I thought I'd better mention the place where theress usually a nice pile of signed copies of my various books. It's the Cartoon Museum, Little Russell Street, right near the British Museum in London.
I call in every now and then to say hello to the great Alison Brown, who runs the shop at the entrance most days. When I do, I'm always sure to sign whatever they have that's got my name on it.
As well as their permanent exhibition, they're currently showing cartoons by HM Bateman. He was one of the very best cartoonists operating in Britain between the wars, and was a very powerful inspiration for me at the age of 13. It was when I encountered his work that I became absolutely certain I wanted to be a cartoonist. I can't recommend HM Bateman highly enough for anyone who's remotely interested in cartoons (which I hope includes you).
You can find out more, and order books directly from their shop, here.
Very big news of the gnome front – we are finally able to reveal what we have already been working on for a couple of months now. There is going to be a sequel to last year's movie Gnomeo and Juliet, called "Gnomeo and Juliet: Sherlock Gnomes". There's going to be a major new character. Guess what he's called.
Me and my writing partner Kevin Cecil are writing the script.
My son, Bill, is nearly 7. And he's figured out that I have a website. Instead of starting up one of his own, the lazy tyke, he wants me to post up some of his artwork. After a week of badgering – here it is.
Bill is very proud of the superhero he has invented here, named "Good Bad". You may notice a similarity to Capt underpants here… A key source of inspiration to Bill at the moment. However – unlike Capt underpants, Good Bad has a spaceship and a gun. So he would probably win in a fight.
he hasn't yet drawn many adventures for this hero. If you have any suggestions for Bill, please send them to luckyheathercomic@googlemail.com .
And next time, I will get him to draw in black rather than pencil for better contrast.
The competition is now closed:thanks to everybody who entered, 65 in all, from lots of different countries. Using the magic of a random number generator website, I can announce the results…
Winner: Sam Heijens
Runners up: Simon Bensley, Fiona Fisher
Sam will receive the bunny notebook, a signed copy of Dawn of the Bunny Suicides, and a signed copy of Selfish Pigs. Simon and Fiona will each receive a signed copy of Selfish Pigs.
Thanks again everybody! If you're looking at this and you didn't win – sorry that you didn't win.
I'm giving away a notebook. Not in the spam competition sense, but an actual notebook: a little green thing that I scribbled in when I was coming up with the ideas for my third bunny suicides book, "Dawn of the Bunny Suicides." It's got lots of the ideas that made it into the book, captured in their nascent stages (like the picture here) and a few more ideas that didn't make the final cut. I've never given away one of these books before so this is, if nothing else, a unique little piece of bunny suicides memorabilia.
All you have to do to enter is send an e-mail to luckyheathercomic@googlemail.com containing a mailing address, with the words "Bunny competition" in the log line. That's all. I will post to any address in the world, so you can enter wherever you are.