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| Hondle Strip Archive |
| Hondle started off as a minicomic booklet that I would draw on a single piece of A4 paper, then scan and email to friends and family. Then, when I quit University and started Written Words, I continued the strip online - for a while, at least. These strips are presented below, for your enjoyment. You'll also find a brand new strip, drawn in honour of this brand-new site. I think I may have channeled the story from somewhere else: if you know where, mail me. |
| Hondle The original strip. Marvel at just how far I've come in ten short months. Stop laughing at the back. The other character is Rudy, created to promote a Hulme Hall Orchestra concert in Christmas 1995. Number Two A true story, which appears in a slightly different form in the main comic. Not for the squeamish. The Perils of Egghead Joe Hondle doesn't appear in this, but I thought I'd throw it in for completeness' sake. A personal story, this one, written during the Unpleasantness of June 2001. Everyone's a Comedian The Worst Joke Ever Told by a Dog. By a country mile. Train of Thought When I started the strip, I thought I might set it in the town of Hondleford, and populate it with all sorts of cartoon animals. Funny how things turn out, eh? Hondle - In COLOUR! An idle thought: to try drawing the strip on the PC, without having to mess around with scanners and what have you. It worked quite well, I thought. Don't know why I never did it again. My Mum has the penultimate panel hanging up in the kitchen. She says that Hondle keeps licking her neck. I say that she should lay off the Zantac. Booze Hound I like silly puns. Obviously. Chomp! When I appear in the Hondle comic, it's usually as my right hand: holding a biscuit, stroking Hondle, and so on. I always draw my hand with a large scar on the back. In real life, the scar is only a centimetre long. This strip tells you how I got it... Ce N'est Pas Un Plug A preview of the main comic, drawn just before Christmas 2001. A Watched Can Never Opens A second preview strip. Note the advertised completion date for the main comic: Mid-February, 2002. I should have been a cowboy builder. Nah. I don't have the bum cleavage for it. Quiet at the back... Hondle in the House Not what you're probably thinking. I drew this on a paper towel while at my Mum's hospital bedside. No real narrative, but jolly enough. The Story I Probably Nicked But I don't know where from. Drawn in a hurry, and especially for this site. Enjoy. Stargazer A nice short Hondle comic, over at the WaterCooler Comix website. Dreaming a Dream Another nice short. The three K's. A Happy Hondle Birthday Today - November 5th 2002 - is Hondle's Twenty-Fifth birthday. Celebrate with us, here. Hondle - The Legend Begins! A preview of the sequel to last years novella. With apologies to a certain cult television show... |
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