...And Will You Tell All Your Friends

Ever wondered what the cartoon characters you grew up with looked like inside… Me niether, until now. Michael Paulus is the genius behind the skeletal Systems Art that i keep seeing crop up with a random photo here and there on tumblr. Acording to him, he wanted to “take a select few of these popular characters and render their skeletal systems as [he] imagined they might look if one truly had eye sockets half the size of its head, or fingerless hands, or feet comprising 60% of it’s body mass.”

From Hello Kitty to Pikachu to Fred and Barney from The Flinstones theres sure to be a picture you’ll like. Check them all out here: http://michaelpaulus.com/section/59023_CHARACTER_STUDY.html

Says Steve : “Most people don’t realise that I was a stand-up comedian before I met Ricky Gervais and his coat-tails. Life can be lonely as a TV writer so this tour is a great opportunity for me to get out there and meet my fans. And make at least one of them my wife.”

This autumn, Stephen is embarking on his first ever stand up comedy tour entitled ‘Hello Ladies’. Tickets went on sale in March and are selling out quick so grabs yours sooner than later at: http://www.ents24.com/web/artist/28586/Stephen_Merchant.html

Tour dates are as follows.

Swindon Wyvern Theatre, Tuesday 6th Sep
Croydon Fairfield Halls, Wednesday 7th Sep
Dorking Halls, Thursday 8th Sep
Dartford Orchard Theatre, Friday 9th Sep
Aylesbury Waterside Theatre, Saturday 10th Sep
Hastings White Rock Theatre, Monday 12th Sep
Reading Hexagon, Tuesday 13th Sep
Southend Cliffs Pavilion, Wednesday 14th Sep
Southend Cliffs Pavilion, Thursday 15th Sep
St Albans Alban Arena, Friday 16th Sep
Margate Winter Gardens, Tuesday 20th Sep
Watford Colosseum, Wednesday 21st Sep
Sheffield City Hall, Friday 23rd Sep
Sheffield City Hall, Saturday 24th Sep
Milton Keynes Theatre, Sunday 25th Sep
Oxford New Theatre, Wednesday 28th Sep
Oxford New Theatre, Thursday 29th Sep
Liverpool Empire, Tuesday 4th Oct
Glasgow SECC & Clyde Auditorium, Friday 7th Oct
Newcastle City Hall, Tuesday 11th Oct
Edinburgh Playhouse, Thursday 13th Oct
Birmingham Symphony Hall, Monday 17th Oct
Birmingham Symphony Hall, Tuesday 18th Oct
Bristol Colston Hall, Thursday 20th Oct
Bristol Colston Hall, Friday 21st Oct
Manchester Apollo, Thursday 27th Oct
Manchester Apollo, Friday 28th Oct
Plymouth Pavilions, Thursday 3rd Nov
Wolverhampton Civic Halls, Saturday 5th Nov
Nottingham Royal Centre, Monday 7th Nov
Coventry Warwick Arts Centre, Tuesday 8th Nov
Cardiff St David’s Hall, Friday 11th Nov
Leicester De Montfort Hall, Monday 14th Nov
Ipswich Regent, Thursday 17th Nov
Brighton Centre, Saturday 19th Nov
Bournemouth International Centre, Friday 25th Nov
Hammersmith Apollo , London, Monday 28th Nov
Hammersmith Apollo, London, Tuesday 29th Nov
Hammersmith Apollo, London, Wednesday 30th Nov
Hammersmith Apollo, London, Thursday 1st Dec