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杰克·麦基:“神秘画手”勇夺年度新人奖

时间:2024-05-10

He is known as the “mystery[神秘] artist” at his local pub because he often draws on their blackboard menu for fun.

Now 16-year-old Jack Magees name could become far more widely known after winning the British Cartoonists Associations (BCA) Young Cartoonist of the Year competition for 2014.

His cartoon, inspired by the discovery of Richard IIIs skeleton under a Leicester car park, tickled[使高兴] and impressed the judges, beating hundreds of other entries[参赛者] for the title in the under 18 age group. It shows the 15th century king buying a ticket for “500 years” from a pay and display machine.

Yesterday, talented schoolboy Jack said: “It only took me about 45 minutes to do.

“Id like to get into this as a career and were getting to that stage in school where theyre trying to push us into job choices. I have suggested being a cartoonist and I dont think the teachers hear that very often.”

The artistic endeavours[竭力] of Jack, a pupil at Earlston High School in the Scottish Borders, have previously[以前] been mainly appreciated[欣赏] by regulars[常客] and staff at the Buccleuch Arms, near his home in Melrose.

He takes chalks in with him on meals out there with his parents and draws cartoons on their menu blackboard. The pubs owners have been so impressed with his work they started photographing them and posting them on the pubs Facebook page, dubbing[命名] him the “mystery artist.”

Jacks parents Maggie and Alain, both 52 and conservation[保護] advisers, say he has been“drawing since before he was walking.”

Mrs. Magee said: “He picked up a pen when he was a baby and started drawing on the back of an envelope. Hes been doing it ever since and has been known to draw on napkins[餐巾纸] in restaurants too.”

杰克·麦基:“神秘画手”勇夺年度新人奖

他在当地酒吧被称为“神秘画手”,因为他经常在他们写菜单的小黑板上涂鸦作乐。

如今,在他赢得英国漫画家协会(BCA)“2014年度年轻漫画家”后,现年16岁的杰克·麦基的名字就更加广为人知了。

人们在莱斯特市的一个停车场下面发现了理查三世的遗骨,杰克以此为灵感创作的漫画非常逗趣,给评委们留下了深刻印象,并成功击败了18岁以下组别的其他数百件参赛作品。在他的漫画中,这位15世纪的国王在凭票泊车机前买了一张“五百年”的泊车票。

杰克是个很有天分的学生,他昨天这样说道:“我用了45分钟就完成了这幅作品。

“我很希望以此作为职业。学校到了这时候就会让我们选择将来从事什么工作,我就说想当个漫画家,我觉得老师们一定很少听到这样的想法吧。”

杰克在位于苏格兰边区的厄尔斯顿中学念书。此前,他在艺术创作上的努力的主要读者是巴克卢阿姆斯的常客和工作人员——这家酒吧离他在梅尔罗斯的家没多远。

杰克与父母来店里吃饭时总会随身带着粉笔,在他们的黑板菜单上画点漫画。酒吧的老板们太喜欢他的作品了,就将这些漫画拍了下来,并发布到酒吧的“脸谱”主页上,还给他取了个“神秘画手”的绰号。

杰克的双亲——52岁的玛吉与阿兰都是环保顾问,他们说自家儿子“还没学会走路就开始画画了”。

麦基太太说:“还是个小宝宝的时候,他就会捡起一支笔,开始在信封背面画画。自那以后,他一直这样做,还因为经常在饭馆的餐巾上画画而出名呢。”

伦敦卡通博物馆

英国伦敦卡通博物馆(the Cartoon Museum)由爱丁堡伯爵筹划建立,于2006年2月23日正式对外开放,是伦敦第一座卡通博物馆。伦敦博物馆展示了18世纪以来的卡通历史,博物馆陈列了卡通画、漫画、连环画、动画和其他卡通文化展品,总陈列品超过九百件,深受儿童和青少年的喜爱。馆内有一个独特的图书馆,收藏了五千多本卡通类书籍和四千册连环画。在这家卡通博物馆里,画家们借助笔下的人物针砭时弊、嘲讽权威和荒诞事物,其犀利程度不亚于任何一份报纸、批评杂志和书籍等知名出版物。

理查德三世的遗骨

英国历史上,金雀花王朝的最后一个国王——理查德三世被戏剧大师莎士比亚描绘为最丑恶、凶残、无情的君主。2012年9月12日,英国莱斯特大学的考古学家声称,他们在莱斯特市中心的一处停车场地下发掘出一具可能是理查德三世的尸骨。他们通过准确定位,认为理查德三世在1485年博斯沃斯战役中死亡后被埋在了格雷弗利尔斯教堂(the Grey Friars Church),而该教堂于1538年被夷为平地,其旧址位于现在莱斯特市中心一个法院停车场下方。据报道,考古人员从尸骸中提取DNA,并与理查德三世妹妹的直系后代的DNA进行对比,最终得出结论,这具尸骸的确就是传说中的理查德三世。2014年9月16日,美国研究者对理查德三世骨骼残骸鉴定分析后发现,理查德三世当时是在战场上头部受重击死亡。科学家们根据法医对理查德三世遗骸的鉴定还原了其在博斯沃思原野战役中的最后时刻。

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