Good morning!
I grew up with cartoons; Asterix and Obelix, Tintin, and – the best of the lot – Calvin & Hobbes. It was just a normal part of the day. Trying to put off some homework? Pick up a Garfield. Trying to act like an adult? Read the (comic section of) the newspaper. No, I’m not doodling and dozing off in class, I want to be a cartoonist.
Funnily enough, the only other section of the newspaper I read was the sports columns. Cricket, football, tennis, gymnastics, anything that they bothered to print, I bothered to read. Girls and academics weren’t important yet. As a 12-year old, my life revolved around jokes and games.
Weirdly, very few people seem to put those two concepts together, especially in cricket. Long-time readers will know that I worked with one of the very few cricket cartoonists last year when Satish Acharya ran a series of comics on our pages for a couple of months. And, today, one of the best football cartoonists in the world – David Squires – has blessed us with a set of great cricketing panels.
It’s awesome, but I want more. I’m not sure what I was trying to say when I started this nonsensical rant, but I think I’ve found a point. If you do cricket cartoons – or even just want to do cricket cartoons – get in touch? Either I will publish you, or I will find someone that will. And, we’ll try to get you paid.
I miss comics. Being an adult sucks.
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🏏 Cricket Roundup: Bazball off the field, the brutality of the WACA Ground, & Rahim joins the 100-Test Club.
📚 Best Features: RR’s owner on ditching Samson/Dravid.
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“Samson was drained of emotional capital”
✍️ Nagraj Gollapudi talks to Rajasthan Royals boss Manoj Badale about their decision to move on from Sanju Samson & Rahul Dravid, and the future of the franchise with this new look team.
📺 A/V: Gilchrist on The Ashes, Green on bowling 140+, & the 2006 AUS-NZ bowl off.
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“Bazball, Sidemouth, and Generational Shifts”
📽️ Ian Perry & Sam Higgins talk to Adam Gilchrist about Poms past and present. [YouTube] -
“Bowling GAS”
📽️ Louis Cameron & Josh Schonafinger chat with Cam Green about The Ashes, and crossing the 140 kmph mark while bowling recently. [YouTube] -
“The Rose Bowl Bowl Off”
🎤 Stories After Stumps with an oral history of the 2006 bowl-off between Australia & New Zealand Women, with contributions from Lisa Sthalekar, Sophie Devine, and other players in the game. [Apple/Spotify]
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