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January 15th, 2013

Where I started cartooning

Moorlands door. This is where I started cartooning.

This is the door to my room at Moorlands College, at the edge of the New Forest, Dorset. The date is approximately 1996*. This is where I first started cartooning, and this door was the place I stuck the drawings as I did them. I had done quite a lot of art up until that point, but this was a new thing that I tried for my own amusement and for those walking along the corridor, who formed a ready-made audience. It was more fun than the things I should have been doing – studying towards a degree in applied theology, which I never attained. There’s a lot more I could say about my time at Moorlands, and perhaps I will in another post.

Yes, that is a sunflower.

I may well dig out more photos in an attempt to keep this daily blogging habit going. Day 15 – that is somewhere in the region of half a month.

*Could well be 1997, thinking about it.

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11 Responses to “Where I started cartooning”


  1. Sara from the library says:

    You have managed more daily cartoons than I have daily running. Hurrah for that.

    January 15th, 2013 at 10:20 pm
  2. Neil Denham says:

    I saw that door even before I knew you. That is a strange thought!

    January 15th, 2013 at 10:20 pm
  3. Surfing says:

    I lived in at a bible college, interesting doors, were always a good thing.

    January 15th, 2013 at 10:45 pm
  4. Dave says:

    Sara – well, not really hurrah. Should be said that most posts ae the blogging equivalent of stretching.

    Neil – that is strange! Someone on Twitter said they did the gloss paint on the frame.

    Surfing – I agree. I did my best to keep it interesting and varied.

    January 15th, 2013 at 11:42 pm
  5. Ann says:

    I love interesting doors, and that photo makes me want to stop and read the door.

    I’ve never seen a sunflower outside an interesting door, though. I keep my plants inside the office, I’d don’t think they’d survive the rough and tumble of life on our corridor.

    January 16th, 2013 at 9:47 am
  6. Grada Schadee says:

    I love that sunflower, brave, good-looking, lighting up that corridor. Cannot like the cartoons cause cannot see them (sob)

    January 16th, 2013 at 1:05 pm
  7. Dave says:

    Ann – It may have been that the sunflower was placed in the corridor for the purposes of the photograph. The details are hazy.

    Grada – To be honest these particular cartoons were probably specific to the time and place, or have dated somewhat. That said I might see whether I can dig a cartoon from that era out.

    January 16th, 2013 at 1:11 pm
  8. Liz from the sewing room says:

    To my mind, your cartoons are indeed applied theology, they provide a great talking point for conversations with people considering Christianity.

    January 16th, 2013 at 2:31 pm
  9. Polly says:

    I love the idea of posting the drawings. When I first started writing devotionals, I would take copies to work and make all of my friends read them. When you have a calling, whether it’s writing or drawing, you can’t rest until someone has seen your work.

    January 16th, 2013 at 5:24 pm
  10. sarahw says:

    I remember that door well, sometimes the highlight of the day was to see your latest cartoon on the way to lunch.
    I also remember the sunflower. :)

    January 16th, 2013 at 5:56 pm
  11. Dave says:

    Sarah – Thank you! :) I remember worrying that I was making it look like I drew cartoons all day. (I drew cartoons all day.)

    Polly – It is true. For me there is a tiny bit of pride there, in that I get disappointed if something I think is good gets no reaction. But I think that that’s an OK thing to feel.

    Liz – thank you for saying so, I appreciate that. I do hope that is the case.

    January 16th, 2013 at 8:24 pm