A small comic, but packed with incident I think. See you on Monday!

WHERE IS IT? Where is what?

COMIC EXTRA! Please take a moment to (hopefully) enjoy my contribution to Hourly Comic Day! It was great fun to work on but pretty exhausting too.

Pinch and a punch, first of the month. Which are you, DUBSTEP HERO or GROCER'S BOY?

Someone asked me yesterday, is Tackleford now close to the sea? It has ALWAYS been close to the sea! Here's a classic tale that was almost 100% nautical!

Splish splash she was takin' a bath! Or swimming. How clean you're able to get in the sea is doubtless down to how dirty you were before you got in it.

We end the week on a downer, but things pick up on Monday. Poor old Sonny. He's ready for a change.

Jack has longstanding guitar dreams but I don't think they've ever come true.

Only Linton would be hubristic enough to challenge Shauna to a race, she is the queen of the pool and duchess of chlorine.

Lottie is a good egg but don't give her two pounds and the freedom to make a hasty decision.

Meet "Sandra". Not a character we're very likely to see again, so enjoy today's comic.

"Gor" is low-rent smut like Zoo or Nuts magazines. It's not so much pornographic as depressing.

Just splash, yeah? Just splash.

Ah yes, the secret origin of Energy Crow. What's tomorrow's comic about? I can't remember.

I'll leave you to ponder the mysteries of pea wet and Morton's toe, both of which are 100% real. Here ends our introduction to Granpa Joe but I suspect he will return.

I had to do an awful lot of reading about national service in order to bring you gruel this thin. Have a great weekend! Take Friday off.

The mysteries of Italian rarebit are answered here.

Ah, LUMBAGO. No one under 70 knows what it is.

Skellington (Scary Go Round book 3) is now available in my eBook store! AND THAT IS NOT ALL.

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Granpa Joe cuts a reassuring figure, doesn't he? Or does he?

Bad Machinery returns after two months away! I drew this week's comics before Christmas though, so I suppose we'll see next week whether rest is restorative or "creatively debilitating". Today's comic introduces Sonny's mum, who has an intense sense of style, and you will also note his sister Cecile, who played an important part in an earlier yarn.