Cute Pupu, Potatoes, Greggs Sausage Rolls - comics by kids

Another lovely cluster of comics created with kids in my Comic Art Masterclasses, from Finchley to Stockport via Northampton.

The first class I did for Arts Depot in Finchley was in the glory days of lockdown, where I just had to walk through to the back room, shout at my computer screen for a couple of hours, and the job was done. Now it's three hours there, three hours back, and two hours at the chalkface. Sadly I couldn't get them to stretch to a day's worth of classes, just the one. But the consolation was that it was jam-packed full and I was able to sell books to the attendant parents afterwards. Just short of eighty quid's worth in fact, which doesn't hurt.

Kingsthorpe Primary in Northampton was a lovely first time visit, who have been kind enough to confirm a return booking already, which is nice. A couple of excellent comics produced with the years 3 and 4.

Stockport School is one I've returned to a number of times now, thanks to Debra in the library who has been a great supporter of the class. The kids always have the highest standard of work, and a very good sense of humour I find. 

The celebrities these five groups chose to appear in my demonstration strip were Adele, Taylor Swift (three times, I think we may have a new leader when I come to tot up these celebs at the end of the year), and Jeremy Clarkson.

My Books and where to get them:

Richard The Third - Amazon - Etsy - Barnes & Noble - Waterstones

Findlay Macbeth - Amazon  - Etsy 
Prince Of Denmark Street - Amazon - Etsy - Kindle
Midsummer Nights Dream Team  - Amazon - Etsy 

Shakespeare Omnibus Collection (all 3 books) - Paperback

Sweet Smell Of Sockcess - Putting A Show On At The Edinburgh Fringe - Amazon - ebook

Who Notes - Doctor Who Reviews - Amazon - Lulu - ebook

Space Elain - Amazon - Lulu - iBooks - Barnes & Noble 

Tales From The Bible - Amazon -  Etsy - Webtoons

The Book Of Esther - Lulu  - Amazon - Webtoons

Joseph, Ruth & Other Stories - Amazon

Captain Clevedon - Amazon

Tales Of Nambygate - Amazon  

2024's Comics By Kids (NEW), 2023's Comics By Kids, 2022's Comics By Kids

Colouring Books: Hollywood Legends, Punk, Cult TV, Eurovision Vol 1, Eurovision Vol 2, Eurovision Best Of British & Irish, 1960s Pop, 1970s Pop, 1980s Pop,  1990s Pop, 2020s Pop, Bowie, Scottish Pop, Doctors Who, Royalty, Rom Coms 

November Book Sales - live and online

Drawing a flipchart scribble for the first class of the month at Arts Depot Finchley.

After a month as choc full of book sales as October (a record month I think), November started by keeping up that momentum with the last class of Half Term and the last Literary Festival of the year..

Fri Nov 1st: Arts Depot Finchley (one class) - £76.89

8 x Richard The Third

1 x FM

1 x PODS

1 x MNDT

Sat Nov 2nd: Clevedon Literary Festival - £131.40

Having done this event for the last three years (it was my first public outing after lockdown) I've been used to it being in the summer, and doing a Comic Art Masterclass on the same day as exhibiting my books. First time out, in 2021, I took £130 on top of the fee for the class. The next year there was no book fair, but £52 of books sold after one class. Last year a class and a table and I was back up to £145. This summer the event spread itself across two dates. In June I did the class, after which I sold £85 worth of books in the ten minutes afterwards, but there was no book fair. The book fair had moved to this date in November, and I have to say felt very quiet. Standing at a table from 10 to 4 gets quite draining without a constant flow of punters.

The oddest thing was my caricatures. At live events I draw peoples faces, to attract them to my table, and the deal is they get it free with anything they buy, or they can just pay £2 for the caricature, or if they don't want it I'll keep it. At last month's shows you can see I can take quite a lot in takings from caricatures alone. Today in Clevedon was the first event (since I started charging for them in March) that literally no-one paid for their caricature alone. They either bought a book or left the picture. Very strange.

Another significant note: I need to order more stock. Having sold more Shakespeares faster than I thought during Half Term week, I was badly under-stocked, with only a few copies left of my key books. I could have sold more.

8 x Richard The Third

3 x PODS

3 x FM (sold out)

2 x MNDT (sold out)

2 x Bowie colouring book (sold out)

1 x Space Elain

1 x Blank comic book

1 x Nativity

Mon Nov 4: Kingsthorpe School, Northants - £14

2 x Richard The Third 

(bought by teachers. Sadly, because of half term, there hadn't been the chance to pre-sell the books to the kids)

Sat Nov 9: Book event Monmouth - £13.98

Society of Authors event with speakers, talking about ecology, only last two hours, not much of that given over to selling books

2 x Richard The Third

Mon Nov 11: Stockport School - £56

3 x Richard The Third

2 x PODS

2 x MNDT

1 x FM 

Rest of month tbc

My Books and where to get them:

Richard The Third - Amazon - Etsy - Barnes & Noble - Waterstones

Findlay Macbeth - Amazon  - Etsy 
Prince Of Denmark Street - Amazon - Etsy - Kindle
Midsummer Nights Dream Team  - Amazon - Etsy 

Shakespeare Omnibus Collection (all 3 books) - Paperback

Sweet Smell Of Sockcess - Putting A Show On At The Edinburgh Fringe - Amazon - ebook

Who Notes - Doctor Who Reviews - Amazon - Lulu - ebook

Space Elain - Amazon - Lulu - iBooks - Barnes & Noble 

Tales From The Bible - Amazon -  Etsy - Webtoons

The Book Of Esther - Lulu  - Amazon - Webtoons

Joseph, Ruth & Other Stories - Amazon

Captain Clevedon - Amazon

Tales Of Nambygate - Amazon  

2024's Comics By Kids (NEW), 2023's Comics By Kids, 2022's Comics By Kids

Colouring Books: Hollywood Legends, Punk, Cult TV, Eurovision Vol 1, Eurovision Vol 2, Eurovision Best Of British & Irish, 1960s Pop, 1970s Pop, 1980s Pop,  1990s Pop, 2020s Pop, Bowie, Scottish Pop, Doctors Who, Royalty, Rom Coms