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BANANAGRAMS! My friend, the cartoonist Lizz Lunney introduced me to the game around this time and I still enjoy it, though I lack playing partners now. The clackiness of the tiles is deeply satisfying. And I know all sorts of words, EGG, CHIPS, TOOT, WAFFLE, PIG, COW, and many…

As I said yesterday, this is Shelley at her sloppiest and Lottie has to become the parent, a bellwether for her too! I wish I’d explored these two as a duo in this era a bit more. Their relationship is central to both characters in my head, but we hardly…

“Pss wss wss” is of course the way a three year old imitates whispering. And the way I still do. Shelley doesn’t do a very good job of looking after Lottie at this party, does she? I thought of this scene as a bellwether for her. Her slightly dotty behaviour…

I love the first panel, with the line of action right through the five figures. But I like the whole page a lot. The body language is really clear, I can read the stakes of these interactions for everyone. I can still do this, but now I’m juggling a lot…