I was lucky to grow up a healthy kid. My childhood scars come from my own turbulent mind, not from my body. I never broke a bone, still haven’t. I […]
Mental health and community
Mental health is tricky. It’s woven into the fabric of yourself and it is a core part of what makes you whole. When you are healthy, this is not something […]
How to make comics, Part two – The process of Concrete
This is the second post in a series about how I make comics. Inspired by the recent completion of my latest comic, Concrete. You can read Concrete here. Part one […]
A story of Representation in two acts
Act 1 – Star Wars and the Fake Nerd Girl I drew this today to sum up my frustration with the new Star Wars cast featuring two women, and only […]
How to make comics, Part one – The emotions of Concrete
This is the first post in a series about how I make comics. Inspired by the recent completion of my latest comic, Concrete. You can read Concrete here. Part one (This […]
On Privilege, Mysogyny Behemoths and Real Life
So yesterday I tweeted this beautiful piece by Cara Ellison on being a woman and fighting the role of being a muse. Shortly after posting it I received a very […]
Papercraft UX with the mighty shiba inu
Sometimes I get a strong compulsion to pick up an craft project, usually with a craft I’ve either never done before or haven’t done in a while. My mind fills […]
The recovery question
As a person with a chronic illness you get used to people having the same reaction to you all the time. “But you don’t look sick” is probably one of […]
Webstock Thoughts
I was privileged enough to be able to attend Webstock this year, after a couple of years off the circuit. Webstock is one of the most slickly run conferences in […]
Jemshed.com back from a hiccup!
After a bit of re-jigging jemshed.com is now re-settled in a new home! Hopefully by now DNS servers across the globe have updated its position. And what do you do […]