I see I’ve joined some illustrious names on the Irish Comics Wiki. I wonder if I actually count as I contribute a single panel cartoon to the Connacht Tribune each week, rather than contributing to a comic per se. Maybe if I throw some stuff Bob Byrne’s way for the next issue of the Shiznit…
UPDATE: Click here for Parade route.
I did a photoshoot for the Macnas last week to promote their upcoming parade for the Galway Arts Festival: Apocolopolis. I’m on a float with a disturbingly shallow wheelbase, but it’s actually quite steady, and once I get past that initial 15 seconds of telling Debbie the director that I can’t do it, it’s fine. I had my own trusty photographer with me that day: my son Naoise, who held his own among the likes of Joe Shaughs and Andrew Downes. The following are all his shots.
The parade is on this Sunday the 20th July. I’ll put a Google Map up of the route when I know what it is!
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I was entertaining the guests of Joanne and Sam at their drinks reception in the Clarion Hotel, Sligo on Saturday. The weather was fantastic, but of course the big draw wasn’t the sun, it was me, and I’d a brilliant spot right in the middle of the floor which ensured a large audience. There are two advantages to the earlier gig: I don’t need a light on the easel and I get to meet more of the kids. There’s always one or two budding artists among them, and they usually score a few pens from me when they say so, which is worth the smile it gets! There’s more pics below the fold.
