That Easter Bunny Magic

smith-pilcher-780-150403Apologies for this being a bit late.

Unexpected item

smith-pilcher-779-150401For some reason I’ve always wanted to put one of the animals in the strip on a supermarket self-service till, it’s just one of those images that appealed to me, and I’ve finally done it with Scrumpy.

Irritatingly I coloured it in once using Sainsbury’s orange and cream livery, just because that’s the supermarket nearest to my workplace and therefore the one I’m most used to. Then I coloured in the Tesco carrier bags and realised I had to recolour everything else to match. (Tesco, being more concise, is a funnier name than Sainsbury’s, and is more ubiquitous – however, if Piggly Wiggly ever opened a store in Britain I’d chose them!)

The most irritating self-service tills are in Morrisons. Their tills are so sensitive they won’t let you open their carrier bags before bleeping your groceries through the bar code reader, so you have to bleep everything through, pay and then pack. It’s a fault apparent in every branch I’ve ever been to.

Blee!

smith-pilcher-778-150330OK, do you believe Scrumpy’s telling the truth here?

Thanks to the late lamented Smash Hits magazine for the word ‘Blee!’

A bunny’s work is never done

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Sigh

smith-pilcher-776-150325Don’t worry, this will develop into something. I’m just venting my frustration at the kind of people who post non-specific whiny Facebook posts and then refuse to tell you what they’re whining about. You know, the kind of post that gets the response ‘u OK, hun?”

Euphonia!

smith-pilcher-770-150311When I first wrote this I thought this was marvellously silly –  but then when I came to draw it I realised I’d set myself the problem of having to render a rabbit playing a euphonium. I think I succeeded – I even let Scrumpy have a smile in the last frame.

The curse of ears

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Snugger

smith-pilcher-744-150109This is one of those strips that was a direct result of the one before it. Having drawn Jones in earmuffs in Wednesday’s strip I started to wonder how Scrumpy would appear in them, and whether they would even fit.

Happy bunny

smith-pilcher-741-150102I drew a sketch of a happy Scrumpy in my script book and it looked so alarming that this strip was the result. It’s not natural.

So, where do you get all your crazy ideas from?

Smith-Pilcher-728-141203Some gags just pop into my brain fully formed while sitting on the toilet. This is one of those gags. Now wash your hands.