The Thousands

What’s the best thing about kid’s media? Is it the important moral and life lessons? Early educational stimulus? A child’s first taste of art? These are OK, but, as an adult, it’s all about the double entendre. Have you seen Play School lately? Steamy! Shrek? So hot. I jest, it’s about the illustration too.

Pilot & Huxley is a graphic novel for young adults written and illustrated by Adelaide comic artist Dan McGuiness who started out selling his work DIY style in hand-stapled booklets at comic-nerd conventions. No entendre there.

Pilot & Huxley is a highly polished and superbly illustrated comic. The cast of characters is led by two young boys (uh…their names are Pilot and Huxley) and there is also a grim reaper, some aliens called Vorcons and a cute little red-head girl called Brett(?). This comic is a rip-roaring adventure with it’s characters evoking illustration memories of that not so kid-friendly and oh so creepy David Firth creation, Salad Fingers.

So get along to the launch, you might feel like the kid that ‘gets’ the double meanings or if all else fails, maybe you can pick up if your face is painted like a big scary Slobberfink.