Cabin Pressure Advent: Newcastle

Ahahahaha, ha, yes, when I was a girl – no, when I was a boy – I was never a girl.

Hands up everyone who didn't realise at first that there was a different guy doing Martin in this episode ...

Apparently this is considered one of the weaker episodes? I've never had a problem with it ... it gets a bit awkward at times but that's kind of the whole idea behind it, isn't it? Audience awkwardness is the definition of sympathy, i.e. 'feeling-with'. So I think it's tremendously successful. Then again I've found myself cornered in my fair share of conversations, so maybe I'm specially placed to appreciate it.

I've been looking forward to drawing Linda for days now. She's loosely based on someone I knew in Grade 7, who I thought was one of the most beautiful girls I'd ever seen, but who was also a bit of a bully. Not that I think Linda's a bully at all, she just seemed a good fit for the look, and gave me an excuse to draw her.

For the record, I haven't forgotten Limerick, in fact I have it scanned and ready to colour, I just need to give it a decent chunk of time, so you probably won't see it till the weekend.