This cartoon is the result of a 1am doodle I did some weeks back. I quite like the Heath Robinson contraption needed for the lead duck to present.

This is the 50th Gerald. So, I feel its important to point out how it all began – so, here you go:

This is, pretty much, exactly how Gerald was born. More or less.

Should you want a larger version of this for your desktop, just get in contact with me using the link above or through Twitter. Similarly, if you want a larger version of any Gerald cartoon, I am happy to provide one.

Gerald has a fan club. It’s called the “Gerald the Sheep Fan Club”. It can be found on Facebook. More precisely, it can be found here. At the time of writing, there are 16 members – that’s 15 more than I thought there were! It would be nice to see more people join. It would be nice if people started to randomly give me money as well. Somehow, I think people will opt for the first choice.

I’ve been trying to think of a highly amusing facebook-related GtS cartoon to post on the fan club. However, what with trying to get a job and a house, my amuso-factor has been rather low recently. Nevertheless, the fan club has been unwittingly providing its own jokes.

The adverts that appear on Facebook are meant to be related to the content of the page one is visiting. This is the advert I saw on the Fan Club site:

I don’t think Gerald will be getting Laser Hair Removal any time soon (drawing fleece is so much easier)!

Here’s a Gerald that I drew at Burning Man. It’s open to interpretation:

It would seem that all the money in the world is disappearing. I know I certainly don’t have it – but I think I know who does, as this BBC News screen shot shows:

Since moving back to England, I have had to get used to the fact that I have suddenly become poor. It now costs me £40 to fill up my car, when before it cost me £20; accomodation in Cambridge will cost me twice what I was paying for my mortgage in America; and people don’t smile at me when I enter a shop (not really an economic effect, but still something I have to get used to).

I could wax lyrical on the economy, but this isn’t really a political blog – I’ll leave that to the experts. Instead, recently, many of the visitors to my site have come to see a cartoon sheep I draw. So, not to disappoint you, here is a cartoon I drew in response to this story: