Lunchtime Alien Adventures!

With issue 90 of the successful Ben 10 Alien Adventures partwork going to print, a celebratory lunch was definitely the order of the day! 

The editorial team here at Hunkydory Publishing therefore met up with the clients, licensors and some of our external contributors. This included the hardworking Hachette Partworks ladies (Sarah, Gill and Anna), who have managed the project from its initial research stage through to the final issue; Ant and Rachael from Cartoon Network, and our two trusty illustrators, Steve and… another Ant. Unfortunately, series writer Jason Quinn was unable to make it over from (sunny) Spain for the event... we wonder why, with all this rain!

Despite more ants than a picnic, everyone had an enjoyable afternoon, eating tasty Thai food, drinking wine (if we could persuade the waitress!), putting the world to rights and working out who knew the geekiest Ben 10 factoids – Rachael and Rebecca came first, with Stefanie, Sarah and Ant Gardner in close competition for second place. But one thing we were all in agreement about was that putting out the weekly edition of Ben 10 Alien Adventures has been more fun than paid work decently should be. 

Roll on similar such projects for Hunkydory Publishing!

From left to right: Stefanie Smith, Lise Meyrick, Rebecca Fry, Sarah Gale, Anna Bawden, Gillian Hurn, Rachael Cawkwell, Ant Gardner, Steve Bright, Ant Williams and Stu Bartlett.