I. Friends L & M have a bunch of secret zines for the French Comic-Con next month, and it’s possible that I have a bunch of secret things in said zines.
II. Haven’t been much around lately and I’m trying to catch up on stuff. If you sent me a message/e-mail to which I haven’t answered, that means it has probably been buried under other messages and, me being me, you best send it again. I also might take some commissions soonish, if anyone fancy that.
III. Wai made a new (FULL COLOUR) Sherlock mini book and you should buy it.
IV. MX Publishing just published a (300-PAGE) book of Norman Schatell’s Holmes cartoons, which are basically my favourite Holmes cartoons. You can get it pretty much everywhere and you better.

A list of things:

• I don’t have a single fancy print left, sorry I didn’t post about it earlier. No plan to get anything re-printed any time soon, it is too much work and I sadly can’t manage it atm.
• Apparently I hit 10K followers some weeks ago, so, hey, thank you! Maybe I’ll try to do a giveaway thing when I actually have things to give away. Meanwhile, some ‘stuff you ought to know but maybe you don’t actually care’: Hi, my name’s Basil (not ‘ghostbees’), this is a very silly blog and contrary to popular belief I sometimes do things that are not Holmes things. I am also awful at answering messages, but working on it.
• There’s no real faq but if you ask things (not anonymously), I always (?) reply sooner or later.
• ps: Turns out BD has a substantial discount on the really nice version of my favourite thing in the history of ever. Since I get asked about it quite a lot and that it’s usually rather hard to find (Amazon only has the rubbish one without credits and booklet), I thought it might be worth mentioning.

Oh, I’m so glad to know that the Beeb is rebroadcasting it. Silly plots, awful puns, saucy jokes and rude songs! What’s not to enjoy. I have a dubious sense of humour, so it’s usually best not to take my word as gospel, but it is a very good burlesque series with a fine cast. Hudd’s Holmes, ‘the world famous toffee-nosed ponce’, is marvelously infuriating and I actually enjoy a lot Emmett’s (slightly over-the-top) Watson. Geoffrey Whitehead’s a curmudgeonly Prof and June Whitfield a first-class Mrs H. There’s (sadly) only six episodes, two of them online at the moment!

Another small batch of fancy mini-prints, details and ordering info here!

• I contributed an illustration to this nice zine (curated by Miss Rachel), so perhaps you might want to have a look at the whole issue.
• I’ll have some prints for sale next week and will try to set up an online store this time. I also thought I could make an ‘original drawings sale’ post of sorts but who am I kidding, I’m much too lazy for that. Though if you want the original of something I have already posted, you can have it for a very reasonable price.