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“This is your brain on drugs…”

Joe — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 23:02:30 +0000

Harvey Dent teaches youngsters a valuable lesson about the dangers of experimenting with drugs – hey, kids, don’t take acid! And come to think of it, don’t mess around with the other type of acid either… Is this how the anti-drug message is taught to Gotham’s school children?? (from Dorkly via Neatorama)

Dorkly has several more spoof Gotham City public service announcement style drug warning posters up, including a reminder of why you shouldn’t be sniffing that fun but dangerous Joker Gas!

Somersault – so you want to be an artist?

Joe — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:15:30 +0000

Ah, the artistic life – who needs success, money, fame, adoring fans, as long as you are true to your inner vision, eh?

(Somersault is (c) Richard Cowdry; if you want to reproduce any part of it you should ask him first; you can see the larger version and all of the previous episodes archived here)

Somersault – foiling crime!

Joe — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:41:46 +0000

(Somersault is (c) Richard Cowdry; if you want to reproduce any part of it you should ask him first; you can see the larger version and all of the previous episodes archived here .Part 1 of this strip can be seen here, part 2 here)

Somersault – was it all a dream?

Joe — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 15:26:14 +0000

In this week’s Somersault we return to the Real Men story – was it all just a fevered dream?

(Somersault is (c) Richard Cowdry; if you want to reproduce any part of it you should ask him first; you can see the larger version and all of the previous episodes archived here)

Doctor Who tube map

Joe — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 23:02:39 +0000

Okay, this labour of love outlining Doctor Who events by each Doctor’s incarnation in the iconic style of the London Underground Map is just absolutely amazing! (link via Michael Moran)

On a related topic, have a look through some more of Crispian Jago’s site (whence came the splendid Doctor Who tube map), as he has some other very geek-tastic cool stuff on there, including Skeptics Top Trumps cards that made me giggle, a science map which treats great moments and figure in the history of science in the London Underground map style too and a Periodic Table of Irrational Nonsense. Brilliant. And as a Who fan Crispian also gets brownie points for the surname Jago and the Talons of Weng-Chiang connotations that name suggests to old school Whovians!

Somersault – going down?

Joe — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 12:40:02 +0000

When you’re in a hurry to end yourself and make pretty damned sure that you’ve done it correctly the elevator shaft just isn’t quick enough. Besides which at least leaping off a tall building gets you outdoors for your suicide attempt:

(Somersault is (c) Richard Cowdry; if you want to reproduce any part of it you should ask him first; you can see the larger version and all of the previous episodes archived here)

And on a personal note, huge congratulations to Richard and his better half on the safe arrival of a brand-new mini cartoonist; welcome to planet Earth, little Edward Leonhard Rieger-Cowdry. We await your first comics expectantly :-)

Somersault – guns and ammo

Joe — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 11:42:18 +0000

Goodbye, cruel world – easier to say it than do it sometimes, especially in the world of Somersault:

(Somersault is (c) Richard Cowdry; if you want to reproduce any part of it you should ask him first; you can see the larger version and all of the previous episodes archived here)

Somersault – flying through the air, with the greatest of ease

Joe — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:12:28 +0000

He may fly through the air with the greatest of ease, but our former dandy wasn’t willingly ejected from that pipe by combustible means!

(Somersault is (c) Richard Cowdry; if you want to reproduce any part of it you should ask him first; you can see the larger version and all of the previous episodes archived here)

Somersault – sharing homespace

Joe — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 09:47:49 +0000

One of the nice things about sharing a home is that warm, communal feeling of fellowship and understanding that it generates. Well, maybe not in Somersault…

(Somersault is (c) Richard Cowdry; if you want to reproduce any part of it you should ask him first; you can see the larger version and all of the previous episodes archived here)

Somersault – co-habiting

Joe — Thu, 26 May 2011 13:32:05 +0000

Sharing an apartment is always an intricate dance of your own rules and taking into account your flat-mates.

(Somersault is (c) Richard Cowdry; if you want to reproduce any part of it you should ask him first; you can see the larger version and all of the previous episodes archived here)