Hellboy

He's a fine fellow that David Sparks, he really is. As fine a next door neighbour as you could possibly wish for.

Knowing that the inaugural Lakes International Comic Art Festival was in town this weekend and that I had a passing interest in comics, he got in touch to see if I wanted to go along to The Big Draw at the Brewery.

So it was that Friday night we made our way to the Brewery and listened to a few comic artists talk about their work and their comtemporaries whilst they sketched out a couple of drawings. The one pictured was by Duncan Fegredo who I believe is best known for Hellboy and is currently working on Hellboy Jnr I believe (?).

It was all done and dusted within an hour and a half and unfortunately, a lot of what was said was lost behind some music however, what we did hear was interesting and to see what they could produce in a short space of time was superb.

I think it is fantastic that a little town like ours can put on such a festival and bring this kind of thing to the masses.

I'm also grateful to my neighbour for issuing an invite which prompted me to get off my increasingly chunky arse.