The above drawing was drawn for me by Steve Beckett when he was taking part in Sleep Easy, a charity where you sleep outside in the freezing cold for one night to raise money for people who have to do it every night!
The reason Steve drew Brassneck is because that is one of the characters he is drawing in the 2013 Dandy annual! And he does a splendid job of it too, heres a sneak preview:
If you haven't yet got the 2013 Dandy annual (and if so - why not?), don't worry - because there is still heaps of time to grab a copy! You can get them from D.C. Thomson's website, Amazon, and other bookstores online and nationwide! It costs just £7.99, and cheaper if you shop around!
If you'd like to find out more about Steve, I wrote a short biography covering his career here:
http://www.wackycomics.com/2012/04/spotlight-on-artist-steve-beckett.html
This weeks Dandy, #3531, has 51 free gifts, if you count every single sticker as a free gift. The other gift is a mystery, I got a water pistol (Hurrah!), was that the mystery free gift, or are there others?
Harry Hill's story this week is all about apples, cramming as many apple jokes as you can into one story! How many did you count (we spotted 6)! Amazing artwork by Nigel Parkinson!
After Bone-o was launched last week, a lot of people are wondering who drew it. Well, this weeks story was signed, revealing that it is drawn by:
I was really looking forewards to this weeks Arena of Awesome story, after all, it had so much advertising. But, after all that, it was a let down! In my opinion. So, I decided to spoil it for you and show you part of the last box! Well, here it is!
And for this week only, 3 New 'shorts' were inside! Springwatch and Mad March hare by Andy Fanton, and The Eggheads by Nigel Auchterlounie!
