Finally!!! I’ve finished my entry for this year’s graphic novel short story prize by The Random House Group and Observer.

http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/graphicnovels/competition.htm

According to the website, this year’s judges include Joe Sacco (Palestine) and Simone Lia (Fluffy) which really makes the competition worth going for.

I drew a children’s story using fruit as they are, globally, easy to recognise. It was an idea I came up with when I was in Hong Kong towards the end of last year, but left it in a sketchbook until now. Using fruit as comic-book characters may encourage children to eat more of it, too.

This strip took me a solid week from conception to completion, i.e., the pencilling, the inking, hand-lettering, scanning and cleaning, and watercolouring etc.

If only I could draw MX2 at this speed…

Anyway, enjoy…

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