Author Archives: DAP

Talking about the passing of time after work one night with a colleague, an interesting idea arose which has stayed with me… I’ve been thinking a lot and here it is: When we are young, a unit of time, say a week, is a larger portion of our lives; to a one year old, aContinue reading “The Weight of Experience.”

This is a poem.  It started when I was reading this book in the bath called “Scripts People Live” by Claude Steiner,  it is a book on the subject of Transactional Analysis. It is very interesting to think about why we behave the way we do and why we make the choices we make, andContinue reading “It’s Okay.”

For Julie Kane’s Colorless Green Ideas Zine (she is still taking submissions), but for a larger piece I’m working on also… I’ll speak more about the metaphor later. DAP x

Heres a preview of a zine I’m working on. A series of drawings entitled “Sleep”. I draw them in the moments before I fall asleep, in my dark room, with my eyes closed… I’m upto seven pages now. I’m trying to get a look at myself through stream of consciousness drawing and also trying toContinue reading “Sleep”

“Draw and Write What we feel Print How we like Publish When we want Contribute Where we live Include Who wants in” Love all round, jimi x

This is the first zine that I have self published using my real name ( jimi gherkin being my comic book pseudonym) I’m not sure why I decided now to start doing stuff under my real name, or indeed why I started going by the name jimi gherkin in the first place…a lot of people knowContinue reading “Drawing”

For Melanie Maddison’s “Shape and Situate” Zine, I just drew this… the zine (now preparing for it’s third issue) is a collection of posters of inspirational european women, and I chose Grace Darling. I’m quite pleased with it so far, maybe just one more draft!

So, I just started renting a studio! I was indecisive (really?! me!!) and almost didn’t do it; its an expense, would I use it enough to make it worth it? Also, I work a day job so, would I have enough time to get in there and make the most of it… and the inevitable;Continue reading “Container II, and “Yer Old Mate Hate”!”

  Hey all, I just got an email from Fiction Fix – I’ve never heard of them but it looks pretty interesting… Their spring 2012 issue looks like being themed around graphic literature/ sequential art… take a look at their website if you’re interested in submitting work to anything next year. Good luck y’all! LoveContinue reading “Something in the inbox! Call for submissions….”

For this exhibition by the AWESOME Sassoon Gallery in Peckham I was asked to do something on a set of acrylic nails!!! So, here’s what I did… I did a “straight strip” (see “Issue 2” pics below) 10 panels just about a pair who meet after a guy comments on a girls nails! But IContinue reading “Abstract Comix – “Nail Zines””