This year my visits to schools took me to Switzerland twice and to all points of the British Isles. Yes even the Isle Of Wight. As always in my Comic Art Masterclasses I ask the kids to come up with a celebrity to draw in my demonstration strip. I get four suggestions from the room, then do a quick knockout between them so we end up with what should be the room’s favourite. It seems to keep them focussed on the strip I then draw, and gives me the opportunity for a bit of improv around the character, which is always fun. The celebrities they choose get mentioned somewhere on each cover.
So who did they choose in 2018? Here are the results.
ONCERS - only chosen the one time
Anthony Joshua
Ariana Grande
Barry Scott (Cillit Bang)
Bear Grylls
Boris Johnson
Bruce Willis
Craig Revel Horwood
Dan TDM
Daniel Radcliffe
David Bowie
Eddie Redmayne
Gigi Hadid (a model)
Harry Styles
Hugh Jackman
Jake Paul (a Youtuber)
Jeff Kinney (Diary Of A Wimpy Kid)
JK Rowling
John Cena
John Travolta
Jon Bon Jovi
Justin Bieber
Mary Berry
Olly Murrs
Pablo Escobar
Paul Walker (Fast & Furious)
Prince Harry
Roald Dahl
Robbie Williams
Robert Downey Jr
Selena Gomez
Stephen Hawking
Stan Lee
Stan Lee
Taylor Swift
The Pope
Theresa May
Tom Holland
Tom Jones
Usain Bolt
Vladimir Putin
Will Ferrell
…of which my favourite stand-out original suggestions have to be…
Angus Young of ACDC
Gilbert O’Sullivan
Geoff Nutkins (aviation artist)
William The Conqueror
Sir Isaac Newton
Bob Ross
Dracula
CHOSEN TWICE:
Ali A
Chris Pratt
Elvis Presley
Gordon Ramsay
Harry Hill
Johnny Depp
Kanye West
Kevin Hart
Lionel Messi
7th PLACE - chosen 3 times each
Ant McPartlin (2017 once)
Barack Obama (2017 6th/5, 2016 5th/6, 2015 8th/4)
Beyonce (2017 twice, 2016 once)
Cristiano Ronaldo (2017 3rd/8, 2016 11th/3, 2015 4th/8)
Tom Cruise (2017 once, 2016 once)
6th PLACE - chosen 4 times each
David Attenborough (2017 once)
David Beckham (2017 not chosen, 2016 7th/5)
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson (2017 twice)
5th PLACE - chosen 5 times each
David Walliams (2017 5th/6, 2016 not chosen, 2015 7th/5)
The Queen (2017 5th/6, 2016 5th/6, 2015 5th/7)
4th PLACE - chosen 6 times
Declan Donnelly (2017 once)
THIRD PLACE - chosen 8 times each
Kim Kardashian (2017 4th/7, 2016 4th/7, 2015 3rd/10)
Kim Jong Un (2017 not chosen, 2016 once)
Michael Jackson (2017 7th /4, 2016 11th/3, 2015 2nd/12)
SECOND PLACE - chosen 16 times
Simon Cowell
(2017 2nd/11; 2016 2nd/20; 2015, 14 & 13 1st Place)
And the WINNER, for the third year running:
Donald Trump - chosen 30 times
(2017 42 times, 2016 25 times, 2015 twice, before that he’d never been mentioned)
Thanks for joining in with this futile and not-even-quasi-scientific study. We look forward to reporting back on more such trivia in 2019.
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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