Election Q.

The colour and excitement of election day descends on Queensland.

!YAWN!

Lil Duce's fears?

The Guardian on-line this morning had a candid pic of Q. premier  Newman. I know press photos are just a frozen split second in the subject's life... but, there was clearly fear in the eyes of the 'Lil duce'.

If a true depiction of mood ... maybe he is spooked by the possible (tho' almost unimaginable) loss of not only the election on the part of the LNP...,but also his own seat! Bearing in mind the dictatorial majority he enjoyed in the last go-round... even the possibility seems to be in Sci-Fi. territory!

Leap of faith 2

How to re-gather credibility and trust from the bottom of the barrel? I Dunno. Never been there.

That's PM Tony A's problem and he's welcome to it.

Butt of a Joke

Well... it's almost universal now. Even the arch-conservative of all conservatives (Rupe) has tweated that he considers Abbott a joke and an embarrassment. That ringing endorsement above all others should tell the Liberal party... this bloke is toxic!

Another opinion piece this morning implies that the prime miniature has not only given his own party a figurative one-finger salute in determining to do what he bloody-well likes no matter what... he has also 'mooned' the whole nation in careless fashion.

The tragedy hidden by this comedy act is that the bloke doesn't seem to cotton to the mounting dismay his antics have spawned. He thinks 2014 was  'a good year for the government'. Gawd help us if they have a 'bad' one in 2015!

The Gong Show?

Funny strange... not funny Ha! Ha!

Australia Day.

Sooo... like shoes and socks... someone pulls on the republic debate once again, This time, it's Bill Shorten...

Drawing collage

Today, as happens every day when circumstances allow, I practiced drawing for 10 to 15 minutes after breakfast. On this occasion I was concentrating on controlling the use of an 'el cheapo'* throw-away marker which just happens to produce a line suited to my current idea of simplifying both the production and look of my topical cartoons. The reason it's temporarily difficult to control is that I've always been partial to a stiff marker tip for cartooning purposes...and, this unit is unusually soft. It is also clearly intended for use on hot-pressed surfaces, whereas I'm wedded to heavy bond stock for hand-drawn art... (because I've got ream upon ream of the stuff to get rid of before 'I fall off the twig',  as it were).

Anyway, most of this practice stuff usually goes straight into the waste bin ... since there is normally no purpose in it other than to hone line-production. I was about to do the same with this group of unrelated 'mind wanderings' when I thought it might be interesting for someone or other to see my daily prep. doodles for once, So, this collage was pasted together on a single A4 sheet... then as an added bonus, I decided to spot colour some of the basic B & W drawings with some 30/40 year old coloured inks that are derelicts from the pre-computer colouring era.