Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico: I’m impressed at how much well-observed detail the author packed into this short study of a modern cosmopolitan couple who discover that, yes, life isn’t what they hoped for.
The couple here is the character. I don’t think we ever learn their names and they’re described as if they’re a unit with mostly shared thought processes. With no dialogue and hardly any events, this book is quite the formal achievement.
From the sketchbooks of the House of Harley, the second in a series of limited edition art booklets featuring drawings of London Underground commuters.
Contains almost 100 quick-fire portraits drawn on Harley R’s daily London Underground commute during 2017 to 2019.
Published July 2025. Limited edition of 40. A6, 60 pages.
£4.00 + postage.
Order now from our Etsy shop.
Or puchase an original House of Harley sketchbook.
Also available…
Another collection of inanimate objects fed into the House of Harley patent abstractifier. Click to enlarge…
Drawings of women, from the same sketchbook spread as companion post Some are sceptical. Click to enlarge.
There’s lot more sketches of women – and men – in our art booklet Boat Race 1.
And you can purchase original House of Harley sketchbooks in our Etsy shop.
Was The World of Archie series the experimental corner of the Riverdale comics empire? In this issue, no 497 from 1980, one story is told entirely in rhyme, and another’s script consists only of the characters’ names being exclaimed. (Reminds me of a certain minimally scripted scene in The Wire. Click to enlarge the photos.
Some warm up drawings for a new comic strip that’s being prepared for the next issue of our anthology, Ugly Mug. Featuring some mysterious characters who may be familar to readers of Ugly Mug 6.
For more drawings of naked blokes, see the House of Harley art booklet, Hands Up 1.
Opinions are divided amongst these women, but about what?
These are drawings from one of my square-formats sketchbooks, with colour added digitally. Click to enlarge. One half of a double-page spread, the other half to follow soon.
There’s lot more drawings of women – and men – in our art booklet Boat Race 1.
Some recent sketches of Thameslink commuters… click to enlarge.
The last few copies of Dwellers of the Deep 1, our first pocket-sized collection of London Underground sketches are still available. And some actual House of Harley sketchbooks can be purchased on our Etsy shop.
Stay awhile at the House of Harley’s hotel, located in Deepest South London where it overlooks the Mbalageti River.
…not to mention balloons, goons and platoons. Can you tell which are which, in this double-page spread from a very old sketchbook? Click to enlarge.
Original House of Harley sketchbooks are available for purchase in our Etsy shop.