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.
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?
Always like to kick off a new story with a big ole landscape shot! Trying a new pseudo-watercolour approach to colour with this story.
July 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Always like to kick off a new story with a big ole landscape shot! Trying a new pseudo-watercolour approach to colour with this story.
Just submitted my final module for my MA and so am pleased to announce that I am, in fact, back on my bullshit.
July 9, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Just submitted my final module for my MA and so am pleased to announce that I am, in fact, back on my bullshit.
Thunder Rosa cutting about in La Mariposa colours and motifs and none of you thought to tell me?
Clearly a sign I need to get a new comic drawn and out there.
Clearly a sign I need to get a new comic drawn and out there.
June 29, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Thunder Rosa cutting about in La Mariposa colours and motifs and none of you thought to tell me?
Clearly a sign I need to get a new comic drawn and out there.
Clearly a sign I need to get a new comic drawn and out there.
A sunny saturday and a pair of tattoos, this time by the amazing Joaquin Ardiles who produces probably my fave flash sheets I’ve seen. Joaquin took great care of me and I love my new little pals!
May 17, 2025 at 1:42 PM
A sunny saturday and a pair of tattoos, this time by the amazing Joaquin Ardiles who produces probably my fave flash sheets I’ve seen. Joaquin took great care of me and I love my new little pals!
First page of inks for The Legend of La Mariposa - Scourge of the Squared Circle are done!!
Feels so good to sit at the drawing board with pen in hand again.
Feels so good to sit at the drawing board with pen in hand again.
May 7, 2025 at 8:54 PM
First page of inks for The Legend of La Mariposa - Scourge of the Squared Circle are done!!
Feels so good to sit at the drawing board with pen in hand again.
Feels so good to sit at the drawing board with pen in hand again.
