Here's page four of That Spot, written by Antonella and drawn by me, based on a short story by Jack London...

This is the first page I'm really happy with (it always takes me a couple of pages to 'settle down' when I'm drawing a strip). The men are starting to look right and I'm getting the hang of the dog. I gradually made the two men scruffier and dirtier as the strip progressed, giving the impression I hope of them having spent years in the outback in locations with no proper bathing facilities.

The main problem I had with this strip was finding the best way to portray the dog's character. He's a chancer, a criminal type who exploits all around him and has nothing but contempt for everyone but himself. A sociopath who feels no connection with society, and has found that he can do whatever he likes because nobody can beat him. In the end I got the 'mood' of the character by channelling a bully who made mine and others' lives miserable at my school. He didn't have a facial scar (although he did smoke), but the contemptuous expression I've given the dog belongs to him. Congratulations mate, you've been immortalised as a dog.

Thursday, May 17, 2007 10:02:03 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

This is page three of our strip, That Spot, based on a short story by Jack London, written by Antonella and drawn by me...

Wednesday, May 16, 2007 12:55:51 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

This is the second page of Jack London's That Spot, adapted by Antonella and drawn by Nick...

Tuesday, May 15, 2007 9:53:34 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

...and here, as promised, with only a light delay due to my not being able to find the relevant files on either of our computers or any of our large collection of backup disks, is the Team Sputnik version of That Spot, based on a story by Jack London, written by Antonella, drawn by Nick, first published in Graphic Classics vol. 5, 2nd edition...

...don't worry, it gets better!

Monday, May 14, 2007 7:55:26 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Sorry folks, but due to work pressure I'm not going to be able to do the FRET FOR THE DAY daily spot right now. I'll get back to it in a week or so, after I've met a deadline or two. Hopefully nothing of note will happen in the big wide world until then...

See you in a week! 

Monday, May 14, 2007 7:49:48 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Headline: a ban on smoking in enclosed public spaces comes into force in England on July 1. Similar bans already exist in Scotland and Wales.

Saturday, May 12, 2007 9:35:52 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

This is the last page of our adaptation of The Marionettes, based on a short story by O. Henry, adapted and written by Antonella Caputo and drawn by Rick Geary, originally published in Graphic Classics, vol. XI.

Be sure to check in daily from Monday to see our next strip, Jack London's comical story That Spot!

Saturday, May 12, 2007 9:32:43 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Headline: Tony Blair has announced his resignation, effective 27th June.

Friday, May 11, 2007 11:22:50 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

 Here' s page 17 of O. Henry's short story, The Marionettes, adapted by Antonella and drawn by Rick Geary...

Friday, May 11, 2007 11:20:50 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Headline: the Conservatives, plus a pressure group calling themselves the Metric Martyrs, are celebrating the news that the EU has put back its deadline for conversion from the imperial to the metric system of measurement from 2009 to 'indefinite'.

Thursday, May 10, 2007 11:19:38 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Now for the latest page of O Henry's The Marionettes, written by Antonella and drawn by Rick Geary...

Thursday, May 10, 2007 11:15:40 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Headline: Glastonbury festival-goers are to be issued one free (recycled) toilet roll each in an effort to reduce the festival's environmental impact.

Wednesday, May 09, 2007 11:11:54 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

This is the latest page of O. Henry's short story The Marionettes, adapted by Antonella and drawn by Rick Geary... 

Wednesday, May 09, 2007 11:06:51 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0]