2024’s Most Popular Celebrity With Schoolkids is...
When I deliver my Comic Art Masterclasses in schools, as I have been doing with varying degrees of frequency for twenty years now, I do a demonstration strip as part of the workshop. I get the kids to suggest the names of four celebrities, the most famous people they can think of, and from those four names we choose the one that I’ll then draw in the strip. My notion has always been that it keeps them engaged and gives me the chance to ad lib and be sidesplittingly hilarious. That’s the idea.
Come the end of the year I’ve taken to totting up who they’ve suggested, and how often. In previous years their most popular suggestions have been:
2023 & 2022 - Dwayne The Rock Johnson (chosen 17 and 15 times)
2021 - Ariana Grande (13 times)
2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 - Donald Trump (chosen 8, 16, 30, 42, and 25 times)
2015, 2014, 2013 - Simon Cowell (chosen 31, 27, and 25 times)
So who did they choose in 2024? Well, this year I did 89 days of school visits, and the various groups made 177 comics. Their celebrity choices were, in reverse (and alphabetical) order..
ONCERS - only chosen the one time
Adele
Andrew Garfield
Ant McPartlin
Bailey Spinn (a Youtuber)
Barack Obama
Benson Boone
Bob Ross
Britney Spears
Claudia Winkleman
Daniel Radcliffe
Declan Donnelly
Elon Musk
Elvis Presley
Emma Watson
Galileo (yes, that Galileo)
Gordon Ramsay
Harry Styles
Jackie Chan
James Bond
Jamie Smart
Jenna Ortega
Jesus
John Travolta
John Wayne
Johnny Depp
Jojo Siwa (a singer)
Jude Bellingham
Jun (a K Pop star)
Justin Bieber
Kai Cenat (a Youtuber)
Keanu Reeves
Kendrick Lamar
LeBron James
Lionel Messi
Merlin (yes, the magician)
Nigel Parkinson (yes, from the Beano)
Osama Bin Laden
Paul McCartney
Rick Astley
Rod Stewart
Santa Claus
Simon Cowell
Terry Crews
Tom Cruise
Wayne Rooney
Will Shakespeare
Zendaya
MY FAVOURITE ONE TIME CHOICES:
John Bonham out of Led Zeppelin
Jimmy Hill
Donna (one of the kids mums)
“Edward, but I don’t know his surname”
CHOSEN TWICE
Ariana Grande
Billie Eilish
David Bowie
Eminem
George Washington
Jeremy Clarkson
Leonardo DiCaprio
The Weeknd
Usain Bolt
CHOSEN THRICE
Adam Sandler
Boris Johnson
Jeff Bezos
John Cena
King Charles
Nicki Minaj
SIXTH PLACE - chosen 4 times
Albert Einstein
Donald Trump
FIFTH PLACE - chosen 5 times
David Attenborough
Tom Holland
FOURTH PLACE - chosen 6 times
Drake
Ryan Reynolds
THIRD PLACE - chosen 7 times
Cristiano Ronaldo
Mr Beast
SECOND PLACE - chosen 10 times
Dwayne The Rock Johnson
JOINT FIRST PLACE - both chosen 18 times
Michael Jackson
Taylor Swift
Thanks to anyone who's read these blogs of mine this year, I hope they give you some insight into the nonsense kids come up with, and the even greater nonsense I try teaching them. If anyone would like to book me to come and teach their kids, please get in touch. Just avoid World Book Day in March...and, wait a minute, this is the exact same last paragraph as last year. Why, it's as if I've realised no one ever reads these!
Kev F Dec 24
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Thanks for your blogs this year, Kev! I've really enjoyed the insight into your work and everything that goes on behind the scenes. You do a great job with everything, and it's obvious you work very hard. Have a fun and restful Christmas.
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