Bumble and Snug and the Angry Pirates: Book 1

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Comic book artist Mark Bradley will be letting us into the world of Bumble and Snug and the Angry Pirates. And you’ll have to forgive the fact that these are a little bit rough, cos I’m just drawing quickly today.

And what happens over time is you build up enough basic shapes in your head that you can create a whole library of different characters… and this is… some of the bugbops that I draw. This one’s kind of like a fizzy, nervous excitement, so it’s sparkly and it’s just a bit fizzy and a bit floaty in my head. And it’s also a bit, there’s a little bit of spikes at the end there because that’s feeling a little bit jittery with the excitement. Join them in this new, full-colour graphic novel, as they go on a thrilling, funny adventure with a VERY shy ghost and learn about the world outside and inside. The best thing about reading comics is the inherent sense of play and imagination you can have with them.Think of a very simple story (you might already have a couple of characters from the earlier activities! Some of it’s images that I want to draw, some of it’s the story itself and sort of squidging them all together and hoping it comes out in a sort of coherent shape.

Bumble and Snug are excited to show off their magic tricks at the Bugbopolis Talent Show together with their new friend, a little ghost. What I’m gonna do is I’m gonna show you how to draw Bumble and Snug and show you how I draw a bugbop, and then show you maybe a few little tips on how to create your own easy ones. And if you start putting it out there, showing it to your friends, family, maybe even if you’re old enough, putting it online, you’ll see it growing over time and that’s a wonderful thing to see develop and like I say, you never know what’s going to come out at the end of that. On Authors Live, Mark showed us how to make Bugbops that show different feelings, whether that’s being nervous, sad, happy, excited or even a mix of different feelings. So what I’m gonna do, and you don’t need to worry about all the computer stuff I’m doing at the moment, that’s just for my amusement.This is a powerful life skill wrapped in colour and fun to reflect on why am I really angry - and to tease out the root of a behaviour in ourselves or others. So Bumble is literally just a capital D on its side and then with two little legs at the bottom and then two little arms at the side and then two little eyes and a big mouth. Having worked for the probation service for many years he saw first-hand how important a skill emotional literacy is and hopes his debut series will help young readers to explore feelings in a fun setting. You can use characters you thought of earlier, or you can make a new one to go in your comic with them. Join them and a VERY excited unicorn, in this new, full-colour graphic novel, as they go on a thrilling, funny adventure and learn about the world outside and inside.