Award-winning children’s book #illustrator & #animation director - agent https://www.arenaillustration.com/artists/steve-may/ https://linktr.ee/stevemaythe1st guitar botherer in Cult Figures https://bsky.app/profile/cultfigures.bsky.social
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Wow! I was just sent a link to a Channel 4 show called Celmates from 2001 where me & 4 other animators spent 72 hours trying to create a short animation each! So young, so absolutely knackered! I haven't seen this in over 20 years! www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKOZ...
I think this was the first Mike Leigh I ever saw! Am now thinking about my late mum who got me to watch this!
Thank the lord for Peter Hitchens - what WOULD we do without him?
Thank you! : )
Really? They screened it on the Southbank a few years ago & I missed it! Thanks. I remember watching it with my mum & finding it hilarious!
I loved Grown-Ups when I saw it on TV. Seems to be virtually impossible to get hold of now, I think they showed it at the Southbank a few years back. Not seen Joe's Ark
I'd love to see 'Grown Ups' by Mike Leigh again. It's virtually impossible to get hold of, but I have really good memories of it from seeing it when I was a kid
I STILL really hate this transition from August to September - it gives me 'the fear'! (NB I left school in 1987)
#RecordStoreDay2025 Cult Figures' latest release 'Between Us & Heaven' is available now, along with our back catalogue & loads of great t-shirts & merch! Treat yourself! cultfigures.bandcamp.com
Get some Cult Figures into your life! All our releases are available now, along with loads of great t-shirts & merch! Treat yourself! New music coming soon! cultfigures.bandcamp.com open.spotify.com/artist/0gf0d...
Yep! Come & find us on Bandcamp! cultfigures.bandcamp.com
Guess who won a WHOLE FIVER in the 1983 Judge Dredd annual? (I sent it in at least a year before it was published so would have been about 12 years old when I drew it - I was SO chuffed!) @2000ad.bsky.social #stevemaythe1st #judgedredd
Uncompromising vehicle design from a few years ago - see more here stevemaystuff.blogspot.com/search/label/W…
Pipe smoker of the year
When familiars disappoint...
Very cute!
D’oh!
Cheeky blighter!
Remember, always deny EVERYTHING!
That’s the old ‘custard cream diet’ for ya!
In my dream I was invited to an extremely swanky film premiere where the goody bags were mainly filled with custard creams. 'The Cat That Got The (Custard) Cream' buy a print here ko-fi.com/s/77cd392dac
We’ve finished the album - more news soon… @cultfigures.bsky.social
You say potato. I also say potato. There’s no conflict here.
No! I wish it was!
Guess who had to buy new reading glasses yesterday and has just found the old pair in the vegetable crisper in the fridge? (This is such an ‘on-brand Steve May’ story it’s painful!)
I drew Trump lackey Stephen Miller, who appears to have looked about 60 years old since his teens so you don't have to.
Published this week: the GUINESS WORLD RECORDS 2026! Check out my comic-strip rendition of conservation crusader Aneeshwar Kunchala - commissioned by @guinnessworldrecords.com to celebrate him being the world’s youngest documentary presenter! 👉 See the full project here shorturl.at/Jq7uJ
"thoughts & prayers" just makes me so angry!
But it won’t. They’ll keep on ‘being shocked’ & nothing will happen, again & again. It’s so fucked up. : (
The ‘80s called, they want their photos back! (A friend sent me these a while back - look at that lacquer abuse!)
Good to hear @tomrobinson.com back on the old BBC 6!
Dalek Wimbledon
Thanks man. I *think* I'm done!
It's #NationalDogDay!
Phone doodles
Without downloading any new images, where are you mentally?
Gravity: The universe's polite reminder that you're not special.* (Douglas Adams) ( *See also ‘accounts’ - I am going to attempt to start doing my tax this morning- wish me luck!)
Gravity: The universe's polite reminder that you're not special.* (Douglas Adams) ( *See also ‘accounts’ - I am going to attempt to start doing my tax this morning- wish me luck!)
Was a great day! Nice to see you x
I have a strong memory from my dream last night of going into a coffee shop near Blackfriars & buying a large purple sausage roll & a black coffee (cash only) - I have no more information
It’s Saturday! Stick yer lucky pants on & FEEL THE BASS! #bass #pants #monster #rickenbackerbass #illustration #stevemaythe1st
I always think of the vicar in Dick Emery (there’s one for the teenagers! ; )
The Rats were a great band back then too, I don’t get the hate!
Batman on Saturday morning is the highlight of my week!
I just found this photo of my mum & me outside the Albert Hall at my Royal College of Art Convocation - I have such lovely memories of this day & my whole time at the RCA (despite the look on my face in the photo! ; )
My friend Sean was asking me why he couldn't get Vans with my doodles on them - what a great idea!
(At least it's not 'World's stupidest bottom-burp' á la Rik from the Young Ones! ; )
I'll take that!
Guess who's in* the Guinness Book of Records this year? (*OK, not strictly, but I DID draw a strip about the brilliant Aneeshwar Kunchala - the World's youngest documentary presenter aged 7 years, 288 days!)
I dreamed I was at a prodigious art college in NYC full of dogs. I lost my leather jacket and my bag with my sketchbooks. On reporting this on a ‘70s trimphone the woman said ‘are you sure? Often when I see you, you look baked!’ I was not amused.
Triceratops phone doodles from last night
Congratulations!
I'm really looking forward to you not talking to Jonathan Gullis & Kemi Badenoch
Thank you, I'm looking forward to it! : )
I’m very excited to be back in my home town & taking part in the Hastings Book Festival this year! I’ll be in the library at 11am on Sat 13th Sept talking about being a childrens' illustrator, doing LOTS of live drawing & conducting live draw-alongs! www.hastingsbookfest.org/our-events
Cowardly lion
In my dream I was in a magnificenly cluttered old which opened onto the street like a dolls house belonging to a rather stern looking man with a beard who owned large amount of schnauzer dogs - I was attempting to draw him whilst marvelling at the house.
Gravity: The universe's polite reminder that you're not special. (Douglas Adams)
"ELEVATE!"
Can't make it to Rothbury for some rural retail therapy? Then you are cordially invited to have a virtual trip to Northumberland, by scrolling- if not strolling- through my website. Coast, Castles and Countryside beckon.... crownstudiogallery.myshopify.com
Mister 1967 & his demonic familiars
I love a new sketchbook!
Phone doodles from last night
Now Disney have pulled out the BBC have announced a slimmed down TARDIS & they can only afford me as the Doctor - them’s the breaks!
'll be conducting more free draw-along workshops today at Discover Childrens Story Centre in Stratford! Come & learn how to draw & create your own characters! Sessions at 11.30 & 13.30 discover.org.uk
Ooh thanks!
I'll be conducting more free draw-along workshops tomorrow & Saturday at Discover Childrens Story Centre in Stratford! Come & learn how to draw & create your own characters! discover.org.uk/things-to-see-…
My final school report read ‘Steven has done extremely well in his A-levels, but he must look long and hard at his attitude if he is to fit into the adult world.’ Whatever! #ALevelResults
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I got 3 A-Levels but these days I spend most of my days wrestling angry cats in skips in return for strong lager & packets of Frazzles. #ALevelResultsDay
The freelancer's summer mantra. (If you would like to commission an original drawing you can contact me at info@stevemay.biz Prices start at £35 for a B&W sketch on A6 plus postage. Or check out my shop ko-fi.com/stevemayillu...)
A cracking list from @marbleicehook.bsky.social. The Czech time-travelling farce Tomorrow I’ll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea (1977) is the most delightful Hitler-related film you're ever likely to see.
In my dream I was very excited to be guesting as guitarist with the Boomtown Rats but I lost my guitar. Disappointed, I was then attempting to create some artwork using a pile of found objects with another artist who told me "You try too hard & your work's not very good" - Ouch!
What do you call the huge grey poet in the middle of the room being ignored by everybody? TS Elephant Happy #WorldElephantDay
Having a band discussion about an owl call which sounds like an 'inland submarine' which prompted this
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Follow me on Ko-Fi & if you like what I post do leave me a tip! ko-fi.com/i/IO5O01JKUXC
“Everybody was jealous of monkey’s space boots!”
GRIMBURGER ™ - “when there’s nowhere else left” - drawn during a discussion about those takeaways that you ONLY go in whilst in extreme states of intoxication with no other choice which leave you with an awful sense of regret (& mild food poisoning if you’re unlucky!)
Matt Davies @mattdaviescartoon.bsky.social
My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com
Poo Crew Adventures - Journey To Pootopia was released a WHOLE YEAR ago! I just found my initial tryout page! 'Suddenly out of nowhere Pip is surrounded by three poos; a frozen space poo, an ancient fossilized poo and wombat poo – Pip looks terrified!' harpercollins.co.uk/products/jou...
It's Monday, do your best...
I dreamed about a special extra episode of Doctor Who with multiple Doctors (I definitely remember McGann & C. Baker) where there was a village with peoples’ heads growing out of the soil among other things (there were no Daleks or Cybermen which ‘dream me’ was not happy about!)
Scruffy dog sketch
Midori Shimoda, “Carnival of Onions.” . Japan, Early 1930s. Gelatin silver print.
Lovely stuff!
For #worldlionday a story I worked on with one of my best pals ‘Don’t Shout At The Lions Lionel’ about Lionel, the loudest kid in the world! He can out-shout a heavy metal band but is he any match for a lion? #lions #stevemaythe1st #illustration #childrensbookillustration
Wonderful to hear the great Harry Hill on @laurenlaverne.bsky.social's #DesertIslandDiscs - I had the great pleasure of illustrating three books with him a few years back - lovely fella! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
#InternationalCatDay when you know your cat is mixing with the wrong crowd...
“The Cat That Got The (Custard) Cream” for #InternationalCatDay Buy a print here! ko-fi.com/s/77cd392dac
Call your brother, QUICK!
Monster Fact: Monsters are prone to growing alarmingly & therefore rarely wear clothes. If you meet a clothed monster it's liable that the clothes belonged to a recent meal & it is advisable to RUN! Do you like monsters? Do you like facts? More MONSTER FACTS HERE! tinyurl.com/4zmsu6kd
Cat tormenting ball of string
ALL ABOARD THE VOMIT COMET! Diary of Dennis the Menace 3 - Rollercoaster Riot was published 11 years ago TODAY! I loved drawing Dennis & Gnasher! More on the blog here tinyurl.com/lcmrerf
Me too! It's really funny!
