Return of the Parp
Tag / daffodil
Wordsworth
Sideways
Sometime I colour up a strip and think it’s turned out just right. This one, especially the last panel, is one of those strips.
El Nino
I’m doing some weather forecasting here. The UK has had a spectacularly warm winter so far – up to now I haven’t had to put the heating on once. The temperature has really dropped below 10°C and daffodils and other harbingers of Spring have started appearing early. However, that usually means a cold snap will turn up around mid-January, and that’s what I was banking on when I wrote this in November. So far everything appears to be happening bang on schedule.
Poit!
Parp Honk
It’s good to have an extended range of characters that can pop in and out of the strip as required. This is Dave the Swan – we haven’t seen him for a couple of years, I’ll have to bring him back this summer if I can find something for him to do. (Actually, as I’m currently writing scripts for June, I know where the cats are and he’d fit in perfectly…)
Euphonia!
The rustle of spring
We’ve had a reprieve from the winter this weekend – on Saturday it was actually shirtsleeves weather. Winter is due to resume on Monday and will probably continue until June. At least the seasons in comic strips are a bit more predictable, and I can bring out Dave the parping daffodil for his annual appearance.