My participation in the 30th World Sketchcrawl was limited to little more than an hour due to family commitments but I made the very best of that time.

The first sketch was a short one in my mother's garden.  She still lives in the house where I grew up and I have a lot of history with this particular Rowan tree.  Apparently, when I was aged four or five, I decided to see how many of the berrys from the tree I could fit in my nose.  My mother delights in reminding me about the fun of removing ...
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I've heard about Golden Books for more years than I care to count, mostly in connection with Disney films as they come out.  The've almost been a compulsory piece of merchandising. You couldn't make a film without releasing a book.  I'd never seen one or had an oppotunity to buy one however until yesterday.  I walked into a charity shop to look through the kids book section and found three, Bolt, Ratatouille and Wall-e.

The one that first caught my eye was Bolt.  The film was, I believe, Disne...
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I'm not a fan of modern remakes of classic movies, mostly because they rarely match the quality of the original but also because I'd rather see someone make something new and original rather than retread something old.  When I heard that there was a remake of True Grit I had a feeling of horror and disbelief I hadn't felt since Burton's reimagining of Planet of The Apes.  I Just thought WHY?


           Wonderful poster design for the Coen Brothers movie True Grit

Then I found out it was the Co...
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