Shaun the Sheep...

'Inquisitive, fun loving and mischievous, Shaun is a sheep who stands out from the rest of the flock. You can always count on this natural leader to get ewe into, and out of, trouble!'......this is the bio of the protagonist in my son's copy of Shaun the Sheep comic - a literary masterpiece that documents Shaun's Baa-a-a-a-army adventures.

It was only a matter of time before Shaun expanded his very successful TV franchise into magazines and merchandising. Such is the pulling power of this animated bag of wool that children all over England, aged between 3 and 10 years old, have started to bleat and baa in homage to this under-cooked leg of lamb.

I picked up the inaugral issue of Shaun the Sheep Comic with disdain and ended up giggling like a little schoolboy.....there wasn't a word of English in it - the whole thing is written in sheepish.

Check out his website http://www.shaunthesheep.com