Over the years, my daily cartoon ritual has evolved into a collection of thousands and thousands of sandwich bag drawings, a global social media following, a coffee table book, and even two art gallery exhibitions.

During 2023, I've continued my tradition of drawing 3 unique cartoons per day for my each of 3 daughters.

These bags are absolutely and positively genuine lunch bags that my kids take to school! All my posts are just the ‘before’ pics. While some end up being hung up on their classroom walls, the vast majority end up coming home crumbled and very much worse for wear after holding a sandwich in them for a few hours. Most end up being tossed into the recycling!

Coming up with 3 bags each day is definitely a huge challenge! I try to tailor each bag to my kids’ interests and what they might be learning at school that week. I draw inspiration from what is happening around the world and what tickles my fancy on the day. My aim is just to find a way to bring out the dad joke that’s hidden in practically any situation. With everything going on in the world right now, I think it’s more important than ever to smile.

I can proudly say that I have never “skipped a day” over the last 11 years. The only time my kids haven’t taken drawings is when they are off sick from school (which is pretty rare) or on the odd occasion when one of them might want to buy lunch from the school canteen. Even then, I’ll still have to prepare at least one bag that day, so it's pretty relentless….but also lots of fun. I usually use the weekends and school holidays to build up a buffer of bags so that I don’t have to be under any pressure to come up with 3 new bags each night.

You can follow my sandwich bag chronicles on Instagram, and Facebook, or check out my previous posts on Bored Panda.