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Hugh Raine Author Event
March 26, 2025 @ 9:30 am - 10:30 am
About Hugh Raine
Hugh Raine has two heads. Yes, two! He has one for writing and another one for illustrating! When he has his writing head on, he looks really sophisticated in a tweed jacket and rollneck jumper, walking through the West Yorkshire countryside while thinking up humorous stories about rampaging yetis and frolicking flamingos!
When he has his illustrating head on, he sits hunched at his desk, surrounded by hot chilli plants and tiki cups, with crumbs all down his jumper and messy hair as he draws another fart cloud or makes a pop-up Disney card. But when he puts those heads together, he creates very silly stories for brilliant comics like the Beano!
Hugh Raine on Instagram (@hugh_raine)
What to expect from the event
Create A Comic workshop with Hugh Raine, creator of Beano’s Betty & the Yeti!
Join Hugh Raine for an interactive, fun event where there will be live drawing galore and you’ll learn the secrets of comic book creation, including Beano’s iconic Betty & the Yeti, take part in a Yeti drawalong, and have the chance to create a comic strip!
What to expect:
– An intro from Hugh about the Betty & the Yeti comic strip and the secrets of comic creation at the Beano
– Live drawing! Using a flip chart, the audience will contribute ideas to create a Betty & the Yeti comic strip
– These ideas will be distilled into 4 or 5 cartoon strip panels and live drawn by Hugh
– Time allowing, there will be a Yeti draw-along where children will be able to have a go at comic creation themselves
– Q&A with Hugh and book signing
Here’s an introduction from Hugh to get your pupils excited about the event:
Focus Book
The session will focus on the brilliantly funny book Betty & the Yeti: Friends at First Fart ( 978-0008720926)
Buy the book
If you’d like to buy the book for your school before or after the event, we offer a substantial discount on the RRP price. Please email events@wherereadingrocks.com to order book. Orders received 7 days before the event will arrive in time for the event.
We can also offer this book at a discounted rate to families PLUS your school will also receive a 5% credit (based on the value of the books sold to families) towards any future book purchases made through Reading Rocks. To enquire about our family discounts email events@wherereadingrocks.com.
About the Book
Book title: Betty & the Yeti: Friends at First Fart
Make a new friend at first fart in the funniest, messiest and smelliest new graphic novel series!
Betty and the Yeti are the best of friends, but Yeti is, well … a yeti, and Betty isn’t supposed to have a yeti living in her room – not that she’s asked! What the groan-ups don’t know won’t hurt them, right? Well, just their house, their garden and their bank accounts! But shh! You wouldn’t tell them about Yeti, would you?
Join Betty and Yeti as they get to grips with being roommates and Yeti learns how to act like a human to blend in. Will it end in disaster or will they become friends at first fart? Find out in this epic new comic book series, which includes awesome activities for you to complete as you go.
Publisher: Farshore
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