Invisibules -- what you can't see is what you get

2025-09-16 Conga to the Congo

invisibules — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 20:13:08 +0000

Finally it’s ready — the cartoon diary I made from my visit to the Congo in June.

Although I did a lot of drawing while we were there (while everyone else was relaxing) there was a lot of redrawing, colouring and inking to do when I got home. I also made heavy use of over 700 reference snaps that I’d taken on my phone.

I bound the physical pages into a book, only one copy! But you can find the content here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1YeQy6dMQNb4pdZ8OiGm1KIO0gB7yK2KE

2024-10-02 Superhero

invisibules — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 21:14:21 +0000

Transcript: A superhero flies through the air, cape billowing. Past cardboard clouds and bird suspended on strings. The flying is seen, in reality, to be bouncing from a trampoline.

2024-06-15 Adulthood

invisibules — Fri, 17 May 2024 08:49:02 +0000

What do you want to be when _you_ grow up?

(I haven’t decided yet.)

Transcript: Big frog: Now, what do you young ones want to be when you grow up?
Tadpoles: “a frog!”;
"I want to be a frog when I grow up!"
"me too!"
"I want to be a frog!"
"I want to be a penguin."

2024-05-06 Rimski and Handkerchief at Cropredy

invisibules — Mon, 06 May 2024 22:07:55 +0000

We had lunch in Cropredy today at The Old Coal Wharf, where we were hugely entertained by an amazing duo, Rimski and Handkerchief. They performed music hall songs, arranged for Bicycle Piano and Double Bassicle. These instruments appear to require not only the usual musical skills but also quite a lot of athleticism and an aptitude for on-the-spot engineering repairs. I now finally understand the phrase “pumping up the bass.”

2024-05-03 Itchy and Knee in Self Preservation

invisibules — Fri, 03 May 2024 14:11:00 +0000

Transcript: Itchy: When I die, Knee, I want to leave my body for future scientists.
Knee: That's a grand gesture, Itchy! Are you going to have yourself frozen? Or preserved in formalin?
Itchy: [Standing underneath the T. Rex skeleton] Actually, I was hoping to be fossilised.

2024-01-29 Peru Diary

invisibules — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 17:26:08 +0000

I’ve just returned from 2 weeks of being hot, sweaty and bitten to pieces in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest. And here is my diary.

Transcript: 2 Weeks in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru
Iquitos – Otorango – Antares – Iquitos
Gone with the Wynd expedition no. 11

2023-06-16 Matisse in the Sun

invisibules — Sat, 17 Jun 2023 08:50:48 +0000

Yesterday we went in to town for lunch, and met Emma from Natural Learning Oxford in an art festival at Gloucester Green market. She showed us how to make cyanotypes, or “sun prints”. I made a quick cut-out in Matisse style and used it to partially expose the prepared sensitive paper in sunlight for about four minutes (it was a nice, sunny day.) Then washed of the excess and left it to dry. I’m told the colour is permanent. I think I will try more of this!

Transcript: Matisse-cut-out-style fronds on cyanotype paper, together with its negative in mirror.

2023-01-22 Water Rabbit

invisibules — Sun, 22 Jan 2023 09:57:54 +0000

Happy Year of the Water Rabbit!

Transcript: A fluffy pink rabbit falls from a height into water, observed by an alarmed orange fish.
Text: from invisibules.org
+ Chinese traditional greeting in Chinese
+ Happy New Year of the Rabbit!

2022-12-29 Crow

invisibules — Thu, 29 Dec 2022 18:14:52 +0000

Apparently there’s time to squeeze in another cartoon in 2022. I wish you a somewhat better 2023!

For those who don’t know what the comic is about, please see this video

Transcript: With the royalties from his YouTube appearances, Crow bought his own nutcracker and moved out of town.

2022-09-28 Mk I

invisibules — Wed, 28 Sep 2022 20:57:09 +0000

This chap is almost an Invisibule (except we can see his hands.)

Transcript: [Horse rider in the Wild West, has a blanket over his head]
Caption:
Early poncho prototype