Special summer / by Michael C. Nicholson.

"The 'Ensixteen Editions Seasonal Range' was created during the course of around a year and some spare change, 2006 to 2008. My inspiration was the grab-bag style of the kids comics of my youth, especially the seasonal 'Specials' they brought out – albeit usually just in summer as an extra treat during school holidays (the heavy-hitter, hardbacked 'Annuals' being saved for Christmas stockings). They would contain familiar characters as well as articles, photo quizzes, joke pages and maybe longer versions of regular strips. As regards the significance for Ensixteen, these books allowed me to create new strip stories - some along seasonal themes like 'Baked Meat in a Can' in the 'Special Summer' edition – but also pool together lots of sketchbook material which I had begun to accrue in recent years. Some single pages and small sequences were from other sources, but almost all the material was previously unpublished."--From author's website. http://ensixteeneditions.blogspot.com/2010/07/ensixteen-editions-books-ensixteen_17.html