Drawn directly in ink with a Rotring Rapidograph pen, which I'd been given for my birthday the week before. Shortly after I managed to knacker it completely. I kept it for several years, cleaning it occasionally in the forlorn hope it would spring back to life. It didn't, and in the end I reluctantly admitted defeat.

Top trivia: Chris Askham once described this strip as the funniest thing he'd read in ages. No really, he did. (And once I dig out the proper quote, I'll show you. I'll show you all. It will be mine. Oh yes, it will be mine.)

Did I say that?
by c. askham [e] on 20th Aug 2004

You did, in a letter which I published in Coffee Time 6 or 7. Why? Don't tell me you're changing your mind?
by jez on 20th Aug 2004

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