A week's worth of comics by kids in my Comic Art Masterclasses in Manchester, Sheffield, Northamptonshire and Macclesfield.
Manchester Grammar is a lovely independent school that's had me in a few times. And what a delight to have a Doctor Who themed title suggested by the kids. When's the last time that happened? I feel like it must be ten years. I'm probably wrong. To add to their general smashing-ness, I asked the kids who their favourite Doctor was (and bear in mind there's still only a small cohort who are Whovians, but there were more than most) and I got a David Tennant, a Tom Baker, and best of all a kid who said: "David Tennant - but the fourteenth, not the tenth."
Maidwell Hall is my second posh school of the batch, and the second school I probably won't be getting a return invite from because, very sadly, this was the school's last week of existence. Having opened in 1936, and spending many years as a Prep School for Uppingham (about as far culturally as you can get from Parkwood in Sheffield, let us say), it's being wound up. Uppingham own the building and are now in possession of a 17th Century mansion with extensive grounds which they'll be able to flog for a quite considerable amount of money, I dare say.
Macc Pow in Macclesfield is a fabulous comic festival that celebrated its 10th anniversary this weekend. I spent Saturday stood behind my table flogging my books, and did very well thankyou. Then on Sunday morning I did a one-off class which went very well as you can see. Above you can also see the flipchart that I like to decorate if I get the chance. In the main montage at the top of the page is a flipchart done at one of the schools in the Isle Of Wight earlier in the month, in case you wondered.
The celebrities these seven groups chose to appear in their demonstration strips, that thing I talk them through as I draw it on the flipchart and which tells them everything they need to know about how to tell a story in comics (that's what I think I'm doing, and who's to tell me otherwise) were: Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Drake, Kurt Cobain, Stephen Hawking, Lionel Messi, and Dwayne The Rock Johnson.
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Richard The Third | Findlay Macbeth | Prince of Denmark Street | Midsummer Night's Dream Team |
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Shakespeare Omnibus | Comic Tales From The Bible | Joseph, Ruth & Other Stories | Space Elain |
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Colouring Books: Doctors Who, 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, Royalty, Rom Coms
