Following the announcement that comic hero Roy “Roy of the Rovers” Race has put his name forward to be considered for the next England manager, today Pet Guardiola has thrown his hat into the ring.
Pet is one of the top managers of the natural game among the likes of Mark Ewes, Jurgen Clip Clop and Roberto House Martinez.
This is a major departure for Pet, who has no experience of managing a team of human beings. Pet’s career, along with other famous names such as Alan Sheared and Chop Harris, can be followed in the panel cartoon Football Earth about how animals play the beautiful game. It currently appears weekly in the Non-League Football Paper and in the bi-monthly football magazine She Kicks.
Humans with access to the internet can also find the cartoon at www.footballearth.net, and on www.comicsherpa.com as Soccer Earth.
Very few commentators believe that Pet has a chance of becoming the next England manager. Some critics even believe he has made this announcement simply to advertise a new book about the natural game, Football Earth The Wild Side. This cartoon collection of footballing animals is out in March 2017 published by Summerdale and contains nearly 150 cartoons.
The author Steve English, when asked about Pet’s annoncement, said that he had no comment to make…
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The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.
He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.
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