Novice Penman Pillows

"Dear Grandma, thank you so much for my birthday gift! My very first fountain pen!"

'My penmanship has really improved since I got a laser printer.'

"Elementary, my dear Watson- the cartoonist did it."

'Sorry, but we're not compatible, Jim. You keep a diary, and I blog on the Internet.'

Accountant Manqué

'I ink, therefore I am....', IF DESCARTES HAD BEEN A CARTOONIST

'Two men having a sword fight with large pen and pencil.'

Vocation,vocation,vocation.

'I'm at that awkward age when I can't read my own handwriting. Do they teach penmanship in college?'

'I still write all my novels longhand.'

'Ignore that, my pen leaked...'

'I've always admired Gary's penmanship.'

Anyway I thought I'd have a go at this writing lark on the first publisher I showed my scribbles gave me a five book deal.

Quill

"Isn't this outdated because there are script fonts now?"

'Well, YOU call it bad penmanship, I call it encryption.'

"Actually write thank-you notes to my best customers with a pen and paper? But I wouldn't have spell check!"

Napkin Writer

Ancient man

'No, no, no...that's far too legible. Shakier. Much shakier!'

"You're writing in the masculine again."

Dip Pen Bouquet

'Fountain pen'

Victim of your own writings.

A Cartoonist's Pen

Veterans of Cursive Writing

T.Morell, S.T.P-S.S.A.

'Honestly, do you you really think anyone will be interested in what you write every day, Blog?'

John Hancock practices his signature

"We're practicing our bad penmanship. In case we want to become doctors some day."

It's very important to learn how to write in script - how else will we sign for credit card purchases?

'I'm not filling this prescription because it's obviously forged. The doctor's writing is legible.'

'I've got my handwriting back from the graphologist - she says I'm shoddy, untidy, and cack-handed - it's uncanny!'