Tag Archive | "humour"

Somersault – the helping hand to gainful employment

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

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There’s nothing like a caring, supportive hand from government when you have been ill and unemployed and really need it. Sadly in Somersault there is nothing like caring or supportive help… Thank goodness the real world isn’t like this, eh? (Somersault is (c) Richard Cowdry; if you want to reproduce any part of it you [...]

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Tron Girl!

Sunday, January 9, 2011

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Key of Awesome’s geeky music video spoof Tron Girl made me giggle:

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Somersault – fit for purpose

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

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First Somersault of the New Year, carrying on from the previous strip we’re still in the sinister Compliance Centre: (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)

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Zombie holidays

Friday, December 24, 2010

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Zombies – the undead apocalypse can be a nuisance at the best of times, but during the festive season it can really ruin your family holidays, so here’s some proper, good old-fashioned 50s style advice for dealing with a zombie outbreak over Christmas (via BoingBoing):

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Somersault: the compliance centre part 2

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

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Continuing on from last week, the caring, understanding arms of big government reach out to help its more vulnerable citizens… (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)

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Embrace the love of the Ancient Ones – have you tried the Necronomicon in your life?

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

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This had me giggling away before my last blood-soaked summoning of the Ancient Ones (I was summoning them for coffee and cake, they are suckers for coffee and cake), done in the style of a US TV ad to persuade folks to a religious group, except in this case it’s extolling the virtues of the [...]

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Somersault – the compliance centre

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

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Nothing like a visit to a government assessment centre to make you feel valued as a human being… (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)

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Somersault – more Uncle Paddy

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

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And the concluding part of Uncle Paddy’s guide to free rail travel: (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)

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Somersault – that’s the ticket!

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

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Continuing the tale of Uncle Paddy from last week: (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)

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Somersault – the secrets of public transport

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

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Continuing Uncle Paddy’s tales of special interest to those who have to frequent public transport: (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)

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Somersault – Uncle Paddy

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

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Starting today a new multi-part Somersault strip featuring Uncle Paddy: (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)

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Somersault – Jocks on Campus, part 2

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

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Continuing from last week’s strip (and homage to the great Dead Kennedys), part 2 of Jocks on Campus. That’s the American style Jocks, by the way, not the old Jocks Versus Geordies strip! (Somersault is (c) Richard Cowdry; if you want to reproduce any part of it you should ask him first; you can see [...]

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Somersault – the Jocks at college

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

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Even in the crazy house mirror reflected world of Somersault there are the mindless MCPs of Jocks at college… (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)

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Bad comic covers as movie pitches

Friday, October 29, 2010

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Total Film picks out some bad comic covers (well, some are, some are just very much of their time rather than bad) and lampoons Tinsel Town’s obsession with buying rights to every comic for a potential film makeover by pitching movies inspired by the covers. “The Cover: A man in a severely naff “wizarding” outfit [...]

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Smigly

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

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BoingBoing points us to this great series of cartoons by Allen Mezquida, who writes, creates the animation and the music for his cartoons featuring a character called Smigly. I love this one -- it may be exaggerated for comedic effect but I imagine a lot of us can empathise with the overload of social media [...]

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