Santa Clown
 Author's Notes This story came out of a discussion with my youngest daughter Maheen, she had to write a Santa Claus story for homework and we started talking about what she could do. We started discussing other possible Santas and the phrase Santa Clown came up, I knew instantly this was something different and very soon the whole ethos behind him fell into place. The concept of a Santa who also delivered jokes, as well as gifts, was a very strong one and I further developed his backstory, of why he had left. The idea of the clown who cried is well known, so I rolled that into his character; his stroy arc was reflective of the late Spike Milligan (a brilliant comic genius who suffered severe depression all his life). This, together with unrest in Santa's workshop, was the perfect plot to poke fun at the commercialisation of Christmas; throw in some love interest and the stage was set. Art for this was by Ash Collins who did some really brilliant work in the character design; the cover features Santa Clown based on an old Spike Milligan picture. Here's a selection of illustrations from the book:Santa Clown Mr Drole Santa Claus Kushloo Mr Chunga Mr Munga |
Santa Trilogy Book 1
A tale of the forgotten Santa. |
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