TRIXIE BIKER: ATTACK OF THE SIXTY-INCH PIXIE
INTRODUCTION
Welcome to the third GoGoriffic Trixie Biker tale!
SIXTY-INCH PIXIE started life as a doodle in my jotter - Jane Jasper trying to hold her flat door shut while her landlady Mrs Woebegone tries to barge her way in to see the Brobdignagian Pixie-Dew. I originally envisaged this story having more of a farcical sitcom structure, but once I had that title in my head, I knew I had to do something just a touch deeper. After a few weeks of bashing a plot together (during which time I developed crippling pain in my drawing hand, and had to learn to type with Lefty), I realised that this would be an opportunity to learn more about Trixie Biker and her backstory than in previous stories. Giving her a childhood in which, although loved by her family, she lived in the shadow of a much more outgoing, successful sibling, seemed like the right level of "tragedy" to me. It also gave her something to protect, beyond the obvious secret identity token - the notion that she's a much happier person now, having found a way to interact with the world, than she was before she became Trixie Biker. All these stories, I hope, work on that kind of gentle metaphorical level - whether it's sibling rivalry, a need to feel important to someone, or just a need to feel better about yourself, I hope that I'm able to tell stories with these characters that resonate with the reader on a couple of emotional levels, if only subtly. I would dearly love to be able to do more and longer Trixie Biker comics - ideally starting with the obligatory Origin Story - and I hope you enjoy Sixty-Inch Pixie in the meantime. Now. Before we begin. A couple of notes: 1. This comic was drawn almost entirely on my cheapo graphics tablet. The first few pages were laid out in my jotter, scanned, and digitally "inked," but after a while, I felt confident enough to remove the paper completely. I hope you like the results. 2. The Black Anchorite is based on a real legend from the Chester area. See if you can work out who he's meant to be: I think you'll be surprised. 3. This comic debuted at the recent Birmingham International Comics Show. I sold over twenty copies, which is astonishing. I even got to draw Fletcher the Squirrel for a very patient lady who didn't seem to mind how demented I made him look. 4. Finally, the unofficial theme tune for this Trixie Biker adventure is "Do or Die," by Super Furry Animals. Here's the video. Okay. Enough prevarication. I hope you enjoy ATTACK OF THE SIXTY-INCH PIXIE. If you would like to download a free digital copy of the comic, which includes the story Enter Jack Narcissus, then please visit my Comicsy shop.TRIXIE BIKER © M. P. CRAIG 2008