Life began the day I left school, when I ignored a decent education and delighted everyone by spending the next 2 decades touring the world in various rock bands... or so I'm told! 2 gold albums later, having systematically & permanently wrecked my health, I bailed out & married my wonderful wife Penny. I subsequently qualified in Criminal Law & began working as a freelance Criminal Paralegal for various law firms all over Scotland. Gradually however, it began to dawn on me that I hadn't thought this move through properly, as I was locked in cells with alleged murderers, shook hands with convicted paedophiles... & generally spent my time with people I'd normally avoid... Solicitors! Another tactical withdrawal was required. So, in early 2015, having always been credited with having an 'inventive' sense of humour, I began to draw humorous cartoons. Much to my surprise, success came quickly with publication in Private Eye, Readers Digest & Puzzler magazine... & the invention of 'Nugget', the wee fella' you see all over this site! ... so there you go - ironically, during my one & only 'career misguidance' interview at school all those years ago, conducted by some retired, fuddy-duddy Major General type, I'd said that I'd like to be a cartoonist, the response was...
"Don't be silly!" Really?... I thought that was the whole point!
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The Cartoonhouse
Life began the day I left school, when I ignored a decent education and delighted everyone by spending the next 2 decades touring the world in various rock bands... or so I'm told! 2 gold albums later, having systematically & permanently wrecked my health, I bailed out & married my wonderful wife Penny. I subsequently qualified in Criminal Law & began working as a freelance Criminal Paralegal for various law firms all over Scotland. Gradually however, it began to dawn on me that I hadn't thought this move through properly, as I was locked in cells with alleged murderers, shook hands with convicted paedophiles... & generally spent my time with people I'd normally avoid... Solicitors! Another tactical withdrawal was required. So, in early 2015, having always been credited with having an 'inventive' sense of humour, I began to draw humorous cartoons. Much to my surprise, success came quickly with publication in Private Eye, Readers Digest & Puzzler magazine... & the invention of 'Nugget', the wee fella' you see all over this site! ... so there you go - ironically, during my one & only 'career misguidance' interview at school all those years ago, conducted by some retired, fuddy-duddy Major General type, I'd said that I'd like to be a cartoonist, the response was...
"Don't be silly!" Really?... I thought that was the whole point!
© COPYRIGHT THECARTOONHOUSE 2019
The Cartoonhouse
Life began the day I left school, when I ignored a decent education and delighted everyone by spending the next 2 decades touring the world in various rock bands... or so I'm told! 2 gold albums later, having systematically & permanently wrecked my health, I bailed out & married my wonderful wife Penny. I subsequently qualified in Criminal Law & began working as a freelance Criminal Paralegal for various law firms all over Scotland. Gradually however, it began to dawn on me that I hadn't thought this move through properly, as I was locked in cells with alleged murderers, shook hands with convicted paedophiles... & generally spent my time with people I'd normally avoid... Solicitors! Another tactical withdrawal was required. So, in early 2015, having always been credited with having an 'inventive' sense of humour, I began to draw humorous cartoons. Much to my surprise, success came quickly with publication in Private Eye, Readers Digest & Puzzler magazine... & the invention of 'Nugget', the wee fella' you see all over this site! ... so there you go - ironically, during my one & only 'career misguidance' interview at school all those years ago, conducted by some retired, fuddy-duddy Major General type, I'd said that I'd like to be a cartoonist, the response was...
"Don't be silly!" Really?... I thought that was the whole point!
© COPYRIGHT THECARTOONHOUSE 2019