Getting Nelson Signed

(Above: An A5 sketch of Nel for me by Adam Cadwell - In my letter to him I drew a portrait of me, and he copied it onto the shirt!)

For those of you who have purchased Nelson, I'm sure you'd all agree it is an excellent read! However, say I lived in New Zealand, and I wanted to get my book signed, how would I do it?

I could think of two options, which were:

Option 1: Wait until I come to the U.K. on holiday, and try and meet up with all 54 creators!

Option 2: Send the book around, and get each creator to send it back or on to the next one.

Now both of those ideas seemed impossible or expensive! I mean, if I came to the U.K for 3 weeks, that 21 days, and that would mean I'd have to find several artists a day! And besides, I'd need other time to catch up with family and friends again! And posting it would prove massivley expensive!

Fortunatly - both Rian Hughes and Hunt Emerson came up with a suggestion - which was to send a sticker to each cartoonist and stick it in the front of the book!

My Nelson book is now signed by 5 brillaint people - Hunt Emerson, Kristyna Baczynski, Adam Cadwell, Suzy Varty and Sean Longcroft! And there's a few more still in the post! (When I do come to the U.K I do hope to meet up with a few of them if possible!)

Hunt Emerson - Spritely Records

We all know who Hunt Emerson is don't we - the wonderful cartoonist of the Ratz in the Beano, along with a dozen or so books, he appeared in NELSON and a whole load more! But did you know that, in his spare time, he is also a musician?

Yes, 'tis true, and most recently he created a song entitled 'I'm walking backwards too christmas', based upon a Goons song of a similar name, probably! (Although personally, I prefer the above version.) To hear the song, and see Hunt's excellent video, click play on the video above!

To find out more and to buy the records, visit the Spritely Records website by clicking here - http://www.spritelyrecords.com/ (Did I mention there's a singing pig?)

P.s. - Jealous?

This weeks Beano, #3586

On the cover Dennis the Menace was winning against a team with no goalie. To me, it felt as thought the comic itself had no goalie. There were 5 pages of non-beano related adverts (four were the same adverts as the Dandy, and on the same pages, see previous post.). A not very funny Meebo and Zuky. Other bad things included; The Bash Street kids pull out, Freds Foul Facts (which, according to the cover, is NEW!), Rogers dodge diary and only one page of Retro Beano (A classic and funny story, non-the-less).

Apart from those few things, it was a good issue.

An old Dennis the menace story-line with a modern day twist (sort of), yet more outstanding artwork from the hands of Ken Harrison with Minnie the Minx, and a funny Gnashers Bite (see below image).

Surely that sums up this issue!?

No? Okay, Meebo and Zuky have a new background (which is of the pair stuffing bombs down each others throats, and things like that). Kevin the (pet) pebble made another STAR appearence in the Bash street kids (which was brilliant, except for the old joke in the last box...). The RATZ artwork by Hunt Emerson this week wasn't good, it was incredible! - My favourite box (including title box)was No 6 (with the dark figures against the red background)! Overall then, this is one of the Beano's better issues, despite the adverts. So buy it or I'll make you do something bad. You've heard of Jedward, right? ___________ Beano #3568 - only £1.50, out now!