Snap Shop 24 Hour Special – FREE Mildred Print
Snap Shop 24 Hour Special – FREE Mildred Print
Posted on: December 12, 2018 · 1 comment
For 24 hours only – place an order of $100 or more in the Horacek shop and receive a free Mildred laser print of your choice. Printed on 185 gsm Arches watercolour paper, signed by me in pencil. This amazing special offer is on from now until noon Thursday 13 December 2018.
The Horacek shop is chockers with cartoons books, picture … more »
School Strike for the Climate
Posted on: November 17, 2018 · 1 comment
Shout out to the wonderful organisers of the School Strike for Climate – Kids Striking from School for a Safe Climate Future. They are organising a strike of school students on 3o November to protest inaction on climate change. It’s this world they are going to inherit, and surprise, surprise, they want it to still be liveable. All power to … more »
Pozible campaign a success, calendar in shop
Posted on: October 23, 2018 · No comments
My Pozible campaign for the Mildred 2019 Calendar was a great success. The calendars are now printed (thanks Blue Island Press for a wonderful job) and I am in the process of packing up and mailing out the calendars and associated rewards from all the pledges. Thank you thank you thank you everyone for your support.
If you missed out on … more »
OUT NOW – Bonnie and Ben Rhyme Again!
Posted on: October 5, 2018 · No comments
The new adventure of Bonnie, Ben and Skinny Doug, entitled Bonnie and Ben Rhyme Again, is officially in Australian bookshops this week! It’s by Mem Fox and me, and published by Scholastic Press. It’s a companion volume to the much-loved Good Night Sleep Tight. I am really looking forward to this book being in the world, and children discovering a whole new set … more »
Less than a week to go!
Posted on: September 14, 2018 · 1 comment
Here’s a rare image of a joyous Mildred. Must be the wonderful sunshine today, or that our crowdfunding campaign for the Mildred 2019 Calendar has been hurtling along! Pictured below is the cartoon for the month of October.
There’s only one week of the campaign left: don’t forget to make your pledge and reserve your reward. https://www.pozible.com/project/mildred-1
(Please note, Mildred and I have … more »
Hooray, Mildred Calendar gets the go-ahead!
Posted on: September 6, 2018 · No comments
The 2019 Mildred Calendar is definitely going ahead! My crowdfunding campaign on Pozible flew past the target within the first few days. Exciting times indeed.
So, what now? I have decided the sky may as well be the limit and added what is known in Pozible world as a Stretch Goal. The new goal means we can make even more calendars … more »
Pozible campaign for Mildred
Posted on: August 24, 2018 · No comments
I launched a new Pozible campaign! This one is for a Calendar for 2019, starring my occasional character Mildred.
Many of you have already met Mildred, and seen her acerbic and/or gloomy takes on life. Life is sometimes hard for her, but that makes for great cartoons. I’ve decided that Mildred deserves more limelight, and what better way to do this … more »
Love Your Bookshop Day
Posted on: August 11, 2018 · No comments
Today is Love Your Bookshop Day. Depending on your bookshop, there’s might still be some time left to head out and buy a book. There are so many wonderful books out there, it won’t be difficult to find something you love. Or go tomorrow or the next day or anytime. Bookshops need our support and WE NEED OUR BOOKSHOPS!
So much to see and do with Ducks Away!
Posted on: August 7, 2018 · No comments
I am very much looking forward to October when the new book by Mem Fox and me will be published in Australia, but in the meantime, I thought you might like to see some of the things people are doing with our book Ducks Away!, which is already out in both the United States and Australia.
Apart from the teapot one, … more »
World Refugee Day
Posted on: June 21, 2018 · No comments
Yesterday, 20 June, was World Refugee Day, in the middle of Refugee Week.
‘Asylum seeking’ was the Cartoon Topic of the Month on my website in February.
See the rest of the collection
And if you missed donating to the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) telethon yesterday, don’t despair, I’m sure they will still be very happy to take your money. It feels great to … more »