Q: What hand do you draw with?
A: I’m left-handed. Just like Lou Rawls and Queen Victoria.

Q: Are your chickens free range?
A: Only on evenings and weekends. Otherwise they’re at the office doing PROD3000’s bidding.

Q: How many times does Shakespeare mention chickens?
A: Six. Here they are. My favourite is from Henry VI: “So the poor chicken should be sure of death.”

Q: If you were a chicken, which breed would you be? (Asked by Johannes, Omlet)
A: I’d be a Silver Grey Dorking. Or a Buff Orpington.

Q: Do you own any chickens – live or rubber?
A: No live chickens. I used to have 2 rubber chickens, but now I have only a few stuffed animal chickens and a hand puppet chicken.

Q: Do you think Christopher Walken should be in every movie?
A: Oh my yes.

Q: Do you like to dance?
A: No. But I like to sing. Poorly. I play a bit of guitar and I’m learning how to play the ukulele.

Q: Which fictional detective would you like to solve your murder?
A: Columbo.

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Q: Why chickens?
A: After years of office work, chickens were the last remaining thing that I knew how to draw.

Q: Will you ever name the chickens?
A: I don’t think so.

Q: Are the chickens male or female?
A: Neither? Both? You decide.

Q: What did you read when you were a kid?
A: Lots of stuff over the years. Dr. Seuss and Richard Scarry as a little kid, and then later on Douglas Adams, and Stephen King.

Q: What artists inspired you when you were a kid?
A: Charles Schulz, Jim Henson, Martin Waddell, Berke Breathed, Terry Gilliam.

Q: Who was the first cartoon character you ever drew?
A: The earliest one I remember is Dead Dog Bob. You can see him in the Phantom Mountain video.

Q: What inspires you?
A: Lots of people ask where I get my ideas from, and it’s really hard to say. Everything in this world is inspiring one way or another. I think it’s all about being an observer. I try to pay attention and look for the humour that’s inevitably lurking behind every situation.

Q: What are you wearing?
A: Plaid.

Q: Is there an SC book?
A: Not yet! Thanks to all the people that have been asking about a book. I’ll get something together one of these days so thanks for waiting patiently. Update: The book is out!

Q: What do you draw on?
A: Real sticky notes. Then I scan them.

Q: What pens do you use?
A: Staedtler pigment liners.

Q: How fast do you go through paper?
A: I go through a stack of sticky notes in about three weeks.

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