A.J FowkesOct 56 min readWhy are comics printed with little dots!Printing was an expensive process during the 19th-20th century and the demand was growing. Picture images were extremely rare as they...
A.J FowkesFeb 274 min readHistory of the stapler-bring order out of chaos!Although paper dates back to the early Chinese Han dynasty (206 BC-220AD) the need for something to organise and securely hold the sheets...
A.J FowkesFeb 8, 20223 min readHow can my child be the star in an exciting space adventure comic?During my research I only found one 'comic-book' that has a feature allowing your child to be the star of the comic and that is Fresh...
A.J FowkesMay 30, 20214 min readCan sci-fi comics help children to improve their reading skills?Comics or illustrated/graphic novels have been criticised by parents and teachers for many years for preventing children from reading...
A.J FowkesOct 11, 20203 min readThe amazing story of the comic speech bubbleHave you ever wondered how speech was shown in illustrations or oil paintings before the humble speech bubble was invented, well I did...
A.J FowkesAug 16, 20203 min readThe first cartoon could be an amazing 35,000 years old, or not!How important are comics, cartoons, drawings to human civilisation? 'Art' goes back to the 'Dawn of Man' certainly well before lunchtime....