Chewing Pencils

Sorry for the long delay in posting. Health and other reasons have meant it simply hasn’t happened.
But thank you to everybody who has contacted me to see if I’m ok with respect to the tragic fires that are still happening in my part of Australia. While the fires were close to my home (about 15 […]

Tip #6:- Look for the niche markets.
I’ll say this just once - if you want to make some money from your cartoons, forget about the newspapers!! Yes, the papers are a potential market, perhaps the most obvious market, but the chances of you ending up there are slim.
Sorry to be so blunt, but they are!
So […]

I forgot to add the right link to my facebook profile page in the post below.
Here ’tis: Matt’s Facebook Page
Be my friend….please!

Something’s screwed up the formatting on Chewing Pencils which at the moment, I’m at a loss to explain! Sorry if it’s sending your screen into the odd fit or two…
Hopefully it will be resolved soon. It’s been a nightmare week for all things internet at my end - just about ready to throw the computer […]

Again, just for fun…

One last post for tonight. Here’s one that I did late last year that appeared recently in a couple of publications to do with working with children.

A few things have been happening in Chewing Pencils land that are worth an update:
1. The back is, well…back! I’ve been given the all clear from my surgeon to get on with as much of life as I can. There’s still a few weeks to go before I can do everything I once did, but […]

Thanks for all the emails and messages asking where I’ve disappeared to over the last few weeks! Be assured that I’m alive and well and the drawing career is progressing nicely.
I’m currently on six weeks leave from my ‘day job’ and so have taken the opportunity to do lots of family stuff. Tomorrow we head […]

Just to let you know that my newsletter provider, Zookoda, is currently suffering some severe spam issues and is now offline.
the service from this group has been less than stellar the last few months anyway, so now I’m looking to migrate the list across to a new provider.
Anybody know any good ones?

While we are waiting for Greg to get back to us with a winner for the Halloween Project, I thought sharing a little bit about what we’re working on at the moment might be a good way to get some discussion re-happening on Chewing Pencils.
I’ve got two main projects no the go at present. One […]