmouth will of course be showing the Grand National this weekend.  I went for a horse jumping the iconic “Chair”

James Cameron's Deepsea Challenger - The Boston Globe

Following James Cameron's recent exploration of the abyss in his Deepsea Challenger sub The Boston Globe were discussing the importance of further deepsea exploration

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - "Dead Cat."

Going through Tom Sawyer I couldn't help but take a little bit of time to draw something up based on this exchange.  I'd like a bit more gore on the cat I must admit but I'm producing pieces at the minute for my portfolio to appeal to publishers hence the omission.  Here's the text:


Tom hailed the romantic outcast:

"Hello, Huckleberry!"

"Hello yourself, and see how you like it."

"What's that you got?"

"Dead cat."

"Lemme see him, Huck. My, he's pretty stiff. Where'd you get him ?"

"Bought him off'n a boy."

 "What did you give?"

"I give a blue ticket and a bladder that I got at the slaughter-house."

"Where'd you get the blue ticket?"

"Bought it off'n Ben Rogers two weeks ago for a hoop-stick."

"Say - what is dead cats good for, Huck?"

"Good for? Cure warts with."

As I'm making work for publishing I thought I'd do a Black and White version too

 

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Tom and Huck Witness a Grave-Robbing

Another in the series of Tom Sawyer pieces I'm working on at the minute, this time an interior.
Here Tom and Huck have gone down to the grave of Hoss Williams with Huck's newly acquired dead cat and bear witness to a grave robbing (and a whole lot more.)