tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82854119554404770322024-03-14T01:18:40.651-07:00David Hughes:FLOGS THE DOGDavid Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04716687027229523859noreply@blogger.comBlogger207125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285411955440477032.post-85451385819060967402015-10-04T02:55:00.002-07:002015-10-05T03:47:04.830-07:00THE PILLBOX: NEW STATESMAN<br />
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David Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04716687027229523859noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285411955440477032.post-49210980642247280612015-08-06T06:34:00.000-07:002015-08-06T06:34:07.513-07:00One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Latest project for the Folio Society an illustrated version of Ken Kesey's novel One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest. I was very fortunate, no damn lucky to land this assignment and I expect that there are many others who will find fault with my interpretation. I imagine there will be a good few, in fact, hundreds of illustrators out there who would have given their right arm and leg to tackle the Cuckoo. I was the lucky one. Now on seeing the beautifully produced book I feel that I may have done it some justice but not completely. There is so much material, so much that I could've developed, to narrow it down to 12 illustrations or thereabouts was a difficult shout. Anyway here is one of the more sensitive pieces, not that I don't treat every piece with honesty and hopefully sensitivity. Chief Bromden speaks. The edition comes in a very elegant golden yellow slipcase/coffin. Commissioned by Sheri Gee.</span>David Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04716687027229523859noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285411955440477032.post-38040985427294836932015-07-23T02:48:00.002-07:002015-07-23T02:48:27.781-07:00The Pillbox: The SFX Review<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The </span><a href="http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/books-poetry/graphic-content-six-questions-for-david-hughes.1436178127"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Herald</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">. Scotland. Ask six questions. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Comments: nil. I'm asking <a href="http://culturefly.co.uk/3-graphic-novels-to-fill-your-summer/">myself</a> some questions...</span>David Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04716687027229523859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285411955440477032.post-50213458380576132472015-07-02T00:05:00.002-07:002015-07-02T00:05:51.873-07:00THE PILLBOX: IT'S OUT!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">THIS IS IT......REALLY THIS IS ALL THERE IS PEGGY LEE? ANOTHER DAY JUST AN ORDINARY DAY ANOTHER DAY NO ONE ELSE ABOUT, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">THE COMPUTER HUM.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> JUST SOME BLACKBIRD SQUAWKING NOT SINGING. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Full page from the 'graphic novel' - which I believe is published tomorrow Thursday 2 July, in the UK at least, </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">by JONATHAN CAPE/Vintage. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Based on truth. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">A distraction from the tennis maybe, it's too damn hot to be hitting balls with a racket, all that grunting.</span></div>
<br />David Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04716687027229523859noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285411955440477032.post-61106865201663549542015-06-29T01:25:00.000-07:002015-06-29T01:25:07.152-07:00Excerpt from The Pillbox.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Published this week, Thursday, 2nd July. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">May 16 9.30am. Beautiful sparkly spring sunshine. Dexter trotting up the lane. Heading down the lane towards us the old lady cyclist in full polyester zip up outfit on a razor thin drop handle bar framed bike, she slows down. Dexter directly in line continues his chosen path until at the last moment he checks his route in surprise, it's amusing it's pathetic it's sad. The stationary cycle blocking his path, the old woman cyclist uttered some sweet greeting to him but he just continued on his way.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Earlier Dexter catching me up, sprinting like a puppy through the long grass - it is the season of the tic. It is the season of the spiked grass shoots that can blind a dog. In Dexter's case it hardly matters as he nears us he flinches suddenly and dodges to avoid an imaginary obstacle................he dodges his own shadow...............</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">That was written just over a year ago. Over the last week or so Dexter's eyes have almost clouded over completely, his hearing is shot. Becoming ever more insecure and staying close to me Dexter is more than ever my shadow.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Thursday the sun was out the temperature finally nudged it's way to resembling a summer's day we went for a walk. I wasn't to know, it was Dexter's final 'walk'.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I was privileged to have known such a dog as Dexter. Long Live my Fox Terrier! I cry as I type. This is too difficult.</span><br />
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<br />David Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04716687027229523859noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285411955440477032.post-87581241432061387142015-05-19T09:10:00.000-07:002015-05-19T09:13:44.158-07:00The Pillbox: Angel's Ice Creams<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />David Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04716687027229523859noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285411955440477032.post-32746452461190354372015-05-04T13:44:00.001-07:002015-05-04T13:44:17.629-07:00Downtown Toronto.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">This effort Priya Sebastian? Well it can only be this piece. Thank you for your generous encouragement it was a pleasure to receive your message. I shall try to keep on drawing then.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Here endeth my humble opinion.</span>David Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04716687027229523859noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285411955440477032.post-63863405238577070122015-04-17T08:20:00.001-07:002015-04-17T08:20:49.151-07:00I know. I know. I said this blog was dead.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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David Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04716687027229523859noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285411955440477032.post-53132441236518040672015-04-01T02:06:00.000-07:002015-04-01T02:06:12.667-07:00The Pillbox: Proof.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">From my next picture book, The Pillbox. The next instalment exclusive from the publishers of Walking The Dog, Jonathan Cape. In the shops later this summer already on Amazon. Set in the East of England. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>COMING SOON. OUT IN ALL GOOD BOOK STORES LATER THIS SUMMER. BOY MEETS GHOST. TRUE STORY. PUBLISHED BY JONATHAN CAPE. HARDBACK. LOTS OF PICTURES. MANY IN COLOUR. EASY TO READ, DIFFICULT TO FOLLOW. OR EVEN TO SWALLOW. X CERTIFICATE, IF IT WAS A FILM. IT COULD BE. IT OUGHT TO BE. BUT NOT AN ANIMATION. OH NO. REAL ACTORS. REAL LIFE. PROPER MOVIE. 'MOVIE?' I NEVER EVER USE THAT WORD. FILM. THE PICTURES. JUST BECAUSE IT'S DRAWN WELL IT DOESN'T MEAN IT HAS TO BE AN ANIMATION. </b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Scratching a face. Desdemona as in Othello. Except this Desdemona isn't. Ink. Nib. Dip dip dip ...........</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>January 23rd 2015: On reflection I think I would have started drawing the boy first and then King Neptune Father figure emerging from the North Sea behind him.........and then the horizon line spreading eastwards across to the other page followed by directionless animal nonsense, and there you have it.</b> </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">And you dip the pen in the bottle at intervals and you draw. Like scales, not fish scales. Practice makes perfect. Like playing the piano. Like bowling a cricket ball. Because I'm scared. And the ink spreads. The line marches outwards. Invades the cheap rag paper. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Draw from experience. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Recent history. Two days in Cromer.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Why are you doing this? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Because the commissions have dried up. Because people don't get my ironic humour in print? Because Americans don't get my sarcasm? Because my past has caught up with me. Because I became complacent. Because my brain is a pea? I'm attempting the impossible. I'm trying to dig up, I'm trying to find an idea for a childrens book. Huh. Hysterical. Hilarious. Git! So why don't I scribble with a wax crayon? </span><br />
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