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I’ll not be able to post a “week in webcomics” roundup this Saturday because I’ll be in Scotland, so here’s an interim update.

This one’s a new one on me.  David O’Connell’s Tozo - the Public Servant is a mystery set in the retro-Italian futuristic island kingdom of Nova Venezia.  The main character, Tozo, is a policeman investigating an apparently random murder that turns out to be connected to political, financial and religious intrigue.  And there’s wee robots.  It’s drawn in expert Hergé-esque ligne claire, which I’ve always wished I could do myself, but my hand just won’t co-operate, and comes recommended by the web’s master of ligne claire himself, Garen Ewing.  It updates every Sunday, so stick it up your Google Reader today!

Elsewhere, Scott Meyer’s latest Basic Instructions are on how to apologise when you’re not sure what you did wrong…

Things start to pick up in About Charlotte - we even get some character interaction!

SPQR Blues is back!  And again!  And the preparations for the wedding continue apace…

Violence breaks out in Lilly MacKenzie and the Mines of Charybdis…

And McPedro the “Irish” cactus, who talks to Hazel but only when she’s drinking, is missing his moustache, in Girls With Slingshots…

In Lilly MacKenzie and the Mines of Charybdis, Cosmo finds out what he’s eating…

Scott Meyer explains how to be spooky…

Joseph’s brothers sell him to the Jawas, in Holy Bibble…

Odysseus learns why Circe can’t leave the island…

No FreakAngels this week- instead we get a fill-in rant from Warren Ellis concerning Tom Baker, conventions and why weekly webcomics don’t suck (hear hear) …

The goings-on in Things Change seem fairly innocuous, with two couples at the masque going down to the river for a bit of privacy. But I’ve read the Greek myth it’s inspired by, so I’m worried…

And xkcd wonders what other lines (other than “I love you” “I know”) Harrison Ford might have improvised in The Empire Strikes Back…

In the latest all-action episode of About Charlotte, we get to meet some characters…

The Rainbow Orchid is back… sort of…

Is Lilly MacKenzie’s long lost brother a utopian visionary or a megalomaniacal nutcase?

Jesus and Mo get on the Olympics bandwagon…

The Flatmates discuss family…

The second book of FreakAngels begins with a six-page sunset scene. Paul Duffield does gorgeous light…

Welcome to the Future does its bit for the noble cause of winding up fundamentalists…

And while we’re on the subject, Holy Bibble, Daniels and Jacobs’ irreverent adaptation of the book of Genesis, is updating again - currently on the story of Joseph and his brothers…

I’ve removed the Irish comics creators category from my blogroll. Anyone interested in Irish comics and cartoonists should hie them to the Irish Comics Wiki, which is more extensive and detailed, and now stands at 120 creators and 85 titles.

The latest page of the comic always shows up at the top of the blog, but I’m still posting in between installments, you’ll just have to scroll down to see them. I’ve also started a Facebook group for the Cattle Raid of Cooley. If you’re on Facebook, why not sign up? You’ll be able to keep up with news of the comic, and I’ll be able to get to know my readers.

Like everyone else on the interweb I get a lot of unsolicited emails. A lot of them promise female celebrities in various states of undress, and would no doubt do something nefarious to my computer if I opened them. Got one today entitled “Britney Spears to Study Theoretical Quantum Mechanics at MIT”.

Spammers. You may be a bunch of parasitical scum, but at least one of you has a sense of humour. Cheers.

One of the things that daunted me about adapting The Cattle Raid of Cooley into comics was the number of animals I’d have to draw.  I’ve never really drawn animals before.  But as it goes on, I’ve discovered I rather enjoy it.  Here’s a sneak preview of some of the beasties I’ve been drawing in upcoming pages…

This could get me in trouble.  My latest post on The Disillusioned Liberal has a look at the gender pay gap…