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Metaphrog are John Chalmers and Sandra Marrs, an award-winning author and illustrator duo, creators of children’s graphic novels and kids comics. You can read more about them here, check out their graphic novels, see their portfolio, or book them for an author visit.

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Pencil dust. @staedtleruk @staedtler

Pencil dust. @staedtleruk @staedtler

Thrilled to be in @theheraldscotland Magazine toda

Thrilled to be in @theheraldscotland Magazine today! “12 comic book creators who can stake a claim in the pantheon: Scots excel in the comic book world” by @jamiesonteddy . Along with Alan Grant, John Wagner, Frank Quitely, Eddie Campbell, Grant Morrison, Alex Graham, Cam Kennedy, John Miller, Dudley D Watkins, Jim Baikie, Stuart Kenneth Moore. And it’s really nice to be included as a Scot even though I’m French. But John here is Scottish and I have now lived in Scotland (and have been with John) for 30 years exactly this month (gulp!).

Something amazing happened! Monday morning we post

Something amazing happened! Monday morning we posted here about our struggle to find Staedtler blue lead nibs in the UK. We had managed to get a few online, but it looked like after that there were none left anywhere online in the UK (amazon EU still seem to sell the 2mm ones, but for how long ?). Staedtler UK actually DMed us straight away, apologising they had discontinued the line, but said they had some left kicking about in their office if we wanted them. Two days later (so just now) a box arrived through the mail, first class signed for, full of Staedtler Mars Lumochrom 2mm blue lead nibs and also some 0.5 ones, PLUS two complimentary pen holders! This made our day! What an amazing thing to do. There is still kindness left in this world. Thank you so much @staedtleruk !

Looks like we just bought the last of the availabl

Looks like we just bought the last of the available Staedtler 0.5mm blue leads available in the UK (at least that we could find online). A small office supply in Orkney had these 10 left. Also got some 2mm ones from Amazon EU because that’s the only place that has them. But it looks like the lines are discontinued? @staedtler @staedtleruk , can you please start making these nibs again? Some of us cartoonists are still drawing on paper. Also going all geeky about their lead sharpener. It was designed over 50 years ago apparently and it’s an old fashioned, mechanical sharpener or pointer, that makes such a sharp point that lasts ages and is perfect for drawing detail. #drawing #staedtler #graphicnovels

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