James Lawrence
@kingfridayjoe.bsky.social
(He/Him) Ignatz-nominated bare-knuckle cartoonist, perpetrator of The Legend of La Mariposa. (http://longlivelamariposa.tumblr.com) Opinions my own.
Slow progress is still progress!
November 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Slow progress is still progress!
Got some hogs on my logs today!!
November 22, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Got some hogs on my logs today!!
Remaining copies of Greb are up on my shop!
13 stories about weird little guys by 13 of the UK’s best cartoonists!
Only about five copies left so grab ‘em while you can!!
longlivelamariposa.bigcartel.com !!
13 stories about weird little guys by 13 of the UK’s best cartoonists!
Only about five copies left so grab ‘em while you can!!
longlivelamariposa.bigcartel.com !!
November 20, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Remaining copies of Greb are up on my shop!
13 stories about weird little guys by 13 of the UK’s best cartoonists!
Only about five copies left so grab ‘em while you can!!
longlivelamariposa.bigcartel.com !!
13 stories about weird little guys by 13 of the UK’s best cartoonists!
Only about five copies left so grab ‘em while you can!!
longlivelamariposa.bigcartel.com !!
Huge thanks to everyone who stopped by my table at Thought Bubble this weekend!!
The festival is the highlight of my year, and an important reminder, especially these days, that independent art has real value!
The festival is the highlight of my year, and an important reminder, especially these days, that independent art has real value!
November 17, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Huge thanks to everyone who stopped by my table at Thought Bubble this weekend!!
The festival is the highlight of my year, and an important reminder, especially these days, that independent art has real value!
The festival is the highlight of my year, and an important reminder, especially these days, that independent art has real value!
@thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social
Day 2!!
Comixology Hall B17!!
Limited copies of Greb remaining!
Come get ‘em
Day 2!!
Comixology Hall B17!!
Limited copies of Greb remaining!
Come get ‘em
November 16, 2025 at 10:53 AM
@thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social
Day 2!!
Comixology Hall B17!!
Limited copies of Greb remaining!
Come get ‘em
Day 2!!
Comixology Hall B17!!
Limited copies of Greb remaining!
Come get ‘em
Some preview pages from my story in GREB: The Little Guys Anthology, launching at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social THIS WEEKEND!!
Come grab a tasty tome of tales about terrible teeny terrors by a gang of twelve talented technical technicians while stocks last!
Come grab a tasty tome of tales about terrible teeny terrors by a gang of twelve talented technical technicians while stocks last!
November 13, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Some preview pages from my story in GREB: The Little Guys Anthology, launching at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social THIS WEEKEND!!
Come grab a tasty tome of tales about terrible teeny terrors by a gang of twelve talented technical technicians while stocks last!
Come grab a tasty tome of tales about terrible teeny terrors by a gang of twelve talented technical technicians while stocks last!
Gonna be flogging my wares at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social this year at Table B17 in Comixology Hall!!
I’ll have books, including Greb, an awesome anthology assembled by @mdpenman.bsky.social that I’ve got a story in!
I’m also involved with like three stamp/sticker rallies!
Come on by and say hi!
I’ll have books, including Greb, an awesome anthology assembled by @mdpenman.bsky.social that I’ve got a story in!
I’m also involved with like three stamp/sticker rallies!
Come on by and say hi!
November 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Gonna be flogging my wares at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social this year at Table B17 in Comixology Hall!!
I’ll have books, including Greb, an awesome anthology assembled by @mdpenman.bsky.social that I’ve got a story in!
I’m also involved with like three stamp/sticker rallies!
Come on by and say hi!
I’ll have books, including Greb, an awesome anthology assembled by @mdpenman.bsky.social that I’ve got a story in!
I’m also involved with like three stamp/sticker rallies!
Come on by and say hi!
I done halloween’d
November 1, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I done halloween’d
Posted up at @tagsfest.co.uk all weekend, slinging wrasslin funnybooks to all and sundry! Upstairs at the Fruitmarket in Edinburgh near Waverley Station!
Come git some!
Come git some!
October 25, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Posted up at @tagsfest.co.uk all weekend, slinging wrasslin funnybooks to all and sundry! Upstairs at the Fruitmarket in Edinburgh near Waverley Station!
Come git some!
Come git some!
Gonna be in Edinburgh this weekend slinging fun and fine wrasslin’ comics to all comers at @tagsfest.co.uk !
October 22, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Gonna be in Edinburgh this weekend slinging fun and fine wrasslin’ comics to all comers at @tagsfest.co.uk !
Lol, fuck off Grant
October 16, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Lol, fuck off Grant
Wow, nicely done! Mine weren’t nearly so impressive but I got some nice colours!
October 5, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Wow, nicely done! Mine weren’t nearly so impressive but I got some nice colours!
New ink!! Absolutely made up with it.
October 2, 2025 at 9:35 PM
New ink!! Absolutely made up with it.
A couple recent sketchbook pages!
September 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM
A couple recent sketchbook pages!
The shelf in full:
September 5, 2025 at 12:45 PM
The shelf in full:
New editions to the wrasslin’ section in my studio!
September 5, 2025 at 12:42 PM
New editions to the wrasslin’ section in my studio!
I’m growing corn too this year!
If those are at the top of the plant, they’re tassels (1st pic), which will pollenate the silks (2nd pic) which will be your actual ears of corn. The silks form about a week after tasseling (pic 3)
If those are at the top of the plant, they’re tassels (1st pic), which will pollenate the silks (2nd pic) which will be your actual ears of corn. The silks form about a week after tasseling (pic 3)
August 13, 2025 at 10:19 AM
I’m growing corn too this year!
If those are at the top of the plant, they’re tassels (1st pic), which will pollenate the silks (2nd pic) which will be your actual ears of corn. The silks form about a week after tasseling (pic 3)
If those are at the top of the plant, they’re tassels (1st pic), which will pollenate the silks (2nd pic) which will be your actual ears of corn. The silks form about a week after tasseling (pic 3)
Some of the concept art from the latest volume of The Legend of La Mariposa currently underway!
July 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Some of the concept art from the latest volume of The Legend of La Mariposa currently underway!
My ghost artist is sleeping on the job. AGAIN.
July 27, 2025 at 1:27 PM
My ghost artist is sleeping on the job. AGAIN.
Pretty proud of the second face there!
July 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Pretty proud of the second face there!
Reinventing my entire career into a marketing consultant so I can march into boardrooms and slap down printouts of 90s Fruitopia vending machines
July 25, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Reinventing my entire career into a marketing consultant so I can march into boardrooms and slap down printouts of 90s Fruitopia vending machines
You’re welcome to pepper this one in there somewhere if you like!
July 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
You’re welcome to pepper this one in there somewhere if you like!
It’s nice having original art again!
Tbh I’ve got piles of originals from The Legend of La Mariposa. Could be tempted to part with some of ‘em if anyone was interested?
Tbh I’ve got piles of originals from The Legend of La Mariposa. Could be tempted to part with some of ‘em if anyone was interested?
July 12, 2025 at 12:23 PM
It’s nice having original art again!
Tbh I’ve got piles of originals from The Legend of La Mariposa. Could be tempted to part with some of ‘em if anyone was interested?
Tbh I’ve got piles of originals from The Legend of La Mariposa. Could be tempted to part with some of ‘em if anyone was interested?