In 2023, journalist/ writer Rory Milne contacted me to ask if I was aware that it was 50 years since my first comic strip (of sorts) appeared in print, and suggested we do an interview. I agreed, and we had a 90 minute phone chat, which barely got us started. So we went on to have 5 more long chats, Rory transcribed them, and by this time we decided we were possibly looking at a book. I began designing and laying out the book - at that time tentatively titled “50 Years Underground”. Well, I was doing this work in my downtime, so 50 years have now become 50-plus years, but the book is well on towards completion.
Our phone calls covered a lot of ground, from my earliest attempts at comix, through many years and many pages, and seemed to involve a lot of laughing. I'm including as much illustration as I can, using comix and illustrations that have not been widely seen, and the book is now pushing 210+ pages.
