Tuesday 14 November 2017

Magritte, Jaws & Dirty Dancing - comics by kids


As you know, if you've read any of these blogs before, I love a good homage. Partly it relieves the pressure of trying to think up new design ideas, but also it gives me a chance to give the kids comics a little added value. And what could be better value than giving them a Rene Magritte reference to take away. These comics from a pair of Saturday classes in Maesteg in the Welsh Valleys. The second cover is something I don't do often enough, taking a kid's design and running with it. Again, anything to avoid coming up with new design ideas.


Woodside School in Tottenham saw me working with year 7s and 8s, with all that entails. So we get another homage, an excuse to do a Trump, and a portrait of one of the kids in the class. Which, in my experience, always ends up as disappointing. And what are those colours? Sorry, the muse seems to have escaped me on that cover.



Now this is more like it. Two of the best titles of the week, and an excuse for another homage. Again, I doubt the kid who dreamed up that title had Dirty Dancing in mind, but what the hey, it's Jennifer Grey. And a Ghostbusters related toilet. Comedy gold from the kids of Easter Carmuirs Primary in Falkirk.


Sacred Heart Primary in Penicuik was a treat, with one of the classes having horror as their actual theme, so I knew I was doing an EC horror pastiche cover from the start. Such a shame it wasn't as good as the Spongebob Fart Pants cover the other group called for.



The celebrities these 8 groups suggested to appear in my demonstration strip were Donald Trump (twice), Ariana Grande (twice), Lionel Messi, David Attenborough, Nicki Minaj, and Stormzy.


Kev F Sutherland, as well as writing and drawing for The Beano, Marvel, Doctor Who et al, runs Comic Art Masterclasses in schools, libraries and art centres - email for details, and follow him on Facebook and Twitter. View the promo video here

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