So did I get a photo with Baseem and Battle Panda last night?

Published: Sun, 04/28/24

Hi , so just a quick follow up from yesterday's email, where I got a photo of Mo Farah holding the Battle Panda books.

Last night I was lucky enough to get to see Baseem Youseef at the Hammersmith Apollo (an amazing venue btw).

Firstly his show is amazing, if you have a chance to see him perform, I thoroughly recommend it!

The auditorium was jam packed, there was so much energy, the performance was so raw and real, he paced it beautifully.

What do you do when you don't have a backstage pass?

I really wanted to go and see him and tell him about my comic books, one problem though, to go backstage you needed to be on the guest list.

Those who were on the guest list had a yellow wrist band - so slight problem there.

While waiting for the crowds to disperse, I made my way to the front.

In fact while I was there, I got to meet the excellent YouTuber Owen Jones, and yes, I asked him for a photo with the books!

I tried to figure out who the floor manager would be. I saw one guy delegating work to the team, so I approached him.

Do you have a back stage pass yellow wrist band?

Me -- "No, but I have some comic books that I wrote, I tweet Baseem and asked him if he'd like to see them"

Him -- "Are you kidding me?"

Dramatic pause... pulse racing...

Him -- "He loves comics!"

And with that we were ushered back stage to meet the legend himself.

He was very generous with his time, a really lovely person.

I told him about both Digitopia and Battle Panda!

He loved the ideas and the books.

If you'd like to retweet my tweet - you can do so here, https://twitter.com/farhanq_uk/status/1784325461436174549 .

After we left, I got to speak to the Director outside. We talked about a potential comic book idea that they have - it sounds very exciting.

Battle Panda 3 updates - imminent

Okay next up, I will drop you an update on Battle Panda 3.

We have lots of exciting news about that book incoming - including telling you who the new artist on the book is.

Till next time, have a great Sunday.

Farhan

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