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The Swimming Hole

by Mr V on February 2, 2012 at 12:01 am

Back at work this week. First day back yesterday and spent it photocopying lots of stuff and trying not to be seen photocopying lots of stuff! A professional development day today, and the kids come back for their first day of the year tomorrow.

And then it’s the weekend!

I always remember jumping into a school camp pool with one of my grade four boys years ago, and this water had come from the creek down the hill. It was pumped straight in, so it was still greeny and smelled of eucalyptus. And it was cold!

We both jumped in, came spluttering and gasping to the surface again, looked at each other and came to the silent agreement ‘bugger this for a game of soldiers!’ and scampered back out again! Never forget that feeling of our chests feeling as though they had turned inside out!

This is sort of what’s going on here. Although I’m not quite happy with how poor old Casper turned out!

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The Swimming Hole

by Mr V on February 5, 2012 at 12:01 am

I spat creek water in your face because you dropped me in the drink. All square.

Because we’re mates, eh?

Met the kids for the first time of the year on Friday. So far so good. A few weeks of being hard and mean and stern and then we can lighten up once they’re ‘trained’…

Anyway, enjoy today’s strip, and we’ll hear from you soon, eh?

Cheers.

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The Swimming Hole

by Mr V on February 7, 2012 at 12:01 am

It’s the third anniversary of the Black Saturday bushfires today. It ripped the guts out of my local community, but enough of that story. I just thought it might be nice to show you the memorial wall the community put together and unveiled two days ago for the occasion. The wall itself is made of hay bails covered in render, and it is covered with clay tiles made by the community with messages and clay images, all coloured with glazes. It overlooks the local oval, but amongst the burnt out trees where you’d only really notice it if you knew what you were looking for.

Black Saturday Memorial Wall

Here’s my tile, featuring Casper and Cody. Apparently there wasn’t any browny glaze, and Mum painted it from colour directions given by my sister over the phone. I just thought, maybe, the School Spirit catchphrase was relevant for a place that nurtured my childhood.

Black Saturday Memorial Tile

Those three years went really fast, even if the days of the fires seemed to be locked in time. It’s odd, but even though we lost some of the community, it made it stronger too.

You can see these images in the Deviant Art site linked here, too.

Oh, and also… I really liked this strip!

Cheers.

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The Swimming Hole

by Mr V on February 9, 2012 at 12:01 am

Imagination is great, isn’t it? Such a pity most of us seem to lose it so soon.

Told the kids today about the imaginary friend I had when I was a young tacker. They found it quite an entertaining little story. You could see a few of them with recognition in their eyes. Not that all of them would own up to it, but I know they had their own, too.

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The Swimming Hole

by Mr V on February 12, 2012 at 12:01 am

Old joke is good joke, no?

Right, over the last few weeks, the Spiderforest Collective (of which School Spirit is a card carrying member!) brought a range of new comics into its fold, so here is the umbrella plug for all of them! You know, unless I miss one here, and in which case I am very sorry!

In no specific order, welcome to and have a look at ‘Dark White‘, ‘Gods of the Game‘, ‘Spine‘, ‘Ley Lines‘, ‘Footloose‘, ‘LaSalle’s Legacy‘ and ‘Silent Pirate‘. They are all mainly story-driven graphic novel styled strips, many dealing in fantasy of sorts, except for Silent Pirate, which joins School Spirit in the ‘fun little strip anyone can have a chuckle at’ category.

So give them a look, and maybe drop a comment or two here if any strike your fancy. Keep in mind, one or two may have content not entirely in matching with School Spirit, so don’t go blaming Mr V if mum pops in and smacks you over the head for reading bad words, eh?

Or just leave a comment here because then we can have a chinwag!

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