To say that there are some amazing doodle artists and writers out there is an enormous understatement. In the nearly-a-year since Doodlebug: A Novel in Doodles came out, I've done a stack of doodling workshops. And I've found that:
• Just about everybody has a picture or symbol or word or SOMETHING that they doodle over and over again.
• Although lots of people get in trouble for doodling in school, like Dodo does, most people seem to agree that doodling makes it easier for them to listen and focus.
• Kids love to discover the power of doodle-writing to tell their own stories or to help them illustrate their stories.
Today I'm happy to share with you page one of the doodle-written fantasy Zombie Unicorn by Ben Hazell, age 12, whose animations and comics are brilliant and beautifully drawn.
After reading Doodlebug, Ben took a shot at doodle-writing and came up with Zombie Unicorn. I interviewed him about this work, using doodle-writing to do so -- of course! Our interview follows, and at the end of this post, I'll put the rest of Zombie Unicorn.
Here's Ben's response:
And what are those two things?
I completely identify. I asked:
Ben doodled on:
I had a few favorite items in Zombie Unicorn:
I wanted to know what else Ben was working on.
He's got a lot going on, including:
We were both tankful to have had this doodled conversation:
Here's the rest of Zombie Unicorn. TOO. MUCH. GREATNESS. Thanks, Ben!
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