Snow Day
We’ve been snowed in on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, Canada, for most of the week. It’s been colder than I can remember it being in 30 years of […]
Category Archives: Cats
Art in the Quarantine Age
What a year it’s been! Like everyone else, I’ve seen a lot more of my house this past year than usual. Although I’m usually home quite a lot, since that’s […]
Galaxy Day
Happy Winter Solstice, to those of you in the Northern Hemisphere! Soon the all-too-short days will be getting longer, and before you know it, green things will be popping up […]
The Kittens of Doom!
I’ve been doing a webcomic for several years now called “The Quadra Cats“, about some Earth Cats that meet up with an Alien Cat and accidentally find themselves as impromptu […]
I Blame the Kittens
Oh, hi! It’s been a while. A really long while. I’m kind of staring at the screen wondering what to say; wondering if anyone’s still out there after all this […]
TCAF Bound!
A few days ago, I got an email that set my heart to racing and my feet to jumping up and down in a happy dance — I’ve been accepted […]
Hourly Comic Day — What I Learned
Hourly Comic Day is an informal, annual event started in 2009 by John Campbell. It takes place on February 1. Here’s a really good post about it by Sarah McIntyre. […]
The Cats of Yule
That has kind of a nice ring, eh? “The Cats of Yule” — I think it should be a song, or maybe the name for an Irish-style fiddle tune! I’ve […]
A Quadra Cats Hallowe’en
I’ve been so busy with Inktober, and it’s all been Quadra Cats — inking the comic pages and doing the little drawings of interplanetary felines. So I haven’t had time […]
Inktober 2017: Week 1
I’ve been thinking about seasons and cycles lately; not only the natural ones, but personal and cultural ones. I have noticed that one of my sets of seasons consists of […]
The Feline Federation
Did I mention that the Quadra Cats have returned from their summer vacation, too? No I did not! Here’s the cover to book 3, The Feline Federation, now up on […]
Quadra Cats Colouring Page!
I’m packing for the beach — artists need vacations too, but for some reason we always seem to pack our art supplies — and all week I’ve been ticking off […]
Sneaky’s Interview of Spam, Purranormal Cat Detective
Originally posted on Sneaky The Library Cat's Blog:
Have I got a treat for you, and it’s better than catnip. I have a purranormal cat detective here to cat…
Painting the Caracal
I can’t believe the Zooly Art Challenge is over! A month of drawing and painting animals was great fun, despite missing out on some due to my adventures with my […]
Books, Postcards, and Comics Festivals
Today I went and picked up 100 shiny new copies of “Spaced Out”, the new Quadra Cats book! They look fabulous — 24 nice thick pages with a semi-gloss cover […]
Spaced Out — The Quadra Cats!
It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything here, and that is because I’ve been working away in my Art Cave to bring a new book into being! The Quadra […]
A Spooky Christmas!
Christmas-and-spooks seems to be A Thing, and it’s not new — of course Dickens’ great classic, A Christmas Carol comes quickly to mind, and modern tales such as “Nightmare Before Christmas” […]
Takeout Planet!
I’ve been working like mad on the new book of the Quadra Cats stories. It’s based on the single-page episodes, but with much, much more added to link them together into […]
Quadra Cats Book!
I’ve been working on a mini-comicbook of the Quadra Cats cartoons! I’ve got the script done, which will tie together most of the existing cartoons into a continuous story. Because they […]
Mistaken Identity — Quadra Cats
It’s time for another Quadra Cats cartoon. I do these quarterly for the local neighbourhood newspaper, the Hillside-Quadra Community News. These little one-pagers are a lot of fun, and I’m thinking […]
Black Cat Evolution
I’m on a roll with these black cats that I’m doing for Inktober. I’m really enjoying the challenge of trying to capture the sheen of their fur, and the intense […]
Cats & Pumpkins
Here’s the new Halloween cover photo for my Facebook and twitter pages — thought I’d continue with the black cat theme I’ve been doing for Inktober. I’ve been languishing lately over […]
Inktober Black Cats
More Inktober goodies — this time I decided to tackle the challenge of black cats. Shiny black cats. Black cats are notorious for being hard to photograph, and drawing them […]
Of Cats, Gardens, and Diets
It’s been a while since I posted anything at all, and what better to jump back in with than a Quadra Cats cartoon? I’ll make a longer post soon and […]
Quadra Cats Teaser
Remember the Quadra Cats, a strip I did a couple of months ago for my local neighbourhood newspaper? Well, I just got the first page done of what looks to […]
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