The Adventures Zack and Max. Issue 3 – ‘Maddy Goes to England’
Last year Icom UK were involved in producing an Amateur Radio Comic for the English market. It was named 'The Adventure of Zack and Max' and was produced to encourage younger people and newcomers into the hobby. It was a resounding success as clubs and societies throughout the UK snapped up copies. Feedback has suggested that it has helped get new people into the hobby.
A second comic was produced by Icom America and it became Icom America's highest ever website download. We didn’t get involved in producing a UK version as it was felt that the subject matter was not quite suitable for the UK.
A third comic is now being produced which will hopefully be a joint effort between students in America and the UK. Volume 3 will be called 'Maddy Goes To England' and it is hoped that 10-12 year old radio amateurs will write and draw selected panels of the comic. So what I am looking for now is to see if any club in the UK is interested in being involved.
The deadline is flexible...although the editor would like to have it done by December 2004 if possible. The editor is David Condon and he is not a representative of ICOM. He is a teacher of 9-10 year olds in a public school. If you have seen the Bill Nye Science series from Disney, the section on waves is from his classroom.
The basic appeal for the students in this project on both the US and UK side is that they will have written a comic book, like volume 2, that is viewed both in the UK and US. Also there is a huge public relations opportunity for participating clubs from both sides of the Atlantic.
Any interested club should contact the Marketing Manager at Icom (UK) Ltd via email at marketing@icomuk.co.uk.
Icom UK Marketing -
marketing@icomuk.co.uk
12/08/2004
