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Christ’s sake

Joe — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:01:46 +0000

Wim posted a link to this cartoon on his Twitter feed – what My Confined Space user Oriahna thinks of when hearing the phrase “Christ’s sake”; made me smile, love the way it sounds like something vulgar and nasty but actually its just the Saviour enjoying a Japanese tipple. Kanpai!!

(image borrowed from My Confined Space, posted by user Oriahna although I’m not sure if that person is also the artist)

Somersault – the joys of public transport

Joe — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:53:50 +0000

Apologies, Somersault is a little later than usual this week; Mr Cowdry was abducted by a group of vicious sea turtles and dragged off to their tropical island lair where he was forced to gather coconuts for them for some unknown but doubtless devious purpose. Actually given this week’s Somersault takes place on a British train it is perhaps appropriate that it is a little late!

(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 – fight for your right to parrrr-tttyyyyy

Joe — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:49:38 +0000

It’s Tuesday, it’s Somersault and it’s party time!

(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 – Valentine’s part 2

Joe — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:48:47 +0000

Following on directly from last week’s special Valentine’s strip (or perhaps the anti-Valentine strip?), new 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: “So this is romance…”

Joe — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:11:54 +0000

There’s nothing like cuddling up the person you love…

(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 readers are … different…

Joe — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:59:30 +0000

(Somersault is (c) Richard Cowdry; if you want to reproduce any part of it you should ask him first; click the pic for the larger version. If you’ve missed any episodes you can find all of the strips archived here)

When you click through to the larger version enjoy some of the details of the crowded Tube scene Richard’s created here; I particularly appreciated some classic old-school comics devices like the squiggly lines radiating from a stinky armpit.

Somersault – stressing

Joe — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:24:06 +0000

Stress can be a real killer, even in the weird world of Somersault:

Somersault – the mean streets of Camden

Joe — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:01:44 +0000

Living in the big city, its damned tough out there on the Mean Streets…

(Somersault this week is (c) Richard Cowdry; if you want to reproduce any part of it you should ask him first; click the pic for the larger version. If you’ve missed any episodes you can find all of the strips archived here)

Somersault – you’re never alone with all those voices

Joe — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:40:09 +0000

Ah, the sweet sound of the human voice, connecting us to the world and the people around us…

Somersault – body language

Joe — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:04:50 +0000

As the old joke goes, if my body used language like that, I’d wash its mouth out with soap…