Big Dog's Kennel

Li'l Beethoven

2011-02-13T16:21:00.007Z

(Originally published in Music Teacher, January 2011)

Brahms and Liszt with Bruckner

2010-06-03T15:15:00.000+01:00

Gordon's further woes

2010-02-23T22:24:00.000Z

Big Dog, Big News

2010-02-23T19:19:00.001Z

Our attention is drawn to this exciting news story!

Fall back

2009-10-25T11:00:00.000Z

8: Pi

2009-10-24T16:00:00.001+01:00

Beatles for sale

2009-09-12T13:34:00.001+01:00

Gordon's woes

2009-05-21T20:47:00.002+01:00

Commercial Break: Brahms

2009-05-17T13:20:00.000+01:00

Small Cat: Politics of Desire

2009-05-17T13:17:00.000+01:00

The Russians are Coming (2)

2009-04-04T15:35:00.000+01:00

Brahms and Liszt: The Russians Are Coming (1)

2009-03-28T16:33:00.000Z

Secrets of Creativity

2009-03-19T20:37:00.000Z

Quis custodiet ipos custodes?

2009-03-12T20:05:00.000Z

Who's watched Watchmen?

Secrets of Success for the Unsuccessful

2009-02-18T19:38:00.000Z

(originally seen in the 2009 British & International Music Yearbook)

A Sure Thing

2009-02-07T14:06:00.000Z

(First seen in Classical Music's 2009 Competitions supplement.)

Big Snow Dog

2009-02-02T16:24:00.000Z

Year of the Ox

2009-01-31T16:17:00.002Z

Sunset

2009-01-01T18:11:00.000Z

Stille nacht

2008-12-27T22:27:00.001Z

A Happy Christmas and a peaceful 2009 to all who frequent the kennel.

Brahms and Liszt at Christmas

2008-12-22T13:07:00.000Z

A very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the Back Desk.

Season's Greetings

2008-12-20T07:23:00.000Z

Brahms and Liszt at night

2008-12-17T20:57:00.000Z

Normal service will be resumed shortly

2008-11-22T16:59:00.000Z

Sorry about the extended break, it's been a difficult time.

I've not been entirely inactive - I recently did a cartoon for Music Teacher magazine, and I'm going to be doing some more full-page strips for Classical Music, and another one for the British Music Yearbook.

There will be a new strip here soon, when I can fit it in between the paid (and hence higher priority) drawing. Talk amongst yourselves while I crank myself into work mode.

K'uei

2008-11-22T16:42:00.003Z

The Adventures of Little Big Dog

2008-11-03T21:46:00.001Z

Thanks to Cheerful One and Ani.

Intermission

2008-10-29T17:07:00.000Z

Sorry, no strip this week due to personal circumstances. Back soon.

Big Dog in 3D

2008-10-26T18:42:00.003Z

A new Big Dog adventure will be here soon. In the meantime, here's an excellent sculpture by the lovely Ani.

Brahms and Liszt again

2008-10-20T11:57:00.000+01:00

Budget music

2008-10-12T13:39:00.000+01:00

Brahms & Liszt

2008-10-08T23:03:00.000+01:00

The soloist

2008-09-28T21:55:00.000+01:00

Paper tiger

2008-09-22T22:31:00.000+01:00

New Mozart manuscript discovered.

Big Dogs in History #4: Paws

2008-09-16T21:46:00.003+01:00

1975: Spielberg makes his name as his blockbuster terrifies the movie-going public.

Barracuda bother

2008-09-14T20:58:00.000+01:00

Follicly challenged

2008-09-07T15:52:00.000+01:00

The Interview

2008-09-06T14:49:00.002+01:00

Big Dogs in History #3: Elvis's big break

2008-08-31T17:37:00.003+01:00

1956: In order to distract from his lascivious pelvic movements, the producers of the Steve Allen show dress Elvis in tails and partner him with a big dog for a performance of his hit "You Ain't Nothing But a Dig Dog."

Rehearsing thoughts

2008-08-31T16:35:00.000+01:00

(click the image to enlarge)

Crossing Over

2008-08-25T19:16:00.000+01:00

(click the picture to enlarge. Click here for more information.)

Couch Maestro

2008-08-19T17:03:00.000+01:00

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What's it all about, then?

2008-08-18T22:50:00.000+01:00

Last year, through a sequence of events both too unlikely and dull to recount here, I found myself drawing three one-page comic strips for Classical Music magazine's supplements detailing competitions, summer schools and festivals for 2008. It happened by accident, but all three ended up featuring the antics of the same character, a down on his luck musician whose chief characteristics were a dogged faith in his own abilities, a raging bitterness against the world, and in particular the wold of classical music, and an overwhelming and all consuming stupidity.

Having drawn these three strips, it seemed logical and entirely a splendid idea that this idiotic Everyman should continue his adventures in some kind of regular strip, possibly just some modest 3-panel affair tucked away in the back of a magazine where no-one would object to it, or even notice it. However, I'm still waiting for the publishers to call me back and agree what a brilliant idea this is and offer me a ton of money to do it. So their loss is the inter-web's gain, and this is intended to be a reasonably regular web comic (at least once a week, if I can maintain the enthusiasm), at least until that lucrative contract comes my way and I remove it all from here and flog it back to you in some exorbitant novelty book. Enjoy!

The Best Laid Plans

2008-08-18T15:24:00.000+01:00

( originally published in Classical Music's Festivals supplement 2008)

Precarious Liaisons

2008-08-18T15:23:00.000+01:00

(originally published in Classical Music's Summer Schools supplement 2008)

The Image Game

2008-08-18T15:17:00.000+01:00

(originally published in Classical Music's Competitions supplement 2008)

On holiday

2008-08-08T12:17:00.001+01:00

The Black Dog

2008-08-05T18:12:00.001+01:00

Tail chasing

2008-07-31T21:49:00.001+01:00

Big Dog T-shirts available now!

2008-07-28T10:28:00.005+01:00

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42 Days

2008-06-15T15:49:00.000+01:00

I

2008-05-29T12:44:00.001+01:00

Big Dogs in Art: The Angel of the South

2008-05-09T00:22:00.002+01:00

It should be obvious to all that the best thing to put in Ebbsfleet is a 50 foot high dog.

The meme

2008-05-07T21:00:00.000+01:00

RIP Humph

2008-04-29T21:28:00.000+01:00

Frankenstein's Toaster

2008-04-18T00:46:00.003+01:00

This cartoon originally appeared in Solar Wind, the Universe's greatest comic. What's that, I hear you ask? Well, I reply: buy the Bumper Book of Solar Wind and find out!

Chung Fu

2008-04-08T21:30:00.000+01:00

Reflection

2008-04-03T21:31:00.000+01:00

Easter 2008

2008-03-19T20:52:00.000Z

Disclaimer

2008-03-19T16:58:00.002Z

Big Dog would like to assure readers that he is not involved in any kind of sinister military robotic experiments, whatever this video may imply:

Swept away

2008-03-12T21:09:00.000Z

Sui

2008-03-04T12:27:00.000Z

At Sea

2008-02-27T20:05:00.002Z

Ask not how Big Dog came to be here, for what can a dog know of sea or ships? Land is nearer than you think, but when one is in a storm and in confusion it seems unreachable, no matter how close it may be.

Bank of Big Dog

2008-02-19T21:32:00.000Z

Year of the Rat

2008-02-07T00:30:00.001Z

Super Tuesday

2008-02-05T22:12:00.001Z

A long way down

2008-01-22T00:22:00.000Z

Misted

2008-01-15T22:56:00.000Z

The Door

2008-01-09T23:32:00.001Z

Raven

2008-01-03T21:06:00.000Z

Detritus

2007-12-31T15:31:00.000Z

Big Dog is currently surrounded by a huge pile of wrapping paper, and very confused. He will return in the New Year, once someone's tidied up.

Dog in a Manger

2007-12-20T20:48:00.001Z

Big Dog wishes all his readers a very Happy Christmas. Although being just a big dog, he doesn't actually understand the concepts of holidays or religious festivals.

Swept away

2007-12-18T23:02:00.000Z

Hung out to dry

2007-12-16T22:39:00.000Z

Spin Cycle

2007-12-12T20:49:00.000Z

A moment of realisation

2007-12-11T20:03:00.000Z

Life on Sirius

2007-12-10T21:06:00.000Z

The Thief of Time

2007-12-05T21:37:00.000Z

England vs. Croatia - what went wrong?

2007-11-21T22:50:00.000Z

No Music Day

2007-11-21T00:01:00.000Z

Just a Big Dog biscuit

2007-11-18T20:59:00.001Z

En vacances

2007-10-16T23:14:00.000+01:00

Tree

2007-10-10T21:07:00.000+01:00

Luvvie

2007-09-28T21:36:00.000+01:00

Talk Like a Pirate

2007-09-19T21:13:00.000+01:00

Turandog

2007-09-06T23:15:00.000+01:00

Big Dog in Space

2007-08-27T21:07:00.000+01:00

Thinking outside the box

2007-08-10T12:10:00.000+01:00

Bloom Day

2007-08-07T22:04:00.000+01:00

Ask Big Dog

2007-07-27T09:53:00.000+01:00

Big Dog is keen to help his friends in any way he can. If you have any questions, be they personal, practical or philosophical, that you feel need to be considered from a canine viewpoint, Big Dog will attempt to answer them, albeit within the limitations of the perspective of a big dog.

Double Dog

2007-07-25T23:25:00.000+01:00

escalator

2007-07-16T23:42:00.000+01:00

raining

2007-07-10T23:56:00.000+01:00

slowly

2007-06-29T23:58:00.000+01:00

Third Person

2007-06-18T21:02:00.000+01:00

Not Right

2007-06-15T23:55:00.000+01:00

More Therapy, Vicar?

2007-06-10T21:09:00.000+01:00

More blood, Vicar?

2007-06-05T21:09:00.000+01:00

More Wine, Vicar?

2007-05-21T21:07:00.000+01:00

More Tea, Vicar?

2007-05-12T21:06:00.000+01:00

The Adventures of David Sarcastic

2007-04-14T23:40:00.000+01:00