Wendell Hicks - Frontier Librarian.

Finally completed the second Wendell Hicks strip. And here it is. (And here, if you want a frankly better look.)

Snow

Two new landscapes, the Borders under heavy snow. Two views - across the Merse from Chirnside ridge, and from Ninewells Mains to the distant Cheviots.

Wintry views, just as Spring arrives. I am nothing if not topical.

The Merse, Snow, oil on canvas, 60cm x 49cm.

Ninewells Snow, oil on canvas, 60cm x 49cm.

Coldingham Rocks.

New painting. A study of rocks on the beach at Coldingham, Berwickshire.

Coldingham Rocks,  oil on canvas, 60cm x 49cm.

Skyline.

Getting off the train and emerging up out of Waverley station is one of the best ways of entering a city. Out of the - oo, let's see now - six major cities I've visited, Edinburgh is right there in the top two.


I never get tired of this view, or fail to be uplifted by it.

Ruinscape

Ink on A3 cartridge paper.

Hell of a Colour.

I tried, I tried really hard today to get this up as some sort of zoom-in-able PDF thing or lovely flash flip-page book complete with crinkling page sound effects so that you could actually read the damn thing, but... well, it just didn't happen.


After many wasted hours this afternoon, I was about ready to chew through the desk in  frustration, but a week ago today I fell off my bike on an icy patch and gave my ribs a proper good crack, and I've just taken two of the wonking great painkillers that the doctor gave me yesterday and I'm a lot more relaxed about it all than I was a couple of hours ago. So I thought what the hell, just get it posted. You can at least look at the pictures. Look at all the pretty colours. Wow.


Anyway: it's a technical exercise in learning how to colour (and letter better) but also a sincere tip of the hat to Mr. Mignola for creating such a great character, and to the likes of Duncan Fegredo and Richard Corben for all their fantastic and inspirational illustration. I dare say it's a copyright infringement festival, but it's not for sale, just a big doff of the hat.


(Right click & 'open image in new tab' lets you zoom in and read.)

 Sing and readalong here:

A Game of Cat & Mouse

The eternal struggle between good and evil rages on; and what happens when jelly Goes Bad.

(I'm sorry if it's fuzzy to read, Blogger seems to hate font. It's available in smaller, clearer doses here.)