A little Life in England – Driving If you have to use public chargers, it's super spendy driving an electric car rather than a hybrid.

I drove from one end of England to the other in my little electric car. It was great fun and I wouldn't go back to an ICE car, but it is frickin' expensive! Details in this week's illustrated epistle: open.substack.com/pub/alexhall...

Cartooning in the Age of AI #27: Connecting IRL at the Lakes International Comic Festival Going to festivals is expensive, even the way I do it. But it was worth it.

Molly and I loved the Lakes International Comic Festival, but it didn’t inspire me to seek a publishing deal. Even if you are a talented cartoonist, having your comic books put out by a big publisher will not pay a living wage.
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Holding the line…
#theKimmelEffect

A little Life in England – How to Avoid Paying for Parking The strange thing isn't that it costs £12.50 to park near the beach – it's that people in England are prepared to pay it.

alexhallatt.substack.com/p/a-little-l... Parking in England is crazy.

Strong ‘let’s throw a rock at this bulletproof cybertruck’ vibes going on here.

Heyyyyyy comics folks!

In case you missed it, BOOM! Studios is hiring an Assistant Editor to join our rockstar team of dedicated comic editors. It's fully remote and open to folks with 1+ years of editorial or similar narrative experience! Come make great comics with us! bit.ly/42ooXLq #comicjobs

This (courtesy of expert creative curator, Austin Kleon) is guiding my work now. open.substack.com/pub/alexhall...

The Onion turned back to print. It brought in over 50,000 new subscribers | CBC Radio It might sound like a joke in today's digital-first world, but The Onion — the satirical news outlet — made the leap to print a year ago alongside its active website. And surprisingly, it's paying off...

Print isn't dead if you provide something people want to read.

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Clever wordplay

Cartooning in the Age of AI #23: How I Used AI to Save Hours Creating Better Book Pages (And What Went Wrong) I want people to find my work with AI. I'm using AI to make my website AI-friendly.

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Worldshift: The Speculative Fiction Writers' Summit 2025 Speculative Fiction Writers' Summit

I'm working on a novel. This might be helpful. worldshift.manyworldswriting.com

Cartooning in the Age of AI #22: If AI Takes Over Search, Is It Worth Having a Website? AI-powered search is bad for news sites, but could be good for cartoonists.

Cartooning blogs and websites could make a comeback. open.substack.com/pub/alexhall...

A little Life in England – Our little Hyundai Inster is an (Almost) Perfect Car for Us From Chippy the 19-year old, petrol-powered Fiat Punto to Zippy the new, electric Hyundai Inster

Including ten reasons why an electric Hyundai Inster is better than a 19-year old, petrol-powered Fiat Punto (and a few reasons why it’s not). open.substack.com/pub/alexhall...

Vehicles can drive through Moreton ford but Jack Russells have to swim.

I haven’t seen that movie, but I know what you mean. And decades of under investment and education has contributed to the lack of critical thinking which makes people susceptible to misinformation and disinformation.

Lovely cartoon.

A robot is saying, "use of colour is primitive to a cartoonist" who is wearing headphones working on a computer.

alexhallatt.substack.com/p/cartooning... If we let AI take over all our mundane tasks, we may lose more than our data.

We love days like this on Portland. #Dorset #TopHill #Summer

True.

WePresent | A story of hope and solidarity on the Bibby barge and beyond Theo McInnes & Thomas Ralph’s project “Bibby Boys” tells the story of the men seeking asylum in Dorset, and the passionate local community that rallied around them

What a lovely story of compassion: wepresent.wetransfer.com/stories/theo... The people who formed this group are the kind of people I want to connect with in my new home of Portland, Dorset.

Or dog. They know how to live life.

A little Life in England – Reclaiming Portland's Quarried Landscape Apart from the beaches, my favourite places in Portland are where nature is taking things back.

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Cartooning in the Age of AI #20: AI Stole My Work, But At Least It Fixed My Finances AI Helped Me Discover I'd Been Haemorrhaging Money for Years.

I don’t want to know how much money I have lost over the years by not having a better bank account.
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A little Life in England – Island Life and a New Car Beckon Chippy got us to the island, but is struggling with hills. Even little ones.

I’m a believer in Hills, not Pills, so Portland in Dorset will suit me well.
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Cartooning in the Age of AI #19: We'll Need Multiple Sources of Income Government sees artificial intelligence as an economic saviour. It is unlikely to protect human creativity and the income that brings.

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Oh my god that’s organised!

It’s easy for a Jack Russell to be out of her depth in the River Piddle.

Cartooning in the Age of AI #18: Meeting People In Real Life One of the advantages of being human is we can go out and about and meet other people IRL. There are moves to bring AI there too. But AI doesn't make cake.

Wearable AI all-seeing, all-listening devices are on the cards at OpenAI. What could go wrong? open.substack.com/pub/alexhall...

Tea is such a delight to work with, I can’t imagine why anyone would ghost her.

A little Life in England – We Got Here and Now We Need to Get Around I wish I didn't have to drive.

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