So lately I’ve been mostly away from the Internet, enjoying the sights and splendours of north Wales. It has been great to get away for a while and recharge my batteries because the number of projects I’ve been working on of late has taken its toll on my energy reserves.

Inside the walls of Caernarfon castle

Jenny and I took a lot of photos while we were away, all of which are now available on Flickr if you’re so inclined. Conwy castle and Caernarfon castle are amazing sights that I would recommend to anyone.

We took a few videos on my Blackberry while exploring Conwy castle; with Jenny and I giving a running commentary on what we thought of the place, and what we thought the rooms we explored were actually used for. It would probably have helped if we were actually looking at the guide book we bought on the way in and had with us while filming but then that would have been too professional. We were just larking about really and if I’d wanted to be professional I’d have used a real video camera instead of my mobile phone. Still, once the videos are edited up, I’ll put the results on YouTube for you all to enjoy.

Now that I’m back, I’m expecting to be able to get a load of work done over the coming weeks. The web serial project will move onto the scriptwriting stage soon, so expect more news on that as it comes in. For those of you who are interested at this point, the series is based around the exploits of a small ground of Live Action Role Players and will be a comedy along the theme of affectionate parody. Because I’m unable to get in contact with a couple of the co-holders of the copyright on Dudes with swords, I can’t use those characters or that storyline as a basis for the series (which is a massive shame since the script I wrote with Paul O’Malley is brilliant even if I do say so myself) but this new group and new story will be built from the ground up with the purpose of working as a web serial, so maybe all this is for the best anyway.

Now I’d best get on with building up a buffer on the webcomics again. I had one for while we were away on holiday but that’s burned through now and I need to get to work. Webcomics are like hungry, hungry babies: you can feed them strips all day long but they’ll always hunger for more. Hmm. I think there’s a story in that…

A fellow webcomic creator and podcaster, who goes by the name Fesworks, asked on Twitter for pictures to accompany his podcast, The Webcomic Beacon. I listen to that podcast every week while I’m drawing my comics so I was happy to provide a couple of pictures for him.

Because he won’t be using the original size images (if he chooses to use the images at all), I thought I’d link to them here. As always, I’m happy to hear from you if you have any comments.

'Bunny Becky', or 'The Recursive Rabbit and Hat'

Cubist Becky

Enjoy!