Cartoonist René and special agent Sung doing something too obscure to explain, which seems to involve holding up tiny, tiny jars of tiny, tiny things.
I am back in the UK after a seven-week trip to Bangkok. It was good to catch up with old friends in the Big Mango. Special thanks to Ben (and Buddy and Tiger) for looking after me.
I also spent time hanging out with René, who did the Fudebakudo animations as well as the “guest illustrations” in the book. We had a number of cartoony adventures including almost — but not quite — having a climactic encounter with notorious yakuza boss Custard Kakamura*. The fact that I did not end up in one of the obese gangster’s bubbling yellow vats is a testament to how fast we ran away.
Most of the time was spent working on The Knot-Shop Man during the day, and training with the Thai aikikai in the evenings.
* Name has been changed to protect the innocent.