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High-Adrenaline Risk-Taking

As I was leaving leicester square station on my way to work this morning I spotted one of the usual ne'erdowells handing out promotional guff at the doorway I was about to pass through. My natural instinct in these situations is to activate my 'do not talk to me' face and keep my hands busy in pockets/bags/nostrils so that nothing can be shoved into them, but as I drew closer I sensed that something about this one was different - that somehow this pink-clad woman could change my life forever.

My brain immediately went into overdrive calculating the optimal course of action. First I analysed the situation: was she holding a big sheaf of papers or stack of phone cards to hand out? No - instead she had a huge pink bag hung across her shoulders. A mental calulation followed: BIG bag = BIG contents... BIG free things? How can that be bad?

Ok, so sometimes it can be, but by this point I had walked level with her - I had to make a decision: to walk past her and her free things forever, or take a gamble and receive her mystery gift. Fortunately this morning I was in a daring mood (after all, you only live once) and now I thank my lucky stars that I was.


oink

It's the combination of three of the best things possible:
1) free things
2) toys
3) demonic looking pigs

well I thought it was until I turned it over


'THIS IN NOT A TOY'

Oh well, 2 out of 3 ain't bad.
1.3.06 11:44


160 - gardening into DANGER - part 3




For once I'm actually quite pleased with how this comic came out - Qual'n'gurtha looks a lot better with a bit of shading to give him some shape. Plus he just looks cute when he eats cakes.
3.3.06 10:51


pig modding

I have turned my pig into a tough pirate:


Arrrrrroink.

and to reinforce the pirate theme:



I even gave him some tough piratey stubble:


tough!

So, what have you done to your pig?
3.3.06 15:26


161 - Beaver and Steve go on Holiday




Sorry for the slightly boring title - the best alternative I could come up with was 'you ain't just wistling pixie' which didn't really make much sense. I expect an onslaught of pixie/holiday related puns to follow.

And if this comic looks a bit funny it's because I had to draw it on improvised materials at the home of my lovely assistant. It is very hard to concentrate on drawing when someone is trying to demonstrate traditional indian dance to you.
6.3.06 12:22


erudite baboon: not afraid to ask life's big questions

SAVELOYS: Can you buy them anywhere other than chip shops?



Red. Glistening. Salty. Who doesn't love saveloys? It's pretty obvious that everyone loves that moment when their teeth break through the tough, rubbery skin into the deliciously textureless 'meat' contained within, so why do they only sell them in chip shops? Is there some sort of sausage-related law preventing their sale in regular shops?

I have to know.
6.3.06 15:16


ART

Last night I finally finished my first proper painting in more than 10 years.



Apart from it being ridiculously lumpy I'm quite pleased with it. The original plan was to try to sell it on saturday, but I'm quite tempted to keep it for myself. Perhaps I should just give it a ludicroudly high price-tag. What would you pay for it? (it's just on paper - I wish I'd been brave enough to do it on canvas.)
8.3.06 10:53


Convention checklist

I totally failed to do a comic this week, so here is an exciting checklist for the convention tomorrow:

Books to sell: will be atleast 2 weeks until they are printed.
Badges to sell: haven't arrived yet.
T-shirts to sell: about 20 in a variety of hideous colours.
Free comics to hand out to make up for lack of stuff to sell: about 30 I have left over from the last convention.
Signs made to attract people to the table so that I can atleast talk to people to make the time when I am selling nothing pass quicker: none
Ears that are able to hear when people do talk to me: 1
Mouth ulcers that will make it painful for me to say 'pardon' when I can't hear what people are saying to me: 2

This is going to be the best convention EVER! I might just stay in bed.
10.3.06 11:55


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