Karl
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Diary of a Cartoonist
http://www.karl-dixon.blogspot.com/
Life, thoughts and views from behind and in front of my drawing board...oh and a load of tutorials
LATEST ARTICLES ( 250 )
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Castle Comics- Page 6
And here we have yet another character from the forest that surrounds D'Boncee Castle. This time it's Snobby Hood, the overly pompous Sire of the shire. Read more
Posted on 28 August 2015 ART & DESIGN, COMIC BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE -
Laugh Lines 1
Welcome to Monday Morning...ish... and the first of what I hope will be a very long run for this feature; and seeing as I produce spot cartoon gags every week, ... Read more
Posted on 24 August 2015 ART & DESIGN, COMIC BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE -
Castle Comics Page 2-5
Here we go.The thing about Castle comics is it has a variety of story lengths. Some are one pagers, like last week, and some were more. Read more
Posted on 21 August 2015 ART & DESIGN, COMIC BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE -
New Monday Only feature---Laugh Lines
Am I spoiling you or what!Not only do you get a new comic, or comics pages, from my self published Castle Comics every Friday, but now I am going to be giving... Read more
Posted on 18 August 2015 ART & DESIGN, COMIC BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE -
Castle Comics P1
Well here it is! The first page in the serialisation of Castle Comics!For those of you who are new to this spot, let me explain. Read more
Posted on 14 August 2015 ART & DESIGN, COMIC BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE -
Castle Comics---Coming Soon
A couple of years ago I serialised a graphic novel called Brabbles Boggitt, which was quite a big hit with you all at the time. Read more
Posted on 10 August 2015 ART & DESIGN, COMIC BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE -
Gag Cartoon Tom-foolery
Just for you fun and delectation---and also because I'm too busy at present producing caricatures and cartoon sporting prints for an art gallery to do any... Read more
Posted on 05 August 2015 ART & DESIGN, COMIC BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE -
Dear Diary 1
Brecon, or more specifically the street where I live, is a place of Policing anomalies. On Sunday, a pupil from the local private school dials 999 with a hoax... Read more
Posted on 29 July 2015 ART & DESIGN, COMIC BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE -
Would You Adam & Eve It...a New Proposed Feature
Well haven't I been the busy little chap. I took a whole week off from everything and managed to write and produce thirty comic strips for submission into the... Read more
Posted on 18 July 2015 ART & DESIGN, COMIC BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE -
Towy---A New Speacialist Strip
I've produced specialist strips before.Normally, when doing this kind of work, it is best to have more than a passing understanding of the subject matter in... Read more
Posted on 25 June 2015 ART & DESIGN, COMIC BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE -
Watercolour Paintings
I know, I know, it's been a long time since I posted...AGAIN! And every time I sneak back on here, with an apologetic air about me and always say that 'things... Read more
Posted on 03 June 2015 ART & DESIGN, COMIC BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE -
Cartoonstock---Stock Cartoons by Me!
For about four years now I've had a dry sample of about thirty odd cartoons just languishing on the Cartoonstock website---a site that allows customers to brows... Read more
Posted on 04 April 2015 ART & DESIGN, COMIC BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE -
the Dalesman, Again
A little further on from my belated Christmas message and magazine front cover from the Dalesman magazine, I have another post regarding them. Read more
Posted on 01 April 2015 ART & DESIGN, COMIC BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE -
Lost Email; a Cartoon Retrospective
Whilst producing a previous blog post, it reminded me of an email I recently received off a lady who stated how much she would love to see a retrospective... Read more
Posted on 27 March 2015 ART & DESIGN, COMIC BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE -
Merry Belated Christmas
Now I know I'm known for my erratic postings (I still aim to resolve this one day) but the lateness of this post is NOT entirely my fault. Read more
Posted on 24 March 2015 ART & DESIGN, COMIC BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE -
Aston Villa: Cartoon Mascots
I've been producing the artwork for the Junior Villa Life (JV Life) for a few years--- I even used the characters, and an actual commission, to illustrate one o... Read more
Posted on 23 January 2015 ART & DESIGN, COMIC BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE -
Stealth Road Cameras: More Cartoon Silliness
Now in all fairness I did say I would be doing more editorials. In all honesty, I didn't think it would be this soon, but I did warn you. Read more
Posted on 16 January 2015 ART & DESIGN, COMIC BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE -
Muslim Caliphate: Twitter Cartoon
Someone threatened to cut my head off last week on Twitter. No prizes for guessing where that came from.The thing is, I actually had no intention of doing any... Read more
Posted on 14 January 2015 ART & DESIGN, COMIC BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE -
New Look Brabbles & Boggitt, Or Old Look; You Decide
To be brutally honest with you, I've been in an almost 365 day 'quandary' session, and it's been driving me insane. It has been almost a year since I finished... Read more
Posted on 18 November 2014 ART & DESIGN, COMIC BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE -
The Spiders Are Back!!
At the time of writing this I am coming out of my final session with the therapist about what the spiders in my back room did to me last Christmas. Below is an... Read more
Posted on 15 November 2014 ART & DESIGN, COMIC BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE