Gary Northfield's Derek the Sheep book (UK edition)

[Raven]

Though this was listed as being out in September, play.com are already posting it out. I got mine a few days ago, and it is a fab thing. I'm trying to stretch it out over the week, but it's hard to resist reading all in one go!

[philcom55]

Yay Derek!!! Truly this is the Year of the Sheep!

(He's got four pages in the new Beano Annual Too!)

- Phil R.

[Gary Northfield]

Cheers peeps, I hope you enjoy the book. I'll be at the BICS Comic expo thingy in Birmingham selling/signing copies, if anyone is popping along.

Here's the official page for the book at Bloomsbury:

http://www.bloomsbury.com/Books/Details ... 0747594246

[Ian]

Excuse my ignorance but is "Derek" in comic strip format.

It looks a hoot!

[Gary Northfield]

Excuse my ignorance but is "Derek" in comic strip format.

Absolutely! It reprints the first 13 comicstrips from the Beano.
Here's a page from the book ....

[Ian]

Thanks Gary for taking the time to reply and attaching the illustration.

Im going to oder it today on Amazon,love your drawings and the daftnessof it.

All the best with it.

Ps not so sure there is such a word as daftness but you know what I mean.

[SH]

I didn't realise it was available now in uk. Amazon here I come. Nice one Gary.

SH
the guy who once drew for the Beano..sniff

[Gary Northfield]

Thanks Gary for taking the time to reply and attaching the illustration.

Im going to oder it today on Amazon,love your drawings and the daftnessof it.

All the best with it.

Ps not so sure there is such a word as daftness but you know what I mean.

Cheers Ian, much appreciated. The word "daftness" sounds real enough to me!

I didn't realise it was available now in uk. Amazon here I come. Nice one Gary.

SH
the guy who once drew for the Beano..sniff

Thanks alot Steve, I'm just about finding the time to get word out about the book. Hope you're keeping busy otherwise.

[SH]

Im doing Captain handsome again for toxic and some other bits and bobs. DCT just kind of dropped me suddenly without giving me any reason . Never mind stiff upper lip and all that, congrats again Gary, Derek is so cute and funny.

SH

[kevf]

Those of us who only do work for hire and haven't had the gumption to get a creator-owned strip in The Beano are collectively kicking ourselves! Nice one Gary.

Self-publishing ahoy.