David Fickling and Philip Pullman

This new weekly comic for boys and girls - the first of its kind for over 25 years - is an excting enterprise and one that is dear to the heart of publisher David Fickling, who conceived the project. Addressing the packed NFT cafe, he talked about the power of storytelling across different genres and  comics as formative childhood reading. He then paid tribute to his hardworking team and the generosity of writers, illustrators and supporters involved in DFCs creation.

After speeches Philip Pullman and David Fickling released,  over the Thames, 100 balloons carrying tags entitling any child who finds them to a DFC subscription.

'But what does DFC stand for?' I hear you say. Guests had to customise badges with their own suggestions: 'Ducks Fly Cautiously' , Desperate for Chocolate', 'Dogs Fear Cats' . Think you can do  better? Add your suggestions using comments.

Visit the DFC website www.thedfc.co.uk for subscription details. The first issue will  land through letterboxes on Friday 30th May. I am eagerly awaiting mine. I'm sure the DFC will soon become synonymous with 'that Friday feeling'.

Up and Away!

Philip Pullman is currently working on a weekly strip entitled The Adventures of John Blake which will begin in the launch issue. He said, 'I've always loved comics and when I first heard about the DFC, I leapt at the chance of being involved. The chance to work in this wonderfully fluid and exciting form was too good to miss. I've had a lot of fun with the story of John Blake, and I hope readers will enjoy it as well as all the other great things in the DFC.'

 Also look out for Vern and Lettuce created by Write Away reviewer Sarah McIntyre. Great work Sarah!

If you attended this event, we'd love to hear your personal reflections. Who did you speak to? What do you think about DFC? Were comics an important part of your childhood? Add a comment.

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jabberworks  - DFC party!   |Author |2008-05-16 21:38:36 Thanks for the review, Nikki! That was quick, yours must be the first one posted! Great to see you. Sarah x PS I posted a couple pics here - http://jabberworks.livejournal.com Reply

Flower Singing Man   |92.0.241.xxx |2008-05-28 14:48:11 My son was one of the competition winners from The Guardian competition. I have to say we both had a great day! In the afternoon only the competition winners were around plus some of the artists from The DFC, David Fickling, Phillip Pullman etc. So we were able to get books and posters etc autographed. Both my son and his school have very cool DFC posters signed. We were able to sit down with Phillip Pullman for a good 5 minutes and ask him questions about whether there will be another film (possibly not, the last one didn't do well in the US and Phillip says they have to hurry up as Dakota is growing up) and was the film how he imagined things when he wrote the original book (no). My son loves comics and The Guardian comic on a Saturday morning is the bit he pulls out of the paper without fail. He's 9 with a reading age of 11 and I put this down to the fact that he loves reading for enjoyment and comics play a big part... Reply

nikkig   |SAdministrator |2008-05-28 14:51:02 Thank you for telling us about the afternoon session. We'd love to know what your son thinks of the DFC when he's read his first copy Reply

Layn Marlow  - DFC (from Tegan Marlow Age 13)   |Author |2008-06-02 18:54:23 I really like my first copy of the DFC - it's so funny especially Vern and Lettuce!! I look forward to Fridays now for it to hit my doormat! I am entering the competition about making your own comic strip - fingers crossed! I like the fact that some of the stories carry on each week, because it leaves you on a cliffhanger. It's like having a soap opera in comic form!!!! Reply

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