Want to do something right? In a whole world of wrong? Then do this. 👍

Out this Sunday NYTKIDS the glorious Halloween edition. How to know if your house is haunted. 👻👻👻 Thanks to @dbishopme - Design Director at the New York Times for Kids. So much fun using the hauntingly limited colour palette. 😈😈😈

Ravencave by Marcus Sedgwick has been nominated for the 2024 Carnegie Medal. Marcus was one of this generation’s most exceptional writers and we are grateful for this recognition of his immense and enduring literary talent.

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Rothko versus The Robots: How I learned how to stop worrying about AI killing our creativity: creativeboom.com/features/how-i… Jon Cockley of Handsome Frank shares his thoughts! Illustration by Paul Blow 👀

‘You will get it wrong… but you can’t make it worse’ for Cariad Lloyd in the Saturday Guardian and ‘New Modern Homes’ The Chesterfields illustrations have been shortlisted for the V&A Illustration Awards 2024.

Secrets from the Grave - for The Coloradan. Commissioned by Pentagram Design Cathal O'Neill delcho

'BUT HE DIDN’T HIT YOU, DID HE?’ Coercive and controlling behaviour has been a crime since 2005. So why do convictions remain so low? Amelia Gentleman reports. Thanks to AD Maggie Murphy at the Saturday Guardian #paulblow #coercivecontrol #guardian

Super pleased to have these three images selected by Communication Arts for their 2024 Illustration Annual. Thanks to the jury and the AD's who commissioned the work: Nick Goldsmith (Bank of Dreams and Nightmares), Cosmo Jameson (National Archive) and Jo Cochrane (Observer).

Work for Alma publishers - another Stefan Zweig book ‘Fear’ again in true Duotone. A thrill to work with such great material and a brilliant AD Ilse Font.

CA Winner: Paul Blow. A key illustration for the National Archive exhibition exploring the spirit of hope and resilience during times of captivity, revealing stories of the prisoners of war and civilian internees during the Second World War. ow.ly/JSQA50RqLTw

How to write the perfect CV…. if you’re a fish. Honestly, the article makes much more sense.

Art for The New York Times book review. She Moved Her Family to a Black Utopia. Then Things Got Weird. In Nicola Yoon’s first novel for adults, “One of Our Kind,” a woman finds that a lush California suburb is not what it seems. Thanks to AD Alvaro Dominguez

Loved doing this cover for Tess James-Mackey second spine-chilling book. My darling daughter couldn’t wait to get her hands on it!

So in love with the cover for You Wouldn't Catch Me Dead, and how cool is the original artwork by Paul Blow !? 😱

Illo for Fortune 500 A crisis is hitting your local drugstore. Why the slow demise of a 130-year-old family-owned pharmacy chain spells disaster for consumers. Thanks to AD Christine Bower-Wright and my agent Frank Ibrahim

Did you see my illo in print in the NYTKIDS on Sunday? No? Probably doom scrolling on your phone no doubt. 🙄😅 The question they ask in this issue is “Do phones free you up or tie you down?” I think we know the answer, but what do the kids think? Thanks to AD Mia Meredith

Lawyers are often seen as the most tedious of professionals. And the most derided. Yet that damning reputation is undeserved: lawyers are in fact role models. ⁠ For Bartleby at the Economist

Dreaming of a not too distant future where Mrs B and I can roll down the west coast in our RV and enjoy real freedom. Valentines @zanna_hubbard ❤️❤️❤️ Art for The Wall Street Journal Thanks as always to AD @ithinkinpurple Happy Friday ✨✨✨

Camino de Santiago for Noble Rot Magazine