of struggling artist days. and we start off finding him trying to get work, scribbling away, and in the scene we re about to see, he meets tobyjones s editor who offers him some work. let s have a look. 0k. why were you throwing peanuts at a bull? i heard they like peanuts - and that it calms them down. but it didn t work. trouble with these - show cows huge egos. it s a good job you can draw, mrwain, orwe would have parted ways some time ago and don t think i haven t noticed the state of your visage! oh, this wasn t from. the bull, sirwilliam i ve just come from a boxing class with the greatjem mace. - boxing? mm. so, when did you draw this? on the train, from memory. all of them? mm hm. so, how fast do you work, exactly? oh, just let me show you. he hums i ll be frank with you, mr wain. one of our speediest and most prolific staff illustrators has been poached by a rival publication. do you think you d be up to it? yes, obviously.