- 80 days around the world
(1988 AD)
It was National Willy Fog day on 28th April. For those who don’t know what that is- in 1988, as the final episode of the 80 Days around the World cartoon series was aired children and parents across Britain joined in with a sing-a-long to the theme song of the show.
It was the first real interactive event started by a childrens television show- at the time the “studio” was affectionately called the broom cupboard because that really is what it was. Andy Crane came up with the idea, agreeing to send anyone who wanted them the lyrics to the show’s theme and the demand at the time was incredible.
Now, 21 years later, there are still students across the country who celebrate this occasion- be it with a sing-a-long or other creative endeavors. This year I thought it’d be nice to get a couple of webcomic people involved and create some holiday snaps of our characters in various places around the world. This is an event that I’d really like to get some people involved in next year as it is really fun and its always great to see what people come up with.
This year however it wasn’t supposed to be- but you can see the Fera NWF day pictures up in our main archive. There’s always next year.
I mentioned last time that I was going to a comic fair in Newcastle with my fiancee. It wasn’t exactly great. True there were a couple of interesting prints on sale but not much else. There were perhaps 4 tables and other than the tiny one that a local comic book shop had, most appeared to be personal collections and hardly in great condition.
In other news I recently had a job interview with a local web games developper, sadly despite advertising for a software engineer with a background in C/C++ they actually wanted an SEO/Social Media type… I was a little disappointed.
Now for the review this week I’ve chosen a comic that I’ve been following for a while, I’m not sure how well known it is and its title doesn’t really give anything away.
It’s….
Sequential Art by Philip M. Jackson
One of those comics that can make you smile 9 times out of 10. The artwork is cute at times and the story arcs are always fun.
It has everything you need from a cast- a comic obsessed pervy Penguin, a gamer/artist, a photographer cat girl… and a psychotic, innocent, dumb-yet-genius squirrel and strange shadow creatures with evil in mind. With the cast that how can it not be fun?
Prepare for anything from silly practical jokes, parodies, Penguins saving the world Bond-style and Mad Science- it has all of these by the bucket load.
At first glance you may think “Hold on- is this comic not trying to appeal to too wide of an audience?” but despite having so many contrasting storylines it really does work. The entire strip is often witty and after reading a few pages you can’t help but care about this close-knit group of characters.
So seriously go take a look- if you like a story that has enough gags to make you smile every page or two then you’ll love this strip.
- T III (angelKat Entertainment)
