The post-Christmas Round-up
December 28, 2012 in General, Links, News
The gifts may have been exchanged and the turkey polished off, but there’s still time for a few festive treats of the cartooning variety that may have escaped your attention over the Christmas period.
You can enjoy every installment of Peattie and Taylor‘s 15-part seasonal Alex tale, It’s A Wonderful Crisis, as it unfolds over at the Telegraph site.
Quentin Blake becomes a Sir in the new Year’s Honours. The BBC describes him as an illustrator*.
Procartoonists.org member Royston Robertson has put together a cartoon advent calendar again this year, with a different gag posted to his blog each day in the run-up to Christmas. Take a look at Royston’s festive goodies here. Elsewhere, The Telegraph’s Matt Pritchett provides a topical – but far less appealing – advent calendar of his own.
Ben Jennings brings a Dickensian feel to proceedings over at The Guardian, while Martin Rowson riffs on the Slaughter of the Innocents for the same paper. At The Telegraph, Christian Adams has his own take on Plebgate.
For The Independent, Dave Brown cautions against festive overeating and Peter Schrank brings a topical slant to the Christmas sales. Finally, Stephen Collins takes the PM on a merry chase for The Spectator.
* Please feel to discuss ‘what’ he is in the comments should you be so minded.
by Alex Hughes
Alex taps into the iPhone
October 14, 2009 in Comment
Bloghorn had a few questions for Alex‘s creators, Charles Peattie and Russell Taylor:
How long did it take to make the 20 special episodes of Alex for the iphone?
Why is getting Alex distributed this way important to you?
Did you do the technological work yourselves? Or, did you use a design agency?
Is the price of the App (59p) reflective of the work that went into making it?
How many downloads have been made during the month trial?
Do you have any plans to take the digital Alex to a subscription site?
So, Alex doesn’t prefer a Blackberry?
Tags: Alex, Apple, Charles Peattie, iPhone, iPod, iTunes, Peattie & Taylor, Russell Taylor, Tapisodes, The Daily Telegraph 4 Comments »