Dave Walker

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Diagrams, etc. Author, cycling cartoonist. Best work is in my free newsletter: https://diagramclub.substack.com/

Black-and-white cartoon titled "TACTICS" with five simple diagrams of cyclists in a road race. In General: Text reads, "You save energy by riding behind someone else," with an arrow pointing to the rider following another cyclist. In the Bunch: Text reads, "Save your energy." An arrow labeled "Try to be somewhere in here" points to the middle of a tightly packed group of riders, while another arrow labeled "Not here" points to a rider at the back of the group. In a Breakaway: Four riders are shown in a line. An arrow labeled "Try to be here most of the time" points to the front of the group, and another labeled "Not here" points to the last rider. Below, the caption reads, "(But, if everyone does this, the break won't stay away)." Chasing the Breakaway: A group of riders is shown. An arrow labeled "Try to be here" points toward the back of the group, while another labeled "Not here" points to the front. Below, the caption reads, "(But, if everyone does this, the break will stay away)." At the Finish: An arrow labeled "Try to be here" points to a rider crossing the finish line with arms raised in victory. Another arrow labeled "Not here" points to riders still behind.
"Growth was meant to the number one priority, is it still? There's not enough money for defence, but today the Government announced £4.5 BILLION for walking and cycling."
Black-and-white cartoon titled “Building safe routes to walk and cycle is really good value for money.” - A children’s drawings of traveling to school suggest they want to walk, but “they can’t because it isn’t safe.” - An “active travel money machine” illustration states that every £1 invested returns £5.50. - Benefits include physical activity, thriving high streets, reduced loneliness and improved mental health, road safety, and less pollution. - A section showing different transport options, bus, bicycle, walking, helicopter, and ca, around a person, with label “people need a choice.” - A pie labeled “roads budget” and a small slice labeled “active travel” illustrate the message that “a fair share goes a long way.”
Speed test screenshot showing poor internet speeds
Four bikes for sale. Boardman CX, trek road, Raleigh Pioneer and ClaudeButler low steps
Cartoon in which person is saying "I'm not creative". Below, various pieces of evidence: The doodle you drew while you were on hold The story you told that made us all laugh The cookies you baked The dull task you turned into a game (pic - throwing things into a donate box) other mis evidence kept in this file ('Your creativity' written on file) Awarded - the official stamp of creativity (picture of stamp saying 'I am creative', with a tick)
Black and white cartoon drawing of a woman riding a bicycle. Showing how cycling is multitasking: mental health, drying hair, taking the dog out, showing off your bike, going in an adventure, exercise, transport, shopping, seeing friends, childcare, entertainment
Man stands next to orange bike in Nyhavn, Copenhagen. Bikes’s name is Aurelia
Man playing guitar with spotlight shining
Cartoon showing the offices of the Church Times with all sorts of journalistic activities taking place
Bicycle parked next to a Polling Station sign. In the background are lots of cars
Cartoon showing six numbered doors, with windows next to each. Six people are visible, saying the following things: “I can’t be bothered to vote” “My vote doesn’t count in any case” “I don’t see the point in voting to be honest” “What difference would my vote make?” “My vote wouldn’t change anything anyway” (With ‘Vote extremist party’ poster in the window) “I’ll be voting”
Text with toggle sliders. Heading ‘toggle this’. On / off; Yes / no; Maybe / maybe not
20 little pictures of creative activities: Draw Sculpt Play Make Film Sew Snap Brew Dance Grow Arrange Write Act Recite Bake Design Knit Paint Speak Animate Caption: create things
Black and white cartoon with title ‘Things that help me’ Subtitle: Some of which might help you Then 12 little pictures: Human interaction Being outdoors Not scrolling Making something Accepting “good enough” (Things don’t have to be perfect) Campaigning in some way Being kind to myself Thankfulness (List of good things from today) Doing something practical (Even if it’s just the washing) Laughter / comedy Reading Writing things in a notebook
Black and white cartoon with title ‘Things that help me’ Subtitle: Some of which might help you Then 12 little pictures: Human interaction Being outdoors Not scrolling Making something Accepting “good enough” (Things don’t have to be perfect) Campaigning in some way Being kind to myself Thankfulness (List of good things from today) Doing something practical (Even if it’s just the washing) Laughter / comedy Reading Writing things in a notebook
Man sitting at table reading book
Chart with ‘not in the room’ and ‘in the room’ at the top, a giraffe and elephant at the side. There’s a X in the ‘elephant in the room’ box. Underneath ‘X= thing that needs to be addressed’
Black and white drawing titled ‘The enemy - how they travel’. Picture of small boat, which is crossed out. Picture of private jet - not crossed out.
Hand drawn graph, with title ‘on a day like today’. Vertical axis is ‘level of achievement’, ranging from zero to high. Horizontal axis is ‘time’. There’s two lines in the graph. One: a very low ‘target’ line, horizontal, just above zero. And 2, an ‘actual’ line that wavers just above or below the ‘target’ one. At the bottom, text: ‘And that’s ok’
Instructions to do with getting Procreate brushes back
Misty woodland scene with shadows of trees
Twenty little black and white cycling line drawings, as follows: It’ll be worth it / great view from the top (person cycling up a hill). Bike shed - caption 'Room for another one?' This machine fights climate change (bicycle). 'Slow and steady wins the race'. Picture of person on upright bike. Bike helmet with 'A safe route would be even better' written on it. People cycling helps drivers, showing how cycling removes one car from the queue in front of you. Cargo bike (yes you can). Picture of cargo bike carrying washing machine. Ding dong. Bike bell. (Cyclists: Pass pedestrians with care). Cycling helps the NHS, written inside a heart. There’s a bike for almost everyone, showing an adapted cycle. Give us space - thank you. Diagram showing safe passing distance. VIP transport (Very Important Pet). Pet in bike basket. Picture of person on bike with caption 'Pays the same taxes you do'. Folding bike picture, showing how they open up possibilities. Car boot, under your desk, on a train. Take care please. Picture showing family on bikes ('could be your family') with car behind. This week’s shopping, arrows pointing at shopping on bike. E-bikes aren’t cheating. Picture of bike going up hill. 'Largely fuelled by cake', written on a piece of cake with bicycle topper. Where there’s a road let's make a safe bike route too. Shows bike route next to road. 'Have fun out there'. Two cyclists and a sign saying 'adventure', pointing in the direction they are going.
Two figures holding banner saying ‘appy ew ear’, the h, n and y from the beginning of each word having fallen to the floor.
Cartoon picture of a bed with a fitted sheet partly stretched over it. Caption is 'It is specifically designed to very nearly fit but not quite'. Additional picture of someone 'wrestling with the dreaded fourth corner'.
Picture showing five copies of a book, Household Problems: Domestic Incompetence in Diagrams, by Dave Walker.
Cartoon picture showing 12 Christmas- themed cyclists in a variety of different bikes. Some with Christmas hats, trees, or presents.
Red glass containing beer, can of Brooklyn Special Effects
Ten strategies for finding the item at isn’t in the place you 100% definitely left it - Recheck the place you 100% definitely left it - and again - down the back of the sofa - question whoever ‘tidied it up’ - yesterday’s coat? - ‘misc’ pile? - a different ‘misc’ pile - look in the bin - stolen by shifty individual - alien abduction
Book with title Household Problems - Domestic Incompetence in Diagrams. By Dave Walker. Colours are purple and teal. Black and white pictures - someone sweeping stuff under a rug, a printer with a sad face, some trays that don’t stack, a spilled drink, and someone tripping over something.
Cartoon pic of cyclist moving at speed
Graphic showing items available in the Dave Walker Shop. There’s a Christmas t-shirt and jumper with Santa on, a children’s t-shirt with a cycling heart design, and a bicycle mug saying ‘this machine fights climate change’.
Man on bike collects a coffee from a tray held by member of Cafe staff
printer saying ' sorry mate - can't be bothered'
Graphic saying 'New at dvaewalkershop.com'. There's a picture of a Christmas t-shirt and jumper, a t-shirt for children, and a mug. All of the products have cycling cartoons on them, such as Santa riding a bike, or bicycle design with text 'this machine fights climate change'.
Drawing, with text 'I use occasional tables all of the time'. Picture of three black and white hand-drawn tables.
Black and white cartoons showing the different stages of the growth of a laundry pile. By the end it is very big.
Various models wearing jumpers and t-shirts featuring a cycling Santa design
Black and white drawing with title 'What your leaning fence says about you'. Fence depicted, with different levels of lean: Slight lean. Caption: Of course everything's fine - why wouldn't it be? Medium lean. Caption: Just about holding things together Extreme lean. Caption: Oh no
Picture of iPad on table on which is written ‘drawing a diagram’. There’s a labelled cup of coffee. Though the window a group of people is vaguely visible, with text saying ‘foraging group’. There’s also an annotated bicycle.
Pictures of Southend with hand-written labels 1. Pier with shelter in foreground 2. Container ship with man doing boat things in foreground 3. Cafe view 4. Seafront view
Picture of cafe with notebook and mug. Text says ‘hoping to be back with diagrams before too long’.
Four pictures - Hedgerow with sloes - feather - scene with distant skyscrapers - man
Scenes: podium on stage, man in front of camera, two men with a book, man with bicycle in background
English text from a translation app: ‘i have an unusual request - I need to take the picture out of this frame as the frame is too big to take on the plane tomorrow. but i need a screwdriver to undo it. do you have any idea how I could find one?’ Then same in Chinese
Screenshot showing keyboard on an iPad.
Group of people on bikes
Man standing in front of bicycle picture and TEDx Chengdu sign
Man standing in front of big screen; on which there’s a cartoon of a house and a cafe. Sign says TEDx Chengdu
Book ‘The Cycling Cartoonist’ (Chinese edition), with window with extensive view behind
Man wearing cycle helmet stands in front of impressive cycling bridge
View from plane window
Black and white cartoon. A man with 7 £ signs above his head says to a group of people each with one £ sign about their head ‘we need economic growth’. In the next frame that same man has 16 £ signs above his head, the group still only have one each. Then text: ‘Or, an alternative idea’. The same picture is repeated, with the man with 6 £ signs above his head looking at the people with one each. But this time the next frame shows the man with 2 £ signs, and each person with 2 £ signs. A label says ‘a fairer distribution of wealth’.
Black and white cartoon, title ‘The new even-thinner mobile phone’. Picture of a very thin phone, side on. Labels say ‘so thin’; ‘wow’; ‘etc’. Underneath, the following text: ‘[Oh be quiet. My phone being too thick isn’t in my top 100000 problems, and if I wanted a thinner phone I’d… I don’t know… make one out of a sheet of paper]’
Webpage listing Natural Disasters, Winter Sports, Golf
Pictures 1 blackberries 2 field, feet in foreground 3 man 4 field with hedgerow and distant corn fields
Diagram titled 'Possible causes of your problems'. On the left hand side, subtitled 'Yes': Funding removed from local councils, growing gap between rich and poor, multinational companies not paying their taxes, lack of new affordable housing, government not investing sufficiently in schools and healthcare. On the right hand side, subtitled 'No': Picture of small boat, with arrow; 'People fleeing horrific situations that you and I can't imagine'.