Six-year-old Red’s story follows the adventures of Danger Sausage who must avoid getting caught by his enemy The Black Pudding. The comic (连环漫画) book was shared on social media after Red’s neighbour bought his book for one pound and posted pictures of it online. The comic was viewed more than 1.3 million times when it was posted on Sunday.
Red wrote, drew and stapled (用订书机订) together the comic before setting up a stall (摊位) with his sister Echo. He put up a sign saying “Comics”. Their neighbour Keri ended up buying one of the comics by putting a pound through the pair’s letterbox.
Keri then posted Red’s work on social media, which caught the attention of comic book artist Jamie Smart. Jamie said: “He absolutely knows how to make comics, how to tell stories and how to be funny with these characters. I think this is a comic-making superstar of the future.”
Jamie is best known for writing popular books such as Bunny Vs Monkey and Looshkin, which is about a blue cat causing trouble and features Danger Sausage — the character Red was inspired by. “There was a story in the third book, which we printed earlier this year, where Danger Sausage had more of a sort of James Bond kind of adventure... and I think this is where Red got the characters from,” he explained.
Red’s mum says he’s an aspiring comic book writer and hopes to work with Mr Smart in the future. “But I said he’s got to tidy his bedroom first and keep it tidy.” Red is also already planning a sequel. He said: “There’s a new bad character called Timmy Pork Chop.”
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