If you've a child with allergies - or suffered from them yourself as a child - you'll appreciate what a constant worry it can be.

Allergykids.co.uk are a British company dedicated to raising awareness of childhood allergies. They have a range of wristbands that specify what allergy your child has (there are even customisable multi-allergy bands) so anyone coming into contact with your child will know what allergy your child has, even if that allergy is preventing them from communicating it directly.

I was fortunate enough to be asked by Allergykids.co.uk to create a range of cartoon characters to be featured on the wristbands, from bee sting to wheat allergy, and even a pair aimed at boys or girls who require an inhaler for asthma. You can see the full range on their newly re-launched website, again featuring my cartoons.

As someone who even today gets the sniffles in the presenece of cats, I think it's a great idea. Pay 'em a visit.

Here's a cartoon I've created for the Cartoonists' Club Of Great Britain to help promote our 52nd year. We'll be having a knees up in London at the end of March which will see a fair chunk of the membership packing out a pub just off Fleet Street for a private party. Hurrah!

I write regular book reviews for the Cartoonists' Club Of Great Britain's website and I even sometimes remember to mention it here. Have just written a review for the new Bryan Talbot graphic novel, Dotter Of Her Father's Eyes. By all means take a look.

Always a pleasure to receive a visit from Howard from Fernhill who distribute my children's books across the New Forest. Howard's just called in to stock up after some good Christmas sales!

The books are available from most of the New Forest visitor attractions and camp sites, as well as from independent shops in and around the National Park. Fernhill do a brilliant job of keeping them stocked up, meaning they're selling better than ever.

Or, if you're really stuck and can't make it into the New Forest, you can drop me a line here. The books are £3.99 each - a bargain!

A little cartoon I've just created for German Shepherd Rescue South for use on their website.

Throughout December I was busy creating a number of cartoon characters for a company that develops products to raise awareness of children with allergies (more about this later in the month).

Now that the character side is finished the client asked me to help design the packaging. This has involved a series of stickers, and 14 different branded box designs for each of the allergy-specific products. Not only did this include the designing and laying out of the box, but also the creation of the various different types of barcodes and the assembly illustrations.

If that's something you think I may be able to help you with, regardless of whether it's got cartoons on or not, then do get in touch.

The latest edition of Hampshire FA's Networks magazine has hit my door mat, so if you're involved with grassroots football throughout Hampshire you should have got yours too. 

I design and lay out the magazine for Hampshire FA three times a year, and this issue is a healthy 44 pages including the FA pullout in the centre. 

Hampshire FA supply the stories and most of the imagery and I present them by laying them out in this mag format. If we're short of imagery I try to source something suitable from affordable image libraries. The magazine has grown from what was once a simple newsletter, so over the years we've devised a good working relationship that can accommodate the magazine's size and number of stories with the minimum of fuss.

If you're looking to spruce up a magazine, pep up a periodical or enliven a newsletter into something friendlier and more accessible, then do get in touch. We'll be happy to help.

Just thought I'd quickly share the gag cartoon Christmas card I created for Ceratopia this year. A belated Merry Christmas to you all and have a wonderful new year!

Just been asked to produce an illustration for a panto...for their Christmas 2012 production! I enjoyed turning the Beast into a big ol' pussy cat.

The lead character from my New Forest Friends children's books is called Beaulieu the Hedgehog and, when the first book was released, children from Beaulieu Infants School attended the launch by being driven in a Rolls Royce Silver Ghost kindly supplied by the National Motor Museum, also at Beaulieu. So when I was asked earlier in the year by Jane Noble, the headteacher of Beaulieu Infants School, to submit designs for the new school logo I was happy to oblige.

Fortunately for me the staff and governors opted for my design and it has now been adopted by the school.

John Hawkins, the Chair of Governors, said: "I would like to thank you very much for all the work that you put in on the new school logo, it was much appreciated. The result was excellent and it looks great on the new sign outside the school."

It was a pleasure to give something back to a school who so kindly donated time and effort to support me and my first book all those years ago.