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RAVENS

Just finished this mythologically seditious poster. If you’re not familiar with the story, it’s said that if the ravens leave the Tower of London the British Empire will fall and the monarchy will collapse. There are a minimum of 6 ravens in the Tower at all times, with one ‘spare’. In the interests of national security, their wings are clipped to keep them off balance so it’s hard for them to fly away. ⁠ ⁠ In the type of preposterousness that can only be found in Britain, the ravens are officially enlisted as British soldiers and can be dismissed for undisciplined conduct or desertion. In the 1980s, “Raven George”, a suspected comrade, was retired to Wales for attacking and destroying TV aerials. In 1996 two more Ravens were dismissed for “conduct unbecoming”, which if you know any soldiers, you can only imagine how bad the conduct would have to be for that to happen.⁠ ⁠ Ravens are incredibly smart and likely frustrated by captivity. Two of the ravens separately figured out that they could cause havoc by playing dead, which I would like to think of as a form of protest. Over the years, some have successfully escaped, but more recently, only one raven named Munin managed to make a break for it, before being caught by an awful member of the public and returned to his prison.⁠ I’m doing some limited edition prints, available here.

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TERFS HATE WHALES

You may remember I painted the below image last year and auctioned the original on ebay to raise money for the anti-whale hunting charity Sea Shepherd UK. It was inspired by the actual signs Japanese whalers hold up while they’re being photographed poaching whales in the South Atlantic. But there was a problem; that charity auction was sabotaged, deliberately, and not by a pro-whaler, but by an anti-trans activist who was furious I didn’t want to talk to him about his horrible anti-trans opinions anymore. He put in the highest bid, then refused to pay, all so he could write a negative review, which is deleted by ebay anyway if a bidder doesn’t pay so the whole exercise was pointless and hurt nobody except a few sea creatures. This confused me. What on earth did anti-trans activists have against whales? Do terfs hate whales now too? But then I realised: it’s because the ocean is a gender-neutral toilet, and they’re furious about it. So I decided to do another whale painting (above), and I’ll be auctioning this one off for the UK trans charity Sparkle, as well a re-auctioning the first painting for Sea Shepherd UK. I’m running both auctions on ebay now. 100% of the final selling price goes towards each charity. Links: The Ocean Is A Gender-Neutral Toilet “I’m Okay With This” I’m also doing the gender-neutral toilet image as a limited-edition print with 50% of proceeds going to Sparkle.

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JAPANESE WHALING

Painted this last night based on the signs Japanese whalers hold up when being photographed from the air by Greenpeace. I’m selling the original of this on eBay to raise money for Sea Shepherd UK, who put their bodies on the line in direct actions against whaling and other sea life poaching. You can bid here. Although I don’t think it can beat the absurdity of the actual signs Japanese whalers hold up when being photographed (see below)

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POSTER SALE

I have two distinct yet connected problems: I don’t have enough money to pay my studio rent next month and I have too many posters of daft drawings clogging up the same studio. If you would like a poster in exchange of some cash towards my studio rent you can have a meaty 35% discount, just use the code STUDIORENT for 35% off all posters in my shop until 8th August. Click here for the shop. If you’re extra lovely you can back me on Patreon here.

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FLYING ANT DAY

The greetings card industry is out of control, but what better way to celebrate Flying Ant Day than with this official Flying Ant Day greetings card? Available here: https://www.spellingmistakescostlives.com/product-page/happy-flying-ant-day-cardIf Flying Ant Day has already happened in your area this year, don’t worry, you can always buy a card or ten to have ready for next year’s celebrations.

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ANCESTORS

The glorious story of evolution: you are the apex of a 3.6 billion year unbroken chain of non-virgins. Okay, maybe not the single-celled ancestors, but let’s not split amoebas here. Print available here. #Animals #Science

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