Heavy Manners Art

I created this picture three years ago. I'd intended to make my own "stamp" to print on the back of postcards instead of the Queen. And the choice of who was to appear on the stamps was obvious to me. I had no idea how timely it would seem when I sent the postcards to print four weeks ago. #BlackLivesMatter Lyrics reproduced without permission. Because they matter. Elvis was a hero to most But he never meant shit to me you see Straight up racist that sucker was Simple and plain Motherfuck him and John Wayne 'Cause I'm Black and...

  The story behind this one; Whilst in the corona virus lockdown, I took a cycle for my daily exercise into town, where I was expecting deserted streets and clean air, just like the previous six weeks. I was shocked to see the bridge over the Thames full of cars; the whole town centre locked down with traffic gridlock. Why? The McDonalds drive-through had reopened that morning. Clean air or dirty burgers, I asked myself? Online chats reveal people are really excited about the thought of being able to go “leisure” shopping again soon. What have we collectively learnt from...

I think it's safe to say I've just had one of the most emotional weeks of my life. I've slept on a wooden floor, on the concrete of Whitehall outside Downing Street, a plastic mattress in a Forest Gate police station cell, on grass and then mud in Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens and, hopefully tonight, an electric blanket on board my old wooden boat. I spent 10.30am Monday to 6.30pm Tuesday locked and super glued through a steel pipe (Peter) onto this beautiful wonderful lady above, Molly, who I have now got to know very well, funnily enough. I have laughed...

Hard Core Pawn has made a Spotify Rebel Songs playlist, the ideal accompaniment to enhance your reading pleasure. Listen to it here Will be regularly updated. Enjoy. Fuck calm and get angry.    

My comics aren't black and white because they're cheaper to produce than full colour; the printing costs are exactly the same in fact. Though clearly full colour would take more resource time to create in the first instance. They're black and white because I like it like that. Stark. Brutal. Simple.  However, a friend of mine, Alain, wanted to collaborate by colouring some of the pages, just as a fun exercise. And in truth, they looked great. So an idea was hatched. "There Is No Time Machine App" is a one page, full page comic panel, with what I think...