You’ve got mail
What a joy it is to find in my letter box The DFC, David Fickling’s new weekly comic! I had subscribed a couple of weeks ago, just the one copy, to check it out. Prising the 36 page comic out of my daughter’s fingers, I settled down to see for myself.
(panel from The Spider Moon by Kate Brown)
The production values are high: you would expect nothing less from Fickling. Some comics are funny, some are silly, all of it is clever, beautifully drawn and edited. There is a great sense of energy, play and discovery.
Highlights are John Blake written by Philip Pullman and illustrated by John Aggs, a Pacific adventure about children lost at sea, ghost ships, fog and time warps. Monkey Nuts is an irrevent tale of monkeys, a robot and a talking coconut. (Sounds weird but it works.) The Spider Moon is like a modern Charles Kingsley story, all beautiful weightlessness underwater.
The sections for readers to do there own thing. The comic is also printed on good stock so the ink is not going to come off on your fingers. At this stage, subscription is direct via the UK; an extra $2.20 (1 UK pound) postage per issue is added for Australia.
There are a number of subscription offers. You can click here find out about subscriptions.
And here is David Fickling talking about The DFC to The Times.
For a taste of The DFC comic click here for the website.
So, back to waiting for the postman…
(from John Blake written by Philip Pullman)
