Wednesday, 19 July 2023

Pigs Pigs Pigs - more comics by Peppa-fixated kids

Why Peppa Pig features so often on the front cover of comics by kids in my ComicArt Masterclasses, I do not know. But I'm pretty sure that that pig has appeared on more covers than any other individual I can think of. Yes, I think it's even more than Donald Trump - and he was once on so many covers I had enough to make them into a calendar

It seems to be the case that, when I'm getting the kids to come up with a name for the group comic, if they see Peppa Pig on the name of one of the recent comics by other classes that I show them, it gets into their heads and they can't think of anything funnier. Whatever, here are the products of three great days of comic classes with lots of pigs thrown in. And Ronnie Corbett.

Never mind the first mention of Peppa Pig this month, how on earth did Primary School kids get Ronnie Corbett's sitcom Sorry, from 1981, into their heads? The answer is, they didn't. A girl came up with that phrase totally from her imagination, and when it won the knockout selection, it was I who made the Corbett connection while drawing the cover.

My favourite of the Peppa covers this week was Peppa Meets Roadmen. Of course the pupils of Henley In Arden school were thinking of different road men - you can see a hoodie-wearing, cap-wearing, drug dealing street corner ambassador in the background, which is what they had in mind. But I had fun rattling off a quick drawing of road workers, and fun colouring it in my hotel room that night. This week's round trip, by the way, has me waking up at 5.30 am, driving to Henley In Arden, then two and a half hours afterwards driving to Kings Lynn, then after that day driving for another two and a half hours to Enfield. And that's a well-planned tour!


Howard Juniors in Kings Lynn is a school that's had me back for a few years now, caricaturing at their end of term event, then doing a class afterwards. Today I excelled myself by squeezing two classes into the remains of the day, as well as getting the kids comics produced and in their hands by hometime. And the school gave me the cheque on the day. That's end of term working as it should!

The celebrities these 6 groups chose to star in my demonstration strip were Taylor Swift, Elon Musk, Lazer Beam (a Youtuber, m'lud), Eminem, Dwayne The Rock Johnson, and Johnny Depp.

My Books and where to get them:

Findlay Macbeth - Amazon  - Etsy 
Prince Of Denmark Street - Amazon - Etsy 
Midsummer Nights Dream Team  - Amazon Etsy 
Shakespeare Omnibus Collection (all 3 books) - Amazon

Tales From The Bible - Amazon -  Etsy 
The Book Of Esther (new pocketbook sized) - Lulu £8.50 - Amazon £9.96
Captain Clevedon - Amazon
Tales Of Nambygate - Amazon

Eurovision Colouring Vol 1 Amazon -  Lulu  - Etsy 
Eurovision Colouring Vol 2 - Amazon  - Lulu  - Etsy 
Eurovision Colouring Best Of British - Amazon

Doctor Who Colouring - Amazon - Lulu  - Etsy 
Punk Colouring - Amazon  - Lulu  - Etsy 
60s Pop Star Colouring - Amazon  - Lulu  - Etsy 
70s Pop Star Colouring - Amazon  - Lulu  - Etsy 
80s Pop Star Colouring Amazon
80s Superstars - Amazon
90s Pop Star Colouring Lulu - Etsy
2020s Pop Star Colouring Amazon
Bowie Colouring - Amazon
Scottish Pop Star Colouring - Amazon
Rom Com Colouring - Amazon
Royalty Colouring - Lulu
Christmas Movies Colouring - Amazon

NB: Etsy editions are signed and posted by me, and generally cheaper  

My Books and where to get them:

Findlay Macbeth - Amazon  - Etsy 
Prince Of Denmark Street - Amazon - Etsy 
Midsummer Nights Dream Team  - Amazon Etsy 
Shakespeare Omnibus Collection (all 3 books) - Amazon
Tales From The Bible - Amazon -  Etsy 
The Book Of Esther (new pocketbook sized) - Lulu £8.50 - Amazon £9.96

Eurovision Colouring Vol 1 Amazon -  Lulu  - Etsy 
Eurovision Colouring Vol 2 - Amazon  - Lulu  - Etsy 
Eurovision Colouring Best Of British - Amazon

Doctor Who Colouring - Amazon - Lulu  - Etsy 
Punk Colouring - Amazon  - Lulu  - Etsy 
60s Pop Star Colouring - Amazon  - Lulu  - Etsy 
70s Pop Star Colouring - Amazon  - Lulu  - Etsy 
80s Pop Star Colouring Amazon
80s Superstars - Amazon
90s Pop Star Colouring Lulu - Etsy
2020s Pop Star Colouring Amazon
Bowie Colouring - Amazon
Scottish Pop Star Colouring - Amazon
Rom Com Colouring - Amazon
Royalty Colouring - Lulu
Christmas Movies Colouring - Amazon

NB: Etsy editions are signed and posted by me, and generally cheaper  




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